AN ECLECTIC range of anthropologists, botanists and economists present what we know about traditional Amazonian ecological knowledge, and how it is crucial for conservation. The 20 accessible chapters meld together academic studies with pragmatic assessment and include discussions on the history of indigenous peoples鈥� contact with Europeans, European perceptions of 鈥渢he tropics鈥�, biopiracy and traditional life in the Amazonian rainforests and savannahs. The overall message: 鈥渟hort-term capitalism does not work here鈥�.
Human Impacts on Amazonia
Columbia University Press
