Amazonia : resiliency and dynamism of the land and its people /

"Balanced, worthwhile book includes chapters on threats to the environment, change and societal response, conservation and management, plantation crops, agroforestry, ranching, floodplain dynamics, and trends and opportunities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Smith, Nigel J. H., 1949-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©1995.
Colección:UNU studies on critical environmental regions.
Temas:
Environmental protection > Amazon River Valley.
Natural resources > Amazon River Valley.
Land use > Amazon River Valley.
Agriculture > Amazon River Valley.
Environnement > Protection > Amazonie.
Conservation des ressources naturelles > Amazonie.
Utilisation du sol > Aspect de l'environnement > Amazonie.
Agroforesterie > Amazonie.
Forêts > Conservation > Amazonie.
Développement rural > Aspect de l'environnement > Amazonie.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Amazonie.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Agriculture
Environmental protection
Land use
Natural resources
Umweltveränderung
Landwirtschaft
Écologie humaine > Amazonie.
Écologie des forêts pluviales > Amazonie.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
CLIMATE CHANGE.
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.
FOREST CONSERVATION.
FOREST MANAGEMENT.
SILVICULTURE.
AGROFORESTRY.
RANGE MANAGEMENT.
LAND USE.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
AMAZON REGION.
Amazon River Valley
Amazonastiefland
Amazonie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Amazonia under siege
  • 2. Environmental threats: The myth of virginity ; Climatic change ; The environmental impact of smoke ; Soil erosion and floods ; Hydroelectric dams ; The environmental impacts of mining ; Petroleum extraction ; A blizzard of cocaine ; Habitat destruction and the loss of biodiversity
  • 3. Forces of change and societal responses: Population change ; Technological change ; Socio-economic and institutional change ; Beliefs and attitudes towards development ; Inocme and wealth issues ; Societal responses
  • 4. Forest conservation and management
  • 5. Silviculture and plantation crops
  • 6. Agro-forestry and perennial cropping systems
  • 7. Ranching problems and potential on the uplands
  • 8. Land-use dynamics on the Amazon flood plain
  • 9. Trends and opportunities.

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