Biodiversity In The Brazilian Amazon
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Biodiversity In The Brazilian Amazon
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Author : João Paulo Ribeiro Capobianco
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Biodiversity In The Brazilian Amazon written by João Paulo Ribeiro Capobianco and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
A situação socioambiental da Amazônia brasileira na virada do milênio. Resultado do esforço coletivo de cientistas, técnicos de órgãos públicos e de organizações não governamentais e lideranças do movimento social, esta obra traz 27 artigos de 47 autores, mais de uma centena de mapas temáticos, extensos bancos de dados e fotos de cinco renomados fotógrafos.
Ecosystem And Biodiversity Of Amazonia
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Author : Heimo Mikkola
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2021-03-10
Ecosystem And Biodiversity Of Amazonia written by Heimo Mikkola and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-10 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Amazonia is the largest continuous river basin and rainforest ecosystem in the world. In all aspects it is a natural wonder, and the rainforest with its billions of trees is a vital carbon store that slows down the advance of global warming. It is home to one million indigenous people and some three million species of plants and animals. There have been many climate fluctuations during the last 55 million years of its existence, but never before have “the lungs of the world” been at greater risk than they are today due to uncontrolled fires, expanding agriculture and heavy industrial development in the forms of oil drilling, mining and large hydroelectric dams. Over twelve chapters, this book describes the anthropological, biological and industrial problems facing the Amazonia, and seeks to find new solutions.
Soil Biodiversity In Amazonian And Other Brazilian Ecosystems
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Author : F. M. S. Moreira
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2006
Soil Biodiversity In Amazonian And Other Brazilian Ecosystems written by F. M. S. Moreira and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Science categories.
The loss of biological diversity has become an increased concern over recent years and is now enshrined in international conventions. Most biodiversity in fact occurs in the soil. Soil organisms (especially bacteria, fungi and soil invertebrates) play a major role in the formation of soil structure and are primary agents of decomposition and are drivers of nutrient cycling, and hence agricultural production.This book reviews soil biodiversity in one of the key biodiversity hotspots of the world, i.e. the Amazon and nearby regions of Brazil. It covers both the tropical savannah and rain forests . The work reported is based on a project "Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-Ground Biodiversity", executed by TSBF-CIAT with co-financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implementation support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The book represents a major contribution to the literature and will interest those in biodiversity conservation, soil scienceand ecology and biodiversity conservation.
Guardians Of The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Environmental Organizations And Development
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Author : Luiz C. Barbosa
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-05-08
Guardians Of The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Environmental Organizations And Development written by Luiz C. Barbosa and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-08 with Nature categories.
The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development. This book focuses on the contributions of environmental organizations to the preservation of Brazilian Amazonia. It reveals how environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, WWF and others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and environmental struggle in the region is linked to Brazil’s position in an evolving capitalist world-economy. It is shown how Brazil’s effort to become a developed country has led successive Brazilian governments to devise development projects for Amazonia. The author analyses how globalization has led to the expansion of international commodity chains in the region, particularly for mineral ores, soybeans and beef. He shows how environmental organizations have politicized these commodity chains as weapons of conservation, through boycotting certain products, while other pro-development groups within Brazil claim that such organizations threaten Brazil's sovereignty over its own resources.
The Brazilian Amazon
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Author : Joana Bezerra
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-08-25
The Brazilian Amazon written by Joana Bezerra and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The aim of this book is to analyse the current development scenario in the Amazon, using Terra Preta de Índio as a case study. To do so it is necessary to go back in time, both in the national and international sphere, through the second half of the last century to analyse its trajectory. It will be equally important analyse the current issues regarding the Amazon – sustainable development and climate change – and how they still reproduce some of the problems that marked the history of the forest, such as the absence of Amazonian dark earths as a relevant theme to the Amazon. In a world in which the environment gains each time more space in the national and international political agenda, the Amazon stands out. Known around the world for its richness, the South-American forest is the target of different visions, often contradictory ones, and it plays with everyone’s imagination. This is where the terra preta de índio – Amazonian Dark Earths - are found, a fertile soil horizon with high concentrations of carbon with anthropic origins, which has generated great interest from the scientific community. Studies on these soils and their so singular characteristics have triggered crucial discussions on the past, present and the future of the entire Amazon region. Despite its singular characteristics, the importance of Amazonian Dark Earths – and a history of a more productive and populated Amazon – was hidden since its discovery around 1880 until 1980, when it is possible to identify the beginning of an increase in the number of research on these soil horizons. These hundred years between the first records and the beginning of the increase in the interest around these soils witnessed structural changes both in the national arena, with the military dictatorship and a change in the place of the Amazon within internal affairs, and in the international arena with changes that reshaped the role of the environment in the political and scientific agendas and the role of Brazil in the global context.
Marac
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Author : William Milliken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-03-06
Marac written by William Milliken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-06 with Nature categories.
Few tropical ecosystems have been subjected to multi-disciplinary investigations as broad and exhaustive as those carried out on the Ilha de Maraca, a riverine island in the Brazilian Amazon. This diverse and remarkable ecological reserve, in Brazil s northernmost Amazon state of Roraima, includes environments and habitats ranging from rainforests and semi-deciduous forests to natural savannas, lakes, rivers and palm swamps. These have been subjected to an in-depth international scientific study whose primary aim was to undertake one of the most detailed ecological surveys ever conducted in Amazonia. The results of this enormous body of research, involving the collaborative fieldwork of some 200 workers, span the reserve s geology, geomorphology, botany, zoology, phenology, soils, limnology, ecology and historical human occupation. These have been carefully drawn together in this volume in such a manner as to provide not only a coherent and scholarly picture of an unique and fascinating environment, but also an important and enduring source of reference for a broad spectrum of disciplines to the Amazon environment. This book is a timely reminder of the crucial importance of our understanding of rainforest components and their interrelationships, appearing as it does at a period when there is an intense interest in this extremely endangered ecosystem.
First National Report For The Convention On Biological Diversity Brazil
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Author : Brazil. Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas
language : en
Publisher: Ministry of Environment-Mma Secretariat for Biodiversity and
Release Date : 1999
First National Report For The Convention On Biological Diversity Brazil written by Brazil. Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas and has been published by Ministry of Environment-Mma Secretariat for Biodiversity and this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Nature categories.
Brazilian biodiversity; The status of Brazilian biological diversity; Institutional capacity; Legislation, policies and programmes: implementing article 6 of the convention on biological diversity; The Brazilian contribution to progress in the convention on biological diversity in a multilateral context; Perspectives.
Climate Change And Biodiversity Governance In The Amazon
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Author : Joana Castro Pereira
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-07-08
Climate Change And Biodiversity Governance In The Amazon written by Joana Castro Pereira and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-08 with Political Science categories.
This book provides an analysis of the recent governance of the Amazon in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia with a particular focus on deforestation processes, demonstrating that current policies and political and socioeconomic dynamics in the four countries are risking the forest’s resilience. The authors examine and compare Amazonian politics and policies under different administrations, concentrating on the main actors, policies and dynamics that have affected the region, as well as on the institutional and political environment in which deforestation processes were embedded in different periods. Essentially, the book makes an analytical contribution towards a better understanding of the political, economic and social challenges confronting conservation policy in the Amazonian countries. Climate Change and Biodiversity Governance in the Amazon: At the Edge of Ecological Collapse? is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of environmental studies and sustainability, Latin American studies, political science and international relations, as well as for policymakers and practitioners working in conservation and development.
Deforestation In The Brazilian Amazon
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Author : Emilio F. Moran
language : en
Publisher: Indiana Center on Global Change & World Peace
Release Date : 1992
Deforestation In The Brazilian Amazon written by Emilio F. Moran and has been published by Indiana Center on Global Change & World Peace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Deforestation categories.
Amazon Basin
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Author : Nicolás Rojas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Amazon Basin written by Nicolás Rojas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Nature categories.
Amazonian rain forest forms one of the most precious ecosystems and provides habitat for more than 50% of plant and animal species. This unique ecosystem is highly disturbed by human activities, which causes biodiversity losses. Biodiversity monitoring and conservation plays one of the most important roles of tropical environment protection. This book focuses on the assessment of species diversity and species richness in various land use systems. This book also discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the Brazilian ecotourism industry and the establishment of an eco-triple helix in the Brazilian Amazon region. Over the past two decades, the international community has become aware of the global and regional environmental risks associated with possible massive forest losses in the Brazilian Amazon. The authors of this book investigate the stochastic and dynamic relationship of land use in the Brazilian Amazon. Other chapters in this book examine the main deforestation drivers of the Brazilian Amazon rainforests, the various factors (i.e., geological age, habitat heterogeneity) that generate and maintain fish species diversity in Amazon floodplain lakes, and the causes and effects of fish contamination due to malaria control in the Brazilian Amazon.