Delving deeper into the Amazon
In this feature on the Amazon, we have merely scratched the surface of this incredibly complex world. Here we provide a list of references used, which include more detailed information. Some of these are available for free on the internet.
Find books, journal articles, reports and websites.Books
Fitzgerald, S. 1989. International Wildlife Trade: Whose business is it?. World Wildlife Fund, Baltimore, p. 459.Hemley, G. and Fuller K.S. 1994. International Wildlife Trade: a CITES Sourcebook. WWF/Island Press, Washington, p. 166.
Kricher, J. 1997. A NEOTROPICAL COMPANION: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, & Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. Princeton University Press.
Journal articles & book chapters
Adriana B. A. et al. 2002. Evidence that the fungus cultured by leaf-cutting ants does not metabolize cellulose. Ecology Letters. 5 (3) p. 325Barreto et al. 2005. Human Pressure in the Brazilian Amazon. IMAZON
Brazilian Forum of NGOs and Social Movements for the Environment and Development. Forests Work Group. 2005. Relation between expansion of soy plantations and deforestation – Understanding the dynamics. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
Brightsmith, D. 2000. Use of arborea termitaria by nesting birds in the Peruvian Amazon. The Condor, 102 (3), pp: 529-538 http://www.duke.edu/~djb4/Brightsmith 2000.pdf
Da Silva et al. 2005. The Fate of the Amazonian Areas of Endemism. Conservation Biology 19 (3), 689-694
Dros, J.M. 2004. Managing the soy boom: Two scenarios of soy production expansion in South America. AIDEnvironment, Amsterdam http://assets.panda.org/downloads/managingthesoyboomenglish_nbvt.pdf
Elisabetsky E & Shanley P. 1994. Ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon. Pharmac Ther , 64:201-14
Farnsworth, N. R. 1988. Screening Plants for New Medicines. In Biodiversity; Wilson, E. O., ed.; National Academy Press: Washington, D. C.; pp 83-97.
Fearnside, P.M. 2002. Avança Brasil: Environmental and social consequences of Brazil's planned infrastucture in Amazonia. Environmental Management, 30(6): 748-763.
Fearnside, P.M. 2002. Can pasture intensification discourage deforestation in the Amazon and Pantanal regions of Brazil? pp. 283-364 In: C.H. Wood and R. Porro (eds.) Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. 386 pp. http://philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/Preprints/2002/GAINSV-proceedings.pdf
Fearnside, P.M. 2002. Amazonia, Deforestation of. p. 31-38 In: A.S. Goudie & D.J. Cuff (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society, Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, New York, U.S.A http://philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/Preprints/2002/ENCYCLOP.pdf
Fearnside, P.M. 1999. Die Schäden der Wasserkraftwerke [Impacts of hydroelectric dams]. pp. 93-102 In: D. Gawora (ed.) Zum Beispiel Regenwald. LAMUV Verlag, Gottingen, Germany. 143 pp.
Gottlieb, O.R. & Kaplan M.A.C. 1990. Amazon: chemical treasure to be preserved. Ciência Hoje, (6) 44-50
Goudie (Ed.) 2001. Encyclopedia of Global Change. Environmental Change and Human Society
Kaimowitz et al. 2004. Hamburger Connection Fuels Amazon Destruction: Cattle ranching and deforestation in Brazil's Amazon. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor. http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/media/Amazon.pdf
Kaimowitz, D. 1996. Livestock and Deforestation: Central America in the 1980s and 1990s: A Policy Perspective. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jakarta.
Landers J., & Weiss J. (draft). Study on the Conversion of Degraded Tropical Pastures to Productive Crop x Livestock Rotations and their Effect on Mitigating Deforestation.
Laurance, W.F. et al. 2005. The future of the Amazon. pp. 583-609 In: E. Bermingham, C.W. Dick and C. Moritz (eds.) Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present and Future. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 1004 pp. http://philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/Preprints/2004/FUTURE-book%20chapter.pdf
Laurance, W.F.et al. 2004. Deforestation in Amazonia. Science 304: 1109. http://philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/Preprints/2004/Amazon-essay-9.pdf
Laurance, W.F. et al. 2001.The future of the Brazilian Amazon. Science, 291:438-439.
Laurance, W.F. & P.M. Fearnside. 1999. Amazon Burning. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14(11): 457 http://philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/Preprints/
Laurance, W.F. 1999. Gaia's lungs: Are rainforests inhaling earth's excess carbon dioxide? Natural History (April), p. 96
Lewinsohn T. M.and Prado P.I. 2005. How Many Species Are There in Brazil? Conservation Biology. 19(3) p. 619
Le Duc, J.P. 1996. Trafficking in animals and plants: a lucrative form of crime. International Criminal Police. ICPO n° 458/459: p. 19-31
Lewis, S.L. 2005. Tropical Forests and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Current Knowledge & Potential Future Scenarios. Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Symposium, Exeter, 1-3 February 2005. www.stabilisation2005.com/46_Simon_L_Lewis.pdf
Lopes, P.R.D. 1991. Comércio de animais silvestres. Bioikos 5(1): p.49-56
Mack, D. & Mittermeier, R.A. 1984. The International Primate Trade: summary, update and conclusions. In: The International Primate Trade, v.1, TRAFFIC (USA), Washington, pp. 181-185
Moffett, M. 1995 (July). Leafcutters: Gardeners of the Ant World. National Geographic Magazine
Morales, K., & Vinicius, T. 2003. Amazon rainforest: biodiversity and biopiracy. STUDENT BMJ, 13, pp 386-7
Fearnside, P.M. 1999. Social and environmental impacts of hydroelectric dams in Brazilian Amazonia. In : D. Gawora (ed.) Zum Beisspiel: Regenwald. LAMUV, Gottingen, Germany ,a href="philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/1999/hydro%20German-english.pdf" target="_blank">philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/1999/hydro%20German-english.pdf
Ortiz-Von Halle, B. 2001. Perspectivas sobre el comercio ilegal de fauna en América del Sur - TRAFFIC. Presented in the 1st South-American Conference on the Illegal Trade of Wild Animals, August 17-21, Brasília, Brazil
Phillips, O.L. et al. 2002. Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian rainforests. Nature, 418, pp. 770 – 774
Redford, K.H. 1992. The empty forest. BioScience, 42(6): p. 412-422
Robert W. Henderson.1994. A Splendid Quintet: The Widespread Boas of South America. LORE magazine. 44: 4, pp: 2-9. http://www.mpm.edu/collect/boas2.html
Rodrigues, M.T. 2005. The Conservation of Brazilian Reptiles: Challenges for a Megadiverse Country. Conservation Biology . 19 (3) p. 659
Rylands, A. B., et al. 2002. Amazonia. Pages 56–107 in R. A. Mittermeier, C. G. Mittermeier, P. Robles Gil, J. Pilgrim, G. A. B. da Fonseca, T. Brooks and W. R. Konstant, editors. Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. CEMEX, Agrupaci´on Serra Madre, S. C., Mexico
Seerger, A. 1982. Native Americans and the conservation of flora and fauna in Brazil. In: Socio-economic Effects and Constraints in Tropical Forest Management, John Wiley e Sons Ltda.; p. 177-190
Silva et al. 1995. Growth and yield of a tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon 13 years after logging. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Vourlitis, G.L. et al. 2002. Seasonal variations in the evapotranspiration of a transitional tropical forest of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Water Resources Research. vol. 38
Reports
Del Carmen Vera Dias, M, et al. 2002. O Prejuízo Oculto do Fogo, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia. IPAMGalinkin, M. (ed.). 2002. Geogoiás, Estado Ambiental de Goias 2000. Fundação CEBRAC, Brasília.
Margulis, S. 2003. Causas do Desmatamento da Amazônia Brasileira. World Bank, Brasilia.
Nepstad, D. and J. J.P. Capobianco. 2002. Roads in the Rainforest: Environmental Costs for the Amazon. Instituto de Pesquisa de Amazonia and Instituto Socioambiental, Belem.
Renctas. 2001. 1st National Report on Wild Fauna Traffic. Brasília - Brazil. 108 p. http://www.renctas.org.br/en/trafico/default.asp
RENCTAS .1999. Animais Silvestres: normatização e controle. Rede Nacional Contra o Tráfico de Animais Silvestres, Rio de Janeiro.
SEPLAN/CNPQ. 1982. Recursos Naturais Faunísticos. SEPLAN/CNPQ, Brasília, p. 30.
Sick, H. 1997a. Ornitologia brasileira. Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro,p.912.
Viana, G. 1998. Report of the External Commission of the Chamber of Deputies Destined to Investigate the Acquisition of Wood, Lumber Mills and Extensive Portions of Land in the Amazon by Asian Loggers. Brasilia, Brazil.
Websites
Amazon GIShttp://www.amazongis.org/index.html
Using the tools of GIS and the internet, Amazon GIS aims to influence conservation decision-making and promote effective strategies towards sustainable development.
Amazonia
www.amazonia.org.br
This site makes information on the Amazon region available to the public, with the aim of helping to make clear the structure of public and private agencies, both Brazilian and foreign, that are active in the region. At the disposal of researchers, investors, journalists, students, travelers and those who are just curious, the site is an attempt to orient the surfer to the various "worlds" that exist in the Amazon.
Indigenous Peoples of Brazil
http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/indexenglish.htm
Perceptions; lifestyles; policies; projects; and more
Amazon Alliance
http://www.amazonalliance.org/
The AMAZON ALLIANCE works to defend the rights, territories and environment of indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon Basin. The Alliance is an initiative born out of the partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples.
About Wildlife Trafficking in Brazil
http://www.renctas.org.br/en/
Information on wild animal trafficking
Publications from NASA's Land Cover Land Use Change Program
http://lcluc.umd.edu/products/rslts_by_region/SoAmer.asp
