"Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia" ed. by Heimo Mikkol

This book describes the anthropological, biological and industrial problems facing the Amazonia, and seeks to find new solutions.

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.

Contents
1. Diversity of the Owl Species in the Amazon Region
2. Microbiota of Wild Fruits from the Amazon Region of Ecuador: Linking Diversity and Functional Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria with Their Origin
3. Ticks from the Brazilian Amazon: Species, Distribution and Host-Relations
4. Ecology of the Seed Bank in the Amazon Rainforest
5. The Nymph Architect of the Cicada Guyalna chlorogena: Behaviours and Ecosystem
6. Shipibo Conibo and Chilean Diaguita Visual Art: Cognitive Technologies, Shamanism and Long-Distance Cultural Linkages
7. From the “Terra Preta de Indio” to the “Terra Preta do Gringo”: A History of Knowledge of the Amazonian Dark Earths
8. Ecology as Cosmology: Animal Myths of Amazonia
9. Bioeconomic Potential of Sustainability Indicators in a Ceramic Production Center in the Western Amazon
10. Neo-Developmentalism and Regional Integration: IIRSA Impact in the Environmental Agenda in the Amazon
11. Social Changes in the Peruvian Amazon Due to Foreign Influence
12. Quilombo Communities and Opportunities for Market-Driven Mechanisms for the Protection of the Amazon Forest


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