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Amazon: Floods of Fortune
by Michael Goulding
- NATURAL HISTORY
- 2000
- PAPER
- 184 PAGES
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A masterful survey of the people, culture, ecology and economy of a threatened wetland. Most international attention has focused on the Amazon's upland forest. This excellent book looks instead at the Amazon flood plain, an immense region, partially settled and of commercial importance. The region is a mosaic of seasonally flooded ecosystems with unique rain forest, savannah and diverse wildlife. This book offers an illustrated, up-to-date analysis of the forest, its ecology, history of exploitation and environmental pressures.
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