Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia

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 t...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-678572024-04-14T10:28:57Z Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia Juhani Mikkola, Heimo Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture 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. 2021-04-20T16:28:20Z 2021-04-20T16:28:20Z 2021 book ONIX_20210420_9781839628139_3217 9781839628139 9781839628122 9781839628146 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/67857 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/10248/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.91089 10.5772/intechopen.91089 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781839628139 9781839628122 9781839628146 IntechOpen 256 open access
spellingShingle Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
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Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia
title Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia
title_full Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia
title_fullStr Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia
title_full_unstemmed Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia
title_short Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia
title_sort ecosystem and biodiversity of amazonia
topic Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture
topic_facet Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture
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