The Amazon red squirrel and the green acouchi, two rodents from the Amazon are extinct. Their habitat is gone. Amazon insects, fish, and flowers are also extinct. Native bees are barely hanging on. Scientists are still discussing what is the tipping point for the Amazon? Carbon in the atmosphere is the accepted scientific mark of the tipping point, but there are many facets contributing to the tipping point in the Amazon. Massive fires and deforestation contribute to lost habitat for mammals and plants. Areas where the indigenous population holds rights to the land, biodiversity and life excel. The destruction of the Amazon creates a feedback loop. Where loses have occurred, carbon emissions continue to rise creating more lose and destruction exponentially. The tipping point is rapidly approaching, once that threshold arrives, the devastation will be catastrophic.