Amazon Ecosystem - Past Discoveries and Future Prospects

Buch | Hardcover

96 Seiten

2024
IntechOpen (Verlag)
9780854662692 (ISBN)

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The Amazon contains billions of trees: a vital carbon store to slow global warming. However, 9 owner nations have encouraged agriculture, logging, and mining activities, causing a dangerous setback in the effort to protect the region. This book describes the past and present situation and presents examples of sustainable development possibilities.

The Amazon region is the largest river basin and rainforest ecosystem in the world. It contains billions of trees, which are a vital carbon store to slow down global warming. Amazonia is home to one million indigenous people and some three million species of plants and animals. The future of the world’s largest forest is critical to South America and the planet. However, nine owner nations—Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela—have encouraged agriculture, logging, and mining activities, causing a dangerous setback in the effort to protect “the lungs of the world." Due to global importance, the protection of Amazonia is vital. This book includes six chapters that describe the past and present situation of the Amazon region and present positive examples of sustainable development possibilities.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.04.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-13	9780854662692 / 9780854662692
Zustand	Neuware