The Amazon Várzea The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel (Editor), Ruffino, Mauro L. (Editor), Padoch, Christine (Editor), Brondízio, Eduardo S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Applied ecology.; Forestry management.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Human geography.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Applied Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Nature Conservation.; Human Geography.; Sustainable Development.

This book takes a multi-disciplinary and critical look at what has changed over the last ten years in one of the world's most important and dynamic ecosystems, the Amazon floodplain or várzea. It also looks forward, assessing the trends that will determine the fate of environments and people of...

Table of Contents:

• Preface I: The Várzea: The Decade Past
• Preface II: The Várzea: The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead: An Introduction
• List of Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• PART I
• PART II
• PART III
• PART IV
• PART V
• PART VI
• Index.