The Amazon várzea
Subtitle: the decade past and the decade ahead
By: editors, Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez ... [et al.].
Contributors: International Conference on the Amazonian Floodplains (2006 : Manaus, Brazil)
Publisher: Springer; New York Botanical Garden Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9789400701458; 9789400701465
Subjects: Floodplain forest ecology; Environmental conditions; Conservation of natural resources; Congresses; Environmental policy; Human ecology; Ecosystem management; Floodplain ecology
Notes: "This book is a co-publication with The New York Botanical Garden Press"--T.p. verso.

"This book results from the International Conference on the Amazonian Floodplains held in Manaus in December 2006"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human society in the várzea : a history of change and adaptation to contextual uncertainties / Richard Chase Smith; title: Life is hard, life is beautiful : some perspectives on health and aging in Amazonian rural populations / Hilton P. Silva; title: The floodplain of the lower Amazon as a historical place / Mark Harris; title: Socioeconomic dynamics, public policies, and migration in the várzea of the upper Solimões / Edna Alencar; title: Proposals, experiences, and advances in the legalization of land tenure in the várzea / José Heder Benatti; title: Cities along the floodplain of the Brazilian Amazon : characteristics and trends / Sandra M. Costa and Eduardo S. Brondízio; title: Amazon fisheries / Fabio de Castro; title: Impacts of the comanagement of subsistence and commercial fishing on Amazon fisheries / Oriana Almeida ... [et al.]; title: Integrating comanagement and land tenure policies for the sustainable management of the lower Amazon floodplain / David G. McGrath ... [et al.]; title: Management of wildlife in the floodplain : a critical look at threats, bottlenecks, and the future in Amazonia / Ronis Da Silveira; title: Comanagement of the application of fisheries resources in the Amazon : present status and challenges for management and conservation / Mauro Luis Ruffino; title: Management and conservation of terrestrial resources / Nigel Smith; title: River and human legacies in Amazonian floodplain postagricultural forests / Javier A. Arce-Nazario; title: Várzea forests : multifunctionality as a resource for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity / Miguel A. Pinedo-Vasquez and Robin R. Sears; title: Forest resources, family networks and the municipal disconnect : examining recurrent underdevelopment in the Amazon estuary / Eduardo S. Brondízio; title: Strategies for social and environmental conservation in conservation units / Philip M. Fearnside; title: Protected areas of sustainable use, involvement of social actors, and biodiversity conservation in the várzea : the case of the Mamirauá Reserve - sharing conservation benefits in central Amazonia, Brazil / Helder L. Queiroz; title: Participatory conservation and local knowledge in the Amazon várzea : the Pirarucu management scheme in Mamirauá / Leandro Castello, João Paulo Viana, and Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez; title: The political economy of resentment : a result of public policies that become government policies? / Ronaldo Lobão; title: Comments on socioenvironmental conservation strategies in protected areas of the Amazon várzea / Cristina Adams; title: A tribute to José Márcio Ayres / Ana Rita Pereira Alves; title: The contribution of Márcio Ayres to a transdisciplinary approach to conservation / Deborah Lima; title: Márcio Ayres : new approaches to the conservation and management of protected areas in Amazônia / John G. Robinson and Helder L. Queiroz; title: The river-refuge hypothesis and other contributions of Márcio Ayres to conservation science / Miguel A. Pinedo-Vasquez and Liliana M. Dávalos; title: ProVárzea's impact on regional development / Mauro Luis Ruffino ... [et al.]; title: Guidelines for public policies and investment in science and technology in the várzea / Maria Clara Silva-Forsberg; title: The várzea : old challenges and new demands for integrated research in the coming decade / Eduardo S. Brondízio... [et al.].