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Amazon Sweet Sea Nigel J. H. Smith

Amazon Sweet Sea By Nigel J. H. Smith

Amazon Sweet Sea by Nigel J. H. Smith


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Explores how human use of the Amazon estuary's natural resources has been affected by technological change, rapid urban growth, and accelerated market integration.

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Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life and Water at the River's Mouth by Nigel J. H. Smith

Far into the Atlantic Ocean, the outflow from the Amazon River creates a sweet sea of fresh water. At the river's mouth, a vast delta of river channels and marshes, floodplain and upland forests, open and scrub savannas, floating meadows, and mangrove swamps hosts an astonishingly diverse assemblage of plant and animal life. So rich is this biological treasure house that early European explorers deemed it inexhaustible. In this highly readable book, Nigel Smith explores how human use of the Amazon estuary's natural resources has been affected by technological change, rapid urban growth, and accelerated market integration. Avoiding alarmist rhetoric, he shows how human intervention in the estuary has actually diversified agriculture and helped save floodplain forests from wanton destruction. His findings underscore the importance of understanding the history of land use and the ecological knowledge of local people when formulating development and conservation policies. The book will be of interest to everyone concerned with the fate of tropical forests, conserving biodiversity, and developing natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Amazon Sweet Sea Reviews

Every reader from armchair traveller, fieldworker ot bureaucrat will profit from this book. An added bonus is the rich gallery of fabulous photographs that display the glorious richness of colours, the complexity of the lives of the rural people and the diversity of the habitats in which they live.-New Scientist, 2 November 2002 Even though I have been an avid student of the Amazon region for thirty years, I learned a lot from reading this book... The author does not hesitate to connect the local narrative to issues of global environmental impact. While he is careful not to be quick to see disaster at every turn, as so many environmentalists do, he makes readers fully aware and sensitive to the potential for environmental damage from unsustainable practices. Emilio F. Moran, Rudy Professor of Anthropology and Director, Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change, Indiana University

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Where Titans Meet; 2. Reinventing Pristine Nature; 3. Jungle Cowboys; 4. Pillars of Life; 5. A Banquet of Wild Fruits; 6. In the Shadow of the Forest; 7. Chainsaw Orgy; 8. Fishing and Plants in the River-Sea; 9. The Hunt between Land and Water; 10. Misty Dawn; Appendix 1. Common and Scientific Names of Plants; Appendix 2. Common and Scientific Names of Animals; Notes; Further Reading; Index

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CIN0292777701A
9780292777705
0292777701
Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life and Water at the River's Mouth by Nigel J. H. Smith
Used - Well Read
Hardback
University of Texas Press
20021101
295
N/A
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