The Amazon Vrzea: The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead [Paperback]

This book takes a multi-disciplinary and critical look at what has changed over the last ten years in one of the world's most important and dynamic ecosystems, the Amazon floodplain or várzea. It also looks forward, assessing the trends that will determine the fate of environments and people of the várzea over the next ten years and providing crucial information that is needed to formulate strategies for confronting these looming realities.This text covers what has changed over the last decade in the Amazon floodplain. It also looks forward, assessing trends that will determine the fate of its environment and people, offering information vital for strategies to confront these looming realities.Preface I: The V?rzea: The Decade Past.- Preface II: The V?rzea: The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead: An Introduction.- List of Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- PART I.- 1. Introduction: Human Society in the V?rzea: A History of Change and Adaptation to Contextual Uncertainties.- 2. Life is Hard, Life is Beautiful: Some Perspectives on Health and Ageing in Amazonian Rural Populations.- 3. The Floodplain of the Lower Amazon as a Historical Place.- 4. Socioeconomic Dynamics, Public Policies, and Migration in the V?rzea of the Upper Solim?es.- 5. Proposals, Experiences and Advances in the Legalization of Land Tenure in the V?rzea.- 6. Cities Along the Floodplain of the Brazilian Amazon: Characteristics and Trends.- PART II.- 7. Introduction: Amazon Fisheries.- 8. Impacts of the Co-management of Subsistence Fishing on Amazon Fisheries.- 9. Integrating Co-Management and Land Tenure Policies for the Sustainable Management of the Lower Amazon Floodplain.- 10. Management of Wildlife in the Floodplain: A Critical Look at Threats, Bottlenecks and the Future in Amazonia.- 11. Co-Management of the Application of Fisheries Resources in the Amazon: Present Status and Challenges for Management and Consl#Ä