There are many measures that can be taken to reduce the human impacts on this ecosystem. One of the many factors that can be taken into consideration is rehabilitating previous forested lands. Doing so would make more rational use of the land by restoring old forest and species within it. Another step that can be taken is expanding protected areas. Doing this would result in conservation of the forest and the wildlife that lives within it. A third factor that might be helpful is having harsher land policies and law enforcement because doing this would make people think twice before harming the Amazon. Lastly, a small, but powerful act is getting the word out about the forest and its wildlife and petition when possible. This action, although one might think it is useless, it is in fact very useful in bringing about positive effects. The more people that know about this cause, the more there will be that are willing to come forth and help with this issue. One example of this was when Brazil passed a new Forest Act that loosened forest policies. When it was passed, people responded and petitioned against it, this eventually led President Dilma to partially veto the bill. Although this was a small step, it was effective in lessening some harm on this ecosystem.
Sources: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_conservation.html http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/forests/amazon/Tell-President-Dilma-Rousseff-to-veto-the-new-Forest-Code-bill/
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