The Amazon Rainforest And Its People

Author : Marion Morrison
Publisher : Steck-Vaughn
ISBN 13 : 9780817246723
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazon Rain Forest and Its People written by Marion Morrison and published by Steck-Vaughn. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the conditions in the Amazon rain forest, the animals, plants, and people that live there, the exploitation of this ecosystem, and the importance of preserving it.

Author : Marion Morrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750204842
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazon Rainforest and Its People written by Marion Morrison and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marion Morrison
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 9781568470870
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazon Rain Forest and Its People written by Marion Morrison and published by Raintree. This book was released on 1993 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the conditions in the Amazon rain forest, the animals, plants, and people that live there, the exploitation of this ecosystem, and the importance of preserving it.

Author : Lothar Staeck
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3662644525
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fascination Amazon River written by Lothar Staeck and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the Amazon and its adjacent rainforest are presented in all their important facets: First, there is the vast river system itself, with its network of white, black, and clear water rivers. The different water qualities have an enormous impact on people, animals and plants. On the other hand, the people who live along this "Rio Mar," the ocean river, are described. They are the Caboclos, the descendants of the European immigrants and the indigenous people, and it is the different indigenous peoples who have mostly settled along the riverbanks, since the rivers here replace the roads and make contact with other people possible in the first place. Although these ethnic groups have been in contact with Western civilization for generations,they have surprisingly preserved a number of remarkable traditions that are described here. The treasure of the Amazon is its plants and animals. Therefore, the most fascinating flowering plants, including numerous medicinal plants, trees, epiphytes and lianas from different habitats are described in detail and illustrated with excellent photographs. Finally, it is the animals, especially in and around the river, that have always fascinated Alexander von Humboldt. Not only is the lifestyle of the legendary pink dolphins, piranhas and tarantulas explained here, but the impressive amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the jungle are also discussed.epiphytes and lianas from different habitats are described in detail and illustrated with excellent photographs. Finally, it is the animals, especially in and around the river, that have always fascinated Alexander von Humboldt. Not only is the lifestyle of the legendary pink dolphins, piranhas and tarantulas explained here, but the impressive amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the jungle are also discussed.epiphytes and lianas from different habitats are described in detail and illustrated with excellent photographs. Finally, it is the animals, especially in and around the river, that have always fascinated Alexander von Humboldt. Not only is the lifestyle of the legendary pink dolphins, piranhas and tarantulas explained here, but the impressive amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the jungle are also discussed. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Faszination Amazonas by Lothar Staeck, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Author : Lauri Berkenkamp
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1936749297
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discover the Amazon written by Lauri Berkenkamp and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From avoiding predators to navigating through the jungle without a compass, this innovative guide provides kids with the vital tools one would need if lost in the Amazon. Offering practical survival techniques based on real stories, children will learn lessons that can be adapted to almost any outdoor situation, such as making fire, deciphering animal tracks, and using the natural world for all to create necessary supplies. Opening with an informative section on the region and its people, this essential resource combines history and science in a fun and engaging way. Facts and sidebars on the local creatures and plants are interspersed along with 15 activities for the home or classroom—from making a fishing spear to determining how much water is needed to stay healthy.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744038685
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books The Amazon written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, lavishly illustrated e-guide to the beauty and diversity of the Amazon--the rainforest and the river, its flora and fauna, and the people who live in the region. Applying the award-winning DK Eyewitness formula to the subject of the largest and most bio-diverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, and the vast river that winds its way through it, this title profiles everything from the birds, animals, and insects that live there to the nine South American countries it extends across.

Author : William Balée
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817317864
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Forests of the Amazon written by William Balée and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award. Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Balée’s research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In Cultural Forests of the Amazon, he argues that indigenous people, past and present, have time and time again profoundly transformed nature into culture. Moreover, they have done so using their traditional knowledge and technology developed over thousands of years. Balée demonstrates the inestimable value of indigenous knowledge in providing guideposts for a potentially less destructive future for environments and biota in the Amazon. He shows that we can no longer think about species and landscape diversity in any tropical forest without taking into account the intricacies of human history and the impact of all forms of knowledge and technology. Balée describes the development of his historical ecology approach in Amazonia, along with important material on little-known forest dwellers and their habitats, current thinking in Amazonian historical ecology, and a narrative of his own dialogue with the Amazon and its people.

Author : Mark J. Plotkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190668318
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazon written by Mark J. Plotkin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second--in two hours, this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million residents with water for a year. Its flora and fauna are abundant. Approximately one of every four flowering plant species on earth resides in the Amazon. A single Amazonian river may contain more fish species than all the rivers in Europe combined. It is home to the world's largest anteater, armadillo, freshwater turtle, and spider, as well as the largest rodent (which weighs over 200 lbs.), catfish (250 lbs.), and alligator (more than half a ton). The rainforest, which contains approximately 390 billion trees, plays a vital role in stabilizing the global climate by absorbing massive amounts of carbon dioxide--or releasing it into the atmosphere if the trees are destroyed. Severe droughts in both Brazil and Southeast Asia have been linked to Amazonian deforestation, as have changing rainfall patterns in the U.S., Europe, and China. The Amazon also serves as home to millions of people. Approximately seventy tribes of isolated and uncontacted people are concentrated in the western Amazon, completely dependent on the land and river. These isolated groups have been described as the most marginalized peoples in the western hemisphere, with no voice in the decisions made about their futures and the fate of their forests. In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, ecologist and conservation expert, Mark J. Plotkin, who has spent 40 years studying Amazonia, its peoples, flora, and fauna. The Amazon offers an engaging overview of this irreplaceable ecosystem and the challenges it faces.

Author : William B. Rice
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 9781433336713
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazon Rainforest written by William B. Rice and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey through the Amazon Rainforest introduces its people, plant life, and animals.

Author : Ghillean T. Prance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781739885625
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazon Forest and Its People in Black and White written by Ghillean T. Prance and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about the biology and situation of the Amazon rainforest. It is illustrated by the 250 black and white photos taken by Ghillean Prance during the course of his many expeditions to the Amazon region. The text is mainly taken from the writings of the three Victorian naturalists Henry Bates, Richard Spruce and Alfred Rusell Wallace. Many of the things they described about the forest and its indigenous peoples are illustrated. Some additions on the biology of various interesting plants from the research of the author are also included. While much of the book is about the biology and ethnology of the people the main message is to demonstrate the current destruction of both the forest and the native people, with the hope that this can be halted quickly. It ends with some quotes with pleas for action from some of the most affected indigenous people"--NHBS.