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Shows how Western scientists are drawing on the knowledge of the native inhabitants of tropical rain forests to examine new species of plants previously unknown to them - plants that could provide new...
About the Baka ('Pygmy’) people and their life in the tropical rainforest. Offers no analysis but sets out to show the Baka through the strong personalities of three central characters: Licano, a man in...
A tenth of the world’s species live in Amazonia, feeding off each other, pollinating each other, dependent in a web of life. A botanist and a zoologist explain and show the delicate balance between plant...
Argues that deforestation will change the climate of the Amazonia and its surrounding regions. Trees push moisture into the atmosphere, thus generating rainfall, which can be used by all plants. Cutting the...
The competition between national governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants for control of an area of South American rain forest. Shows the potential conflict betwen the interests of the...
Part 1 shows the kind of plants and animals to be found in the major habitats of tropical rainforests, including rivers, the forest margin, the litter layer and the canopy. Gives a picture of the diversity...
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