Format:
Online-Ressource (XXXIX, 362p. 29 illus., 2 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9789400701465
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
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.
Content:
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 varzea. It also looks forward, assessing the trends that will determine the fate of environments and people of the varzea over the next ten years and providing crucial information that is needed to formulate strategies for confronting these looming realities
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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The Amazon Várzea; The Várzea: The Decade Past; Várzea: The Decade Past and the DecadeAhead - An Introduction; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Index;
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Human society in the várzea : a history of change and adaptation to contextual uncertainties
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The floodplain of the lower Amazon as a historical place
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Socioeconomic dynamics, public policies, and migration in the várzea of the upper Solimões
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Proposals, experiences, and advances in the legalization of land tenure in the várzea
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Cities along the floodplain of the Brazilian Amazon : characteristics and trends
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Amazon fisheries
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Impacts of the comanagement of subsistence and commercial fishing on Amazon fisheries
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Integrating comanagement and land tenure policies for the sustainable management of the lower Amazon floodplain
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Management of wildlife in the floodplain : a critical look at threats, bottlenecks, and the future in Amazonia
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Comanagement of the application of fisheries resources in the Amazon : present status and challenges for management and conservation
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Management and conservation of terrestrial resources
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River and human legacies in Amazonian floodplain postagricultural forests
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Várzea forests : multifunctionality as a resource for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
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Forest resources, family networks and the municipal disconnect : examining recurrent underdevelopment in the Amazon estuary
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Strategies for social and environmental conservation in conservation units
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Protected areas of sustainable use, involvement of social actors, and biodiversity conservation in the várzea : the case of the Mamirauá Reserve ; sharing conservation benefits in central Amazonia, Brazil
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Participatory conservation and local knowledge in the Amazon várzea : the Pirarucu management scheme in Mamirauá
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The political economy of resentment : a result of public policies that become government policies?
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Comments on socioenvironmental conservation strategies in protected areas of the Amazon várzea
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A tribute to José Márcio Ayres
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The contribution of Márcio Ayres to a transdisciplinary approach to conservation
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Márcio Ayres : new approaches to the conservation and management of protected areas in Amazônia
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The river-refuge hypothesis and other contributions of Márcio Ayres to conservation science
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ProVárzea's impact on regional development
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Guidelines for public policies and investment in science and technology in the várzea
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The várzea : old challenges and new demands for integrated research in the coming decade
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400701458
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. ISBN 978-94-007-0145-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-0146-5
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