Brazilian here. The Amazon Climate is wet and hot all year round. It rains more in Amazon Forest during the dry season of than in the wet season in most of the

Brazilian here. The Amazon Climate is wet and hot all year round. It rains more in Amazon Forest during the dry season of than in the wet season in most of the country. By the way, Brazil does have dry biomes, such Cerrado and Caatinga, where natural fires are common. Most people are not aware the Amazon soil is very poor nutrition-wise. The trees depend on the decomposed organic material, the hot and wet climate is perfect to convert fallen leaves into hummus. Because of this, there's isn't much wild life in the forest at ground-level. It isn't a coincident that the pictures from the Amazon is usually from above. Therefore, the biggest concern with the deforestation is actually the dim balance that keep the forest alive. If it goes beyond a certain point, it will be impossible to revert the end of the forest. There is a lot of fantasy about the Amazon Forest, likely because it is a vast (almost the size of Continental USA) unexplored land. But from a biodiversity point of view, more efforts should be direct to other richer Brazilian biomes such the Atlantic Forest or Mato de Cocais. As a curiosity. The country is named after a tree! The Pau Brasil is a tree that was used to make red dye during the Renaissance. It was explored by the portugues almost to extinction. It still endangered despite the efforts to reforest.