The Amazon by Mark J. Plotkin

Ecologist and conservation expert, Mark J. Plotkin, who has spent 40 years studying Amazonia, its peoples, flora, and fauna covers the whole Amazonian riverfront: the past, present, and future of a vast earth-supporting ecosystem. His writings explore the variety of life found in the Amazon, from its tiny insects to its massive canopy system, which is vital to understanding human impact on the world's largest rainforest and current conservation efforts. 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. The book also includes information on all nine Amazonian countries, as well as the indigenous tribes. 

Mark is President of the Amazon Conservation Team. He is the author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, Medicine Quest, and coauthored The Killers Within.

The Amazon by Mark J. Plotkin

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