The Amazon Rainforest and Its People

MORRISON, Marion

Series: People and Places
Notes
Looking at the echosystem of the Amazon and how traditional people exist in harmony. The rainforest provides a rich habitat for many species, the trees enrich the soil and prevent it from being washed away. The destruction of the rainforest may also have a direct effect on the global environment. At least 500 different forest peoples live in the Amazonian rainforest. It is a sacred place to many of the inhabitants. The Amazon is the largest river system in the world
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Non-Fiction 100480