Abstract
The Amazon Rainforest is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin of South America. This area consists of seven million square kilometers; though the forest itself occupies some 4.5 million square kilometers located within nine nations: Brazil (which includes 60 percent of the rainforest), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests and the largest and most species-rich area of tropical rainforest in the world. More than one third of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest. Regarding the population, one considers that 20 million people live in the Amazonian forest. The problem nowadays is that certain groups which live in this forest have never had contact with the developed world and consequently, they should not probably know the threats which exist towards their dwellings and their current life. What are the means implemented by the indigenous populations to fight against deforestation and to protect their cultures?
