Brazilian perspectives on sustainable development of the Amazon region
By: edited by M. Clüsener-Godt and I. Sachs.
Contributors: Clüsener-Godt, M.; Sachs, Ignacy.; Conferência Internacional "Desenvolvimento Sustentável nos Trópicos Umidos" (1992 : Manaus, Brazil)
Series: Man and the biosphere series ;; v. 15
Publisher: Unesco; Parthenon Pub. Group
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Paris; Carnforth, Lancs, UK; Pearl River, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Environmental policy -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary -- Congresses.; Sustainable development -- Brazil -- Amazon River Estuary -- Congresses.; Amazon River Estuary (Brazil) -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The Amazon region has received considerable worldwide attention in recent years, from several aspects - the home that it provides to indigenous peoples; its role in mediating regional and global climates; the integrity of its ecological systems following disturbance and transformation; the biological and cultural diversity that it supports; and so on.

Very often, the reports and commentaries come from outside the countries and peoples of the region, while much of the thinking about Amazonia from within is not widely known or accessible.

It is within such a perspective that the present volume has been conceived and has taken form. The volume is concerned with Amazonian ecology, resource use and development, as perceived by researchers, scholars and resource managers from Brazil or who have for a long period lived and worked there.

The volume comprises thirteen chapters which, as an ensemble, provide multiple insights on Amazonia - climate and hydrology, urbanization processes, biological and ecological diversity, forests and agroforestry, rehabilitation of degraded land and water areas, extractive reserves and extractivism, fisheries and aquaculture, mining, agriculture, resource management and development planning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Papers focusing on Brazil ... presented to the Conference on Environmentally Sound Socio-Economic Development in the Humid Tropics, held from 13 to 19 June 1992 in Manaus"--Introd.