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"Insightful work, written for a popular audience, offers reader a general understanding of the region"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Folklore --- Indians of South America --- Nature --- Human ecology --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Folklore. --- Effect of human beings on --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on
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This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 species, in the Amazon including how the people of each region use them. It is lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs taken by the author, an extensive list of references, and Dr. Smith’s latest, meticulous research. This book should be a foundational work for scholars working in the plant sciences, researchers in ethnobotanical studies, and general interest scholars seeking more detailed information on the latest research by a leading scientist in the Amazon.
Plants --- Plant physiology. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant diseases. --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant Evolution. --- Plant Development. --- Plant Physiology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Pathology. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Evolution. --- Development. --- Fruit
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The floodplain forest of the Amazon is the last agricultural frontier of the Americas, but its natural resource base is being threatened by agricultural expansion and impaired by inappropriate land-use. This text demonstrates that native knowledge offers vital insights for economic development.
Land use --- Human ecology --- Natural history
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"Balanced, worthwhile book includes chapters on threats to the environment, change and societal response, conservation and management, plantation crops, agroforestry, ranching, floodplain dynamics, and trends and opportunities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Democracy -- History -- 20th century. --- Equality. --- Environmental protection --- Natural resources --- Land use --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- National resources --- Resources, Natural --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Economic aspects --- Environnement --- Utilisation du sol --- Ressources naturelles --- Protection --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality
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Germplasm resources, Plant --- Plant breeding --- Plant quarantine
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