TY  - CHAP
AU  - Natali Gomes Bordon
AU  - Niwton Leal Filho
AU  - Tony Vizcarra Bentos
ED  - Heimo Juhani Mikkola
Y1  - 2021-03-02
PY  - 2021
T1  - Ecology of the Seed Bank in the Amazon Rainforest
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. 4
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94745
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.94745
SN  - 978-1-83962-813-9
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-25
ER  -