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Table of Contents: “…Biofuel Expansion and the Spatial Economy: Implications for the Amazon Basin in the 21st Century /…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- Effects of unsustainable development : Amazon Basin -- Political motivations for deforestation -- World market demand leads to deforestation -- Multinationals disregard ecosystems and rights of workers -- Multinational companies own banana industry -- Health risks of Third World pesticides -- Economic poverty in Asia and multinational companies -- International beef market : effects on Latin America -- Deforestation : cycle of destruction -- Preservation of forests.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Central America and the Caribbean: Island and Isthmus Deforestation; 4. The Amazon Basin: The Breakdown of Passive Protection; 5. …”
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Table of Contents: “…-- The stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of vegetation in tropical forests of the Amazon Basin, Brazil.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Cretaceous and Tertiary climate change and the past distribution of megathermal rainforests -- Andean montane forests and climate change -- Climate change in the lowlands of the Amazon Basin -- The Quaternary history of far eastern rainforests -- Rainforest responses to past climatic tropical Africa -- Tropical environmental dynamics: A modeling perspective -- Prehistoric human occupation and impacts on Neotropical forest landscapes during the Late Pleistocene and Early/Middle Holocene -- Ultraviolet insolation and the tropical rainforest: altitudinal variations, Quaternary and recent change, extinctions, and biodiversity -- Climate change and hydrological modes of the wet tropics -- Plant species diversity in Amazonian forests -- Nutrient-cycling and climate change in tropical forests -- The response of South American tropical forests to contemporary atmospheric change -- Ecophysiological response of lowland plants to Pleistocene climate -- Modeling future effects of climate change on tropical forests -- Conservation, climate change, and tropical forests.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Snow -- Depopulation in the Southeast after 1492 / Russell Thornton, Jonathan Warren, and Tim Miller -- Prehisotric population density in the Amazon Basin / Betty J. Meggers…”

Table of Contents: “…Brazil: A Land of Beautiful and Undiscovered Landscapes -- Geological Background: A Tectonic Panorama of Brazil -- Long-Term Geomorphological Evolution of the Brazilian Territory -- Climates of Brazil: Past and Present -- Discovery Coast: The Brazilian Landscape First Sighted by Europeans -- The Todos Os Santos Bay –An Ephemeral High Stand Feature Incised into an Aborted Cretaceous Rift -- Brazil in the South Atlantic: The Fernando De Noronha and Trindade Archipelagos -- The Lençois Maranhenses: A Paradise of Dunes and Ponds -- One Island, Many Landscapes: Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazilian Coast -- Antonina Bay and Superagui Island: A Mosaic Of Mountains, Coastal Plain and Atlantic Forest -- The Bertioga Coastal Plain: An Example of Morphotectonic Evolution -- Brazilian Pantanal: A Large Pristine Tropical Wetland -- Potiguar Basin: Diversity of Landscapes in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin -- The Anavilhanas And Mariuá Archipelagos: Fluvial Wonders from the Negro River, Amazon Basin -- The Rio Peruaçu Basin, An Impressive Multiphased Karst System -- Lagoa Santa Karst: Cradle of Brazilian Cave Studies -- Jalapão: Sedimentary Heritages in Central Brazil -- Chapada Das Mesas: Unknown Geomorphological Heritage -- Chapada Diamantina: A Remarkable Landscape Dominated by Mountains and Plateaus -- Chapada Dos Veadeiros: The Highest Landscapes in the Brazilian Central Plateau -- Chapada Do Araripe: A Highland Oasis Incrusted into the Semi-Arid Region of Northeastern Brazil -- Stone and Sand Ruins in the Drylands of Brazil: The Rustic Landscapes of Catimbau National Park -- Serra Da Capivara National Park: Ruinform Landscapes on the Parnaiba Cuesta -- Tepequém Mountains: A Relict Landscape in the Northern Amazon -- Carajás National Forest: Iron Ore Plateaus and Caves in Southeastern Amazon -- Serra Do Mar: The Most “Tormented” Relief in Brazil -- Itatiaia Massif: Morphogenesis of Southeastern Brazilian Highlands -- Southern Plateau and Itaimbezinho Canyon -- Quadrilátero Ferrífero’: A Beautiful and Neglected Landscape Between the Gold and Iron Ore Reservoirs -- Campos Gerais of Paraná: A Regional Palimpsest -- Foz Do Iguaçú: Regional Geomorphological Context of the Iguaçú Falls -- The Canastra Range: On the Way to São Francisco River Spring -- Southern Serra Do Espinhaço: The Impressive Plateau of Quartzite Ridges -- Itatim Geomorphological Site: Largest Concentration of Inselbergs in Brazil -- Pancas: The Kingdom of Bornhardts -- The Guanabara Bay, A Giant Body of Water Surrounded by Mountains in the Rio De Janeiro Metropolitan Area.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Woolfenden -- Synurbanization of the magpie in the Palearctic / Leszek Jerzak -- Macaw abundance in relation to human population density in the western Amazon Basin / Daniel M. Brooks and Alfredo J. Begazo -- Waterbird production in an urban center in Alaska / Michael R. …”