Amazon ja sivujoet

In this volume, the Amazon and its adjacent rainforest are presented in all their important facets: First, there is the vast river system itself, with its network of white, black, …

For seven years, Sebastião Salgado traveled throughout the Brazilian Amazonian biome photographing the rainforest, the clouds, the rivers, the mountains, and the native people who …

Palms are tropical miracles. Heinrich Heine, the German poet, stated "e;Unter den Palmen wandert man nicht ungestraft"e;, i.e., one does not wander unpunished under the …

The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of the southeastern Peruvian rain forest. Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s, …

This book documents Bates' ground-breaking Amazon exploration, with pages from his illustrated notebooks and excerpts from what Charles Darwin called 'the best book of natural …

The Amazon is not what it seems. As Hugh Raffles shows us in this captivating and innovative book, the world's last great wilderness has been transformed again and again by human …

This is the tale of an epic three-month adventure through unexplored jungle terrain and it might even change your life Fuelled by a zest for life and the desire to explore the …

Darrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology. Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture presents a selection of his writings that …

This book examines the socio-economic impacts on the indigenous populations and local communities who depend on the Amazon for their livelihood, culture, and heritage. By …

The Amazon is not what it seems. As Hugh Raffles shows us in this captivating and innovative book, the world's last great wilderness has been transformed again and again by human …