10,000 Amazon Plants, Animals Could Disappear Forever, Scientists Say 3 hours ago This May 8, 2018 photo released by the Brazilian Environmental and Renewable Natural Resources Institute (Ibama) shows an illegally deforested area on Pirititi indigenous lands as Ibama agents inspect Roraima state in Brazil's Amazon basin. (Felipe Wernec Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:04:38 0:00 Pop-out player A new report says that more than 10,000 kinds of living things could disappear forever because of the Amazon rainforest’s destruction. The rainforest surrounding South America’s Amazon River is the world’s largest. The report said 35 percent of the rainforest has been destroyed or damaged.