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    Considering the Amazon rainforest is largely man-made, we’ll just make it again

    Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest#History

    The BBC’s Unnatural Histories presented evidence that the Amazon rainforest, rather than being a pristine wilderness, has been shaped by man for at least 11,000 years through practices such as forest gardening and terra preta.[20] Terra preta is found over large areas in the Amazon forest; and is now widely accepted as a product of indigenous soil management. The development of this fertile soil allowed agriculture and silviculture in the previously hostile environment; meaning that large portions of the Amazon rainforest are probably the result of centuries of human management, rather than naturally occurring as has previously been supposed.

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        The amazon rainforest was not originally a large rainforest. The ground was essentially terraformed, made fertile and trees planted by the ancient amazonians over thousands of years

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          Source: BBC unnatural histories, for over 11000 years the ground was terraformed with “terra preta” and forest was planted and converted

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            The BBC’s Unnatural Histories presented evidence that the Amazon rainforest, rather than being a pristine wilderness, has been shaped by man for at least 11,000 years through practices such as forest gardening and terra preta.[20] Terra preta is found over large areas in the Amazon forest; and is now widely accepted as a product of indigenous soil management. The development of this fertile soil allowed agriculture and silviculture in the previously hostile environment; meaning that large portions of the Amazon rainforest are probably the result of centuries of human management, rather than naturally occurring as has previously been supposed.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest#History