Rainforests : Overview, Current Abstracts with Indexes

Overview, Current Abstracts with Indexes

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Hardcover | 1 December 2002

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Rainforests represent one of Earth's most precious natural resources. With swaths of forested land spanning the globe, rainforests house over half of the known species in the world. Along with this biodiversity, they also provide homes for certain human peoples, are critical to maintaining the oxygen-carbon dioxide balance in the atmosphere, and are an important source of food and medical supplies. However, rainforests face the threat of extinction because of logging and the encroachment of urban societies. Every day sees more and more acres of these needed and beautiful areas disappear forever, vanishing faster than nature can replace them. This book provides a useful review of rainforests: describing exactly what they are, the source of their importance, and the dangers they face. Following this overview are carefully selected abstracts of current literature that provide in-depth studies and discussions of the rainforests, with easy access provided by author, title, and subject indexes.

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography Physical Geography & Topography Forests Nature & The Natural World Engineering & Technology Technology in General The Environment Environmental Management Science Science in General

Preface
Rainforests of the World	p. 1
The Causes of Rainforest Destruction	p. 11
Solutions to the Problem of Rainforest Destruction	p. 21
Indigenous People of the Rainforest	p. 29
The Amazon Rainforest	p. 37
Bibliography with Abstracts	p. 41
Author Index	p. 193
Title Index	p. 203
Subject Index	p. 217
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