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Translations:Information Booklet/140/en (view source)
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Another possible tipping point is the large-scale destruction of rainforests like the Amazon, which is home to one in 10known land-based species. Estimates of where an Amazon tipping point could lie range from 40 percent deforestation to just 20 percent forest-cover loss. About 17 percent has been lost since 1970<ref name=":8" />, with more being lost due to human deforestation every minute.