The Amazon Várzea

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxix

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2. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction: Human Society in the Várzea: A History of Change and Adaptation to Contextual Uncertainties

      • Richard Chase Smith

      Pages 3-10

   3. Life is Hard, Life is Beautiful: Some Perspectives on Health and Aging in Amazonian Rural Populations

      • Hilton P. Silva

      Pages 11-36

   4. The Floodplain of the Lower Amazon as a Historical Place

      • Mark Harris

      Pages 37-51

   5. Socioeconomic Dynamics, Public Policies, and Migration in the Várzea of the Upper Solimões

      • Edna Alencar

      Pages 53-65

   6. Proposals, Experiences, and Advances in the Legalization of Land Tenure in the Várzea

      • José Heder Benatti

      Pages 67-82

   7. Cities Along the Floodplain of the Brazilian Amazon: Characteristics and Trends

      • Sandra M. Costa, Eduardo S. Brondízio

      Pages 83-97

3. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Introduction: Amazon Fisheries

      • Fabio de Castro

      Pages 101-105

   3. Impacts of the Comanagement of Subsistence and Commercial Fishing on Amazon Fisheries

      • Oriana Almeida, Kai Lorenzen, David G. McGrath, Sergio Rivero

      Pages 107-117

   4. Integrating Comanagement and Land Tenure Policies for the Sustainable Management of the Lower Amazon Floodplain

      • David G. McGrath, Socorro Pena da Gama, Alcilene Cardoso, Oriana Almeida, José Heder Benatti

      Pages 119-135

   5. Management of Wildlife in the Floodplain: A Critical Look at Threats, Bottlenecks, and the Future in Amazonia

      • Ronis Da Silveira

      Pages 137-144

   6. Comanagement of the Application of Fisheries Resources in the Amazon: Present Status and Challenges for Management and Conservation

      • Mauro Luis Ruffino

      Pages 145-165

4. Part III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Introduction: Management and Conservation of Terrestrial Resources

      • Nigel Smith

      Pages 169-171

   3. River and Human Legacies in Amazonian Floodplain Postagricultural Forests

      • Javier A. Arce-Nazario

      Pages 173-185

   4. Várzea Forests: Multifunctionality as a Resource for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

      • Miguel A. Pinedo-Vasquez, Robin R. Sears

      Pages 187-206

   5. Forest Resources, Family Networks and the Municipal Disconnect: Examining Recurrent Underdevelopment in the Amazon Estuary

      • Eduardo S. Brondízio

      Pages 207-229

5. Part IV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

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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.

• Amazon
• Amazon fisheries
• Amazon floodplain
• caboclo
• varzea
• Forestry Management
• Fish and Wildlife Biology

• 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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