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The Amazon Várzea

The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead

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  • © 2011

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  • Encompasses the work of a distinguished, international group of experts on the várzea or Amazon floodplain; - Assesses the successes and failures of conservation and development policies in the Amazon floodplain; - Interprets the latest trends in the Amazon floodplain using the tools of a number of disciplines.

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Part IV

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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Columbia University, Center for Environmental Research and Co, New York, USA

    Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez

  • Ministério da Pesca e Aquicultura - MPA, Brasília, DF, Brazil

    Mauro L. Ruffino

  • The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, USA

    Christine Padoch

  • , Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Eduardo S. Brondízio

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