The Amazon Várzea - The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead

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 the várzea over the next ten years and providing crucial information that is needed to formulate strategies for confronting these looming realities.

List 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.

Summary

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 the várzea over the next ten years and providing crucial information that is needed to formulate strategies for confronting these looming realities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Eduardo S. Brondízio (Editor), Maur L Ruffino (Editor), Mauro L Ruffino (Editor), Christine Padoch (Editor), Christine Padoch et al (Editor), Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez (Editor), Mauro L. Ruffino (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9789400790216
• ISBN: 978-94-0-079021-6
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 21 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Illustrations: XXXIX, 362 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; B, fish, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Wildlife, Applied ecology, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Environmental Social Sciences, Conservation Biology, Nature Conservation, Conservation of the environment, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Ocean Sciences, Forestry, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Forestry Management, Human Geography, Amazon;Amazon fisheries;Amazon floodplain;caboclo;varzea