This is the first book on Amazonian ecology and resource use and development from the perspective of researchers, scholars, and resource managers who have lived and worked in Brazil for a long time. It contains 13 chapters on the chief issues shaping the ecology and development of Amazonia: climate and hydrology, urbanization processes, biological and ecological diversity, forests and agroforestry, rehabilitation of degraded land and water areas, extractive reserves and extractivism, fisheries and aquaculture, mining, agriculture, resource management, and development planning.
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This paper takes a prospective view of the Amazon region using as a conceptual framework the ecodevelopment approach. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blackwater basins, total disembarked, urbanized forest, timber exploration, rubber cycle, extraction reserves, more sustainable model, regiao norte, regional research institutions, terra firme forest, cultural forests, extractive production, liana forests, recursos minerais, urban nuclei, rubber gatherers, agroforestry systems, extractive reserves, increased sustainability, increasing sustainability, industrial fleet, firme forests, meio ambiente, extraction activities, environmental bodies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Amazon, New York, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Legal Amazon, Acta Amazonica, South American, Porto Velho, Eastern Amazon, Rio Branco, Central Brazilian, Columbia University Press, Eiras de Oliveira, Free Zone, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Ecuador, South-South Co-operation, Belo Horizonte, Jornal Pessoal, Marques Filho, Acevedo Marin, American Anthropologist, Desenvolvimento Regional, Third World New!
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This paper takes a prospective view of the Amazon region using as a conceptual framework the ecodevelopment approach. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blackwater basins, total disembarked, urbanized forest, timber exploration, rubber cycle, extraction reserves, more sustainable model, regiao norte, regional research institutions, terra firme forest, cultural forests, extractive production, liana forests, recursos minerais, urban nuclei, rubber gatherers, agroforestry systems, extractive reserves, increased sustainability, increasing sustainability, industrial fleet, firme forests, meio ambiente, extraction activities, environmental bodies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Amazon, New York, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Legal Amazon, Acta Amazonica, South American, Porto Velho, Eastern Amazon, Rio Branco, Central Brazilian, Columbia University Press, Eiras de Oliveira, Free Zone, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Ecuador, South-South Co-operation, Belo Horizonte, Jornal Pessoal, Marques Filho, Acevedo Marin, American Anthropologist, Desenvolvimento Regional, Third World New!
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- Alternatives to Deforestation (Biology and Resource Management Series) by A. B. Anderson on page 148, page 156, and page 285
- Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians (Studies in Anthropology) by Author Unknown on page 121, and page 124
- Developing the Amazon by Emilio F. Moran on page 86, and page 147
- Underdeveloping the Amazon by Stephen G. Bunker on page 145, and page 173
- Culture and Practical Reason by Marshall Sahlins on page 124
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- Agro-Ecological Farming Systems in China (Man and the Biosphere Series) by Wenhua Li in Front Matter
- Assessment and Control of Nonpoint Source Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems: A Practical Approach by J.A. Thornton in Front Matter
- The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation by Lauchlan H. Fraser on page 108
- Land-Use Changes and Their Environmental Impact in Rural Areas in Europe by J. Baudry in Front Matter
- The Venice Lagoon Ecosystem: Inputs and Interactions Between Land and Sea by P. Lasserre in Front Matter
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