Author: Aparecida das Graças Claret de SouzaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Fruit trees of the Amazon Region
Author: Aparecida das Graças Claret de SouzaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics
Author: Festus K. AkinnifesiPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845931106
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This book comprises 5 parts and 21 chapters discussing the domestication of indigenous fruit trees in Africa, Oceania, Latin America and Asia; and describes the biophysical and socio-economic aspects of Miombo fruit trees.
Fruit trees of the Amazon Region
Author: Aparecida das Graças Claret de SouzaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Cultural Forests of the Amazon
Author: William BaléePublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817317864
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award. Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Balée’s research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In Cultural Forests of the Amazon, he argues that indigenous people, past and present, have time and time again profoundly transformed nature into culture. Moreover, they have done so using their traditional knowledge and technology developed over thousands of years. Balée demonstrates the inestimable value of indigenous knowledge in providing guideposts for a potentially less destructive future for environments and biota in the Amazon. He shows that we can no longer think about species and landscape diversity in any tropical forest without taking into account the intricacies of human history and the impact of all forms of knowledge and technology. Balée describes the development of his historical ecology approach in Amazonia, along with important material on little-known forest dwellers and their habitats, current thinking in Amazonian historical ecology, and a narrative of his own dialogue with the Amazon and its people.
Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey
Author: Nigel SmithPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031128036
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 species, in the Amazon including how the people of each region use them. It is lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs taken by the author, an extensive list of references, and Dr. Smith’s latest, meticulous research. This book should be a foundational work for scholars working in the plant sciences, researchers in ethnobotanical studies, and general interest scholars seeking more detailed information on the latest research by a leading scientist in the Amazon.
The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
Author: Jules JanickPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 0851996388
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Ever wanted to know the genus name for a coconut? Intended for all your research needs, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive collection of information on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. Entries are grouped alphabetically by family and then by species, making it easy to find the information you need. Coverage includes palms and cacti as well as vegetable fruits of Solanaceae and Curcurbitacea. This book not only deals with the horticulture of the fruit and nut crops but also discusses the botany, making it a useful tool for anyone from scientists to gardeners and fruit hobbyists.
Amazonia, Agriculture and Land Use Research
Author: Susanna B. HechtPublisher: CIAT
ISBN: 8489206139
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin
Author: Michael E. McClainPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195114310
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
"What are the fluxes of greenhouse gases across the atmospheric interface of ecosystems? How much carbon is stored in the biomass and soils of the basin? How are elements from the land transferred to the basin's surface waters? What is the sum of elements transferred from land to ocean, and what is its marine "fate"? This book of original chapters by experts in chemical and biological oceanography, tropical agronomy and biology, and the atmospheric sciences will address these and other important questions."
Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes
Author: William M. DenevanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780199257690
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes examines Indian agriculture in South America. The focus is on field types and field technologies, including agricultural landforms such as terraces, canals, and drained fields, which have persisted for hundreds of years. What emerges is a picture of mostly successful indigenous farming practices in difficult environments--rain forests, savannahs, swamps, rugged mountains, and deserts.
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