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The preservation of the Amazon can prevent extreme weather events in central-southern Brazil, because of the role of forests in maintaining the balance of the climate in Latin America. According to researcher Antonio Nobre, of the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), the forest has a fundamental role in the balance of the region's water system.

"In the operation of the climate in South America, the Amazon has a very large role in the export of moisture through the atmosphere, the winds. The clouds come out of the Amazon to irrigate the south-central regions in Latin America: the Midwest and southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina. All this region depends on water that comes from the Amazon, "Nobre pointed out, in an interview with Radio Nacional da Amazonia.

According to the researcher by day, the Amazon puts in the atmosphere 20 billion tons of water in the form of steam.

The smooth functioning of the system of regulation of the rain depends on the maintenance of the standing forest, without deforestation, according to Noble. "What is underway now seriously threatens the operation of the giant machine."

The scientist compared the deforestation of the Amazon to withdraw from parts of the liver of a person that drinks too much alcohol. "The Amazon forest is like a huge liver, a pump, a lung. The trees are a very important role in the functioning of the atmosphere, transport of water, the climate. And what we are doing is like cutting a piece of the liver, which will have much less capacity to deal with the abuses, "he said.

"What is the Amazon provides a system for stabilizing climate that can keep the entire region in balance. There has been neither shortage nor excess water. And also prevents prolonged droughts occur, which would create the deserts."

Noble argues that even in the face of scientific uncertainty, there are sufficient facts to justify the urgent demand for preservation. "What we already know the science is more than enough to buy several insurance policies. And the insurance is called to protect the forest. We are destroying the water system and the climate of South America"