Download or read book Exploring the Amazon Rainforest Biodiversity at its Best written by Kevin Hunt and published by Kevin Hunt. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon Rainforest: A Hidden Symphony Exploring the Amazon Rainforest invites you on an awe-inspiring journey through the heart of the world’s most legendary rainforest—the Amazon. Within its emerald embrace lies a vibrant tapestry of life, where every leaf, every insect, and every whispering breeze contributes to a symphony of existence. From the elusive jaguar’s golden eyes to the intricate dance of leaf-cutter ants, Exploring the Amazon Rainforest dares you to explore. Venture beyond the familiar and discover the magic of biodiversity—the heartbeat of our planet. Learn about how climate change has affected the Amazon and organizations' conservational efforts are aiding in the preservation of the Amazon Rainforest. Embark on a quest to unlock the Amazon’s secrets. Are you ready to listen to nature’s symphony?
Download or read book Exploring the Amazon Rainforest Biodiversity at its Best written by Kevin Hunt and published by Kevin Hunt. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon Rainforest: A Hidden Symphony Exploring the Amazon Rainforest invites you on an awe-inspiring journey through the heart of the world’s most legendary rainforest—the Amazon. Within its emerald embrace lies a vibrant tapestry of life, where every leaf, every insect, and every whispering breeze contributes to a symphony of existence. From the elusive jaguar’s golden eyes to the intricate dance of leaf-cutter ants, Exploring the Amazon Rainforest dares you to explore. Venture beyond the familiar and discover the magic of biodiversity—the heartbeat of our planet. Learn about how climate change has affected the Amazon and organizations' conservational efforts are aiding in the preservation of the Amazon Rainforest. Embark on a quest to unlock the Amazon’s secrets. Are you ready to listen to nature’s symphony?
Download or read book Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia written by Heimo Mikkola and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazonia is the largest continuous river basin and rainforest ecosystem in the world. In all aspects it is a natural wonder, and the rainforest with its billions of trees is a vital carbon store that slows down the advance of global warming. It is home to one million indigenous people and some three million species of plants and animals. There have been many climate fluctuations during the last 55 million years of its existence, but never before have “the lungs of the world” been at greater risk than they are today due to uncontrolled fires, expanding agriculture and heavy industrial development in the forms of oil drilling, mining and large hydroelectric dams. Over twelve chapters, this book describes the anthropological, biological and industrial problems facing the Amazonia, and seeks to find new solutions.
Download or read book Tropical Rainforest Guide Exploring Biodiversity in Lush Jungles written by Georgie Rogers and published by Richards Education. This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of tropical rainforests with Tropical Rainforest Guide: Exploring Biodiversity in Lush Jungles. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the planet's most diverse and captivating ecosystems, from the vast Amazon Basin to the ancient rainforests of Southeast Asia and the rich biodiversity of Central America. Discover the incredible flora and fauna that call these lush jungles home, learn about the indigenous cultures intertwined with these landscapes, and explore the adventure and ecotourism opportunities that await. Whether you are a seasoned explorer, a passionate conservationist, or a curious traveler, this book offers invaluable insights, practical tips, and inspiring stories to deepen your appreciation for the beauty and importance of tropical rainforests. Join us in celebrating and protecting these irreplaceable natural treasures.
Download or read book Protecting the Amazon Rainforest written by Tracy Vonder Brink and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the richness of the Amazon rainforest, how humans have damaged it, and efforts being taken to protect it. Clear text, vibrant photos, and helpful infographics make this book an accessible and engaging read.
Download or read book Amazon written by Clênia Rodrigues-Alcântara and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines one of the most important ecosystems of the world, the Amazon Rainforest, with a focus on the diversity of species found in the region; its importance and vulnerability on the processes, especially anthropogenic, which are occurring; the sustainable use of products found in the forest and how it can be less degrading for those who depend on it to survive; and how public policies and correct decision-making could benefit the sustainable use of the forest. The quality of life of people living in this region and how the processes of forest degradation influence precipitation is also discussed, as are key elements for the proper maintenance of this ecosystem. You can understand how the forest is connected with other parts of the world through an analysis of what is presented in these chapters in terms of climate change and the biological, anthropological, economic and meteorological point of view.
Download or read book The Amazon written by Mark J. Plotkin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second--in two hours, this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million residents with water for a year. Its flora and fauna are abundant. Approximately one of every four flowering plant species on earth resides in the Amazon. A single Amazonian river may contain more fish species than all the rivers in Europe combined. It is home to the world's largest anteater, armadillo, freshwater turtle, and spider, as well as the largest rodent (which weighs over 200 lbs.), catfish (250 lbs.), and alligator (more than half a ton). The rainforest, which contains approximately 390 billion trees, plays a vital role in stabilizing the global climate by absorbing massive amounts of carbon dioxide--or releasing it into the atmosphere if the trees are destroyed. Severe droughts in both Brazil and Southeast Asia have been linked to Amazonian deforestation, as have changing rainfall patterns in the U.S., Europe, and China. The Amazon also serves as home to millions of people. Approximately seventy tribes of isolated and uncontacted people are concentrated in the western Amazon, completely dependent on the land and river. These isolated groups have been described as the most marginalized peoples in the western hemisphere, with no voice in the decisions made about their futures and the fate of their forests. In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, ecologist and conservation expert, Mark J. Plotkin, who has spent 40 years studying Amazonia, its peoples, flora, and fauna. The Amazon offers an engaging overview of this irreplaceable ecosystem and the challenges it faces.
Download or read book Amazonia Landscape and Species Evolution written by Carina Hoorn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on geological history as the critical factor in determining the present biodiversity and landscapes of Amazonia. The different driving mechanisms for landscape evolution are explored by reviewing the history of the Amazonian Craton, the associated sedimentary basins, and the role of mountain uplift and climate change. This book provdes an insight into the Meso- and Cenozoic record of Amazonia that was characterized by fluvial and long-lived lake systems and a highly diverse flora and fauna. This fauna includes giants such as the ca. 12 m long caiman Purussaurus, but also a varied fish fauna and fragile molluscs, whilst fossil pollen and spores form relics of ancestral swamps and rainforests. Finally, a review the molecular datasets of the modern Amazonian rainforest and aquatic ecosystem, discussing the possible relations between the origin of Amazonian species diversity and the palaeogeographic, palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental evolution of northern South America. The multidisciplinary approach in evaluating the history of Amazonia has resulted in a comprehensive volume that provides novel insights into the evolution of this region.
Download or read book Amazon written by Clênia Rodrigues-Alcântara and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines one of the most important ecosystems of the world, the Amazon Rainforest, with a focus on the diversity of species found in the region; its importance and vulnerability on the processes, especially anthropogenic, which are occurring; the sustainable use of products found in the forest and how it can be less degrading for those who depend on it to survive; and how public policies and correct decision-making could benefit the sustainable use of the forest. The quality of life of people living in this region and how the processes of forest degradation influence precipitation is also discussed, as are key elements for the proper maintenance of this ecosystem. You can understand how the forest is connected with other parts of the world through an analysis of what is presented in these chapters in terms of climate change and the biological, anthropological, economic and meteorological point of view.
Download or read book Exploring Amazon Rainforest written by Shah Rukh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exploring Amazon Rainforest" takes young adventurers on an exciting journey deep into the heart of the world's largest tropical rainforest. Through engaging storytelling, readers will discover the incredible biodiversity, cultural richness, and environmental wonders of the Amazon. Join us as we trek through lush jungles, encounter exotic wildlife, and learn about the importance of conservation in protecting this vital ecosystem for future generations. Embark on an unforgettable adventure and explore the wonders of the Amazon Rainforest!
Download or read book Bats Bugs and Biodiversity written by Susan E. Goodman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records the experiences of seventh-and eighth-grade students from Michigan who traveled to the Peruvian Amazon. There they explored the rain forest canopy and understory, learned about indigenous plant and animal life, visited a town school, traded with a native Amazonian tribe, and began to understand the economic pressures that lead to rain forest devastation and the sometimes complex results of simple actions.
Download or read book Rainforests written by Alexis Roumanis and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the world’s largest flower can be found in rainforests? Millions of different plants and animals live in the Amazon Rainforest. Discover more intriguing facts in Rainforests, an Exploring Ecosystems book.
Download or read book The Naturalist on the River Amazons written by Henry Walter Bates and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons" by Henry Walter Bates. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Interactions Between Biosphere Atmosphere and Human Land Use in the Amazon Basin written by Laszlo Nagy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a panorama of recent scientific achievements produced through the framework of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere programme (LBA) and other research programmes in the Brazilian Amazon. The content is highly interdisciplinary, with an overarching aim to contribute to the understanding of the dynamic biophysical and societal/socio-economic structure and functioning of Amazonia as a regional entity and its regional and global climatic teleconnections. The target readership includes advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students and researchers seeking to untangle the gamut of interactions that the Amazon’s complex biophysical and social system represent.
Download or read book Barefoot Through the Amazon written by Marc G. M. Van Roosmalen and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 a baby dwarf marmoset, later baptized Callibella humilis, was delivered to the author''s doorstep. He could not have guessed that this moment would trigger a series of discoveries of unique, not yet identified animals and plants from the Brazilian Amazon. The indisputable existence of the second smallest monkey in the world somewhere out there in the vast Amazon Basin took the scepsis away from the scientist, convinced as Van Roosmalen was that discovering new primates at the turn of the 20th century would be really impossible. Describing mammals new to science is widely considered a privilege reserved to the great naturalists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Van Roosmalen''s odyssey in search of the land of the Callibella revealed a river basin never visited before by naturalists, which was teeming with not yet described living things. A biological "terra incognita" that turned into a naturalist''s el dorado. This book includes, among other amazing Amazonian stories, an account of Van Roosmalen''s encounters with large-bodied, apparently overlooked creatures new to science that live up in the canopy, on the forest floor, as well as in the water of this Lost World the Rio Aripuana Basin. Here, we mention at least ten more big monkeys, giant peccary, fair brocket deer, dwarf tapir, dwarf manatee, a third freshwater dolphin cf. Pontoporia, giant paca, fair tree squirrel, pair-living red coati, red-coated tayra, Van Roosmalen''s dwarf porcupine and hundreds of unknown trees and vines. In his account "Monkeys of the Amazon" (1854), Alfred Wallace based his evolutionary ideas on observations made during his long stay in the Amazon. In his river-barrier hypothesis he considered the Amazon Basin a huge freshwater archipelago in which the main rivers act as barriers to genetic drift. Through genetic isolation they provoke speciation. On his travels through the Amazon to study its biodiversity, Van Roosmalen noticed how right Wallace was 150 years ago and how well his hypothesis applies to the evolution and phylo-geography of living beings in the Amazon. He explains why it represents by far the highest biodiversity on Earth. Island bio-geography as defined for oceanic archipelagos can be perfectly applied to the interfluves of major rivers in the Amazon. Flying for hours over the never-ending sea of tree tops, people may think that the Amazon rain forest is just one ''sea of broccoli'', all the same. But the over 100,000 plant species and millions of animal species (incl. insects) are not at all evenly spread across the Amazon. If so, this ecosystem would not contain the highest biodiversity on the planet. In this book it is explained for by a combination of factors: the tropical climate, the overall poor-nutrient soils on which the rain forest grows and has evolved over more than 70 million years, its unique geophysical history, its utterly complex mosaic of vegetation types, and the insulation caused by hundreds of rivers of three different water types together with their extensive floodplains. The latter do act as strong geographical barriers that prevent animals and plants to cross over from one interfluve to the other.Van Roosmalen''s research confronted him with difficulties to lay one''s hand on biological material without having to kill specimens to put in a museum. Political obstacles lay on his path, such as to collect and transport holotype material of new plants and animals for DNA analysis in a lab abroad. Unfortunately, time runs out. All these creatures are found at the verge of extinction. They all need their living space -the ancient Amazon rain forest- rigidly protected by law.Van Roosmalen ''s popular-scientific book "Barefoot through the Amazon", a textbook on Amazon Rainforest Ecology and Biodiversity, will hopefully attract national and international public awareness. And draw attention to some of the most special and poorest known hotspots of biodiversity in the entire Amazon. They urgently need our protection!
Download or read book Climate Change and Biodiversity Governance in the Amazon written by Joana Castro Pereira and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an analysis of the recent governance of the Amazon in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia with a particular focus on deforestation processes, demonstrating that current policies and political and socioeconomic dynamics in the four countries are risking the forest’s resilience. The authors examine and compare Amazonian politics and policies under different administrations, concentrating on the main actors, policies and dynamics that have affected the region, as well as on the institutional and political environment in which deforestation processes were embedded in different periods. Essentially, the book makes an analytical contribution towards a better understanding of the political, economic and social challenges confronting conservation policy in the Amazonian countries. Climate Change and Biodiversity Governance in the Amazon: At the Edge of Ecological Collapse? is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of environmental studies and sustainability, Latin American studies, political science and international relations, as well as for policymakers and practitioners working in conservation and development.
Download or read book Amazonian Life A Journey Through the Heart of the Rainforest written by Teresa Ice and published by Teresa Ice. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amazonian Life: A Journey Through the Heart of the Rainforest" explores the rich biodiversity, indigenous cultures, and pressing conservation challenges of the Amazon Rainforest. Through vivid narratives and in-depth analysis, this book reveals the profound significance of this vital ecosystem and the urgent need to protect it for future generations.
