TY - CHAP AU - Klaus Hilbert AU - Jens Soentgen ED - Heimo Juhani Mikkola Y1 - 2020-09-17 PY - 2020 T1 - From the “Terra Preta de Indio” to the “Terra Preta do Gringo”: A History of Knowledge of the Amazonian Dark Earths N2 - The Amazonia is the largest continuous river basin and rainforest ecosystem in the world. In all aspects it is a natural wonder, and the rainforest with its billions of trees is a vital carbon store that slows down the advance of global warming. It is home to one million indigenous people and some three million species of plants and animals. There have been many climate fluctuations during the last 55 million years of its existence, but never before have “the lungs of the world” been at greater risk than they are today due to uncontrolled fires, expanding agriculture and heavy industrial development in the forms of oil drilling, mining and large hydroelectric dams. Over twelve chapters, this book describes the anthropological, biological and industrial problems facing the Amazonia, and seeks to find new solutions. BT - Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93354 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.93354 SN - 978-1-83962-813-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -