More than 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report Toggle share menu Advertisement More than 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report Carlos Roberto Sanquetta, a forestry engineering professor at the Federal University of Parana, botanist Edilson Consuelo de Oliveira and Rioterra plant nursery worker Juciney Pinheiro dos Santos inspect a parcel of Amazon rainforest in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, on Nov 4, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Jake Spring) 15 Jul 2021 01:50AM (Updated: 15 Jul 2021 08:23AM) Share this content Bookmark SAO PAULO/BOGOTA: More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 35 per cent of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific report published on Wednesday (Jul 14).