Brazilian perspectives on sustainable development of the Amazon region
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Bibliographic Information
Brazilian perspectives on sustainable development of the Amazon region
(Man and the biosphere series, v. 15)
Unesco , Parthenon Pub. Group, 1995
- : Unesco
- : Parthenon
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Note
"Papers focusing on Brazil ... presented to the Conference on Environmentally Sound Socio-Economic Development in the Humid Tropics, held from 13 to 19 June 1992 in Manaus"--Introd
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Climatic and Hydrological Conditions as Key Factors for Ecodevelopment Strategies. Development and Management Plans for the Amazon Region. The Amazon - An Urbanized Forest. Sociodiversity and Biodiversity. Agroforestry in Brazil's Amazonian Development Policy: The Role and Limits of a Potential Use for Degraded Lands. Rehabilitation of Capoeiras, Degraded Pastures, and Mining Sites. The Amazon and Extracting Activities. Development of Commercial Fisheries in the Amazon Basin and Consequences for Fish Stocks and Subsistence Fishing. Mining Without Destruction. Organizing Research for the Development of the Amazon Region. Possibilities for Sustainable Agriculture Development in the Brazilian Amazon. Elements for a Strategy for Territorial Settlement and Ecodevelopment in the Amazon. Index.
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