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Through Amazonian Eyes - The Human Ecology of Amazonian Populations (Paperback)
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In the final years of the twentieth century we live with
omnipresent worries. Will the Amazonian forests survive current
deforestation trends? Will Amazonia's native populations survive
the spread of diseases and the expropriation of traditional
territories? Will the promise of biotechnology ever be fulfilled,
given the genetic losses we are experiencing? Will scientists find
new chemical substances in the forests of Amazonia to cure diseases
heretofore incurable or yet unknown? Will we learn to use, rather
than thoughtlessly destroy, the thousands of tropical species that
we now consider without value? Will we invest in agronomic research
to find ways to achieve sustainable cultivation in the humid
tropics? In June 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the
world was finally ready to ask these questions. In this
well-written, comprehensive, reasonable yet passionate volume,
Emilio Moran introduces us to the range of human and ecological
diversity in the Amazon Basin. Beginning with a description of its
Indian and peasant populations and their knowledge of their
environment, he describes the Amazon's widely contrasting
ecosystems, their ecological variations, and the human strategies
of resource use workable within each environment. Every ecosystem -
from upland forests to floodplains, savannas to blackwater rivers -
offers opportunities as well as limitations; each has unique
characteristics that can be used advantageously or resisted at
great cost. By describing the complex heterogeneity of the Amazon's
ecological mosaic and its indigenous populations' conscious
adaptations to this diversity, Moran leads us to realize that there
are strategies of resource use which do notdestroy the structure
and function of ecosystems. Finally, and most important, he
examines ways in which we might benefit from the study of human
ecology to design and implement a balance between conservation and
use. Through Amazonian Eyes shows that the traditional inhabitants
of Ama
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