Amazon Jungle: Green Hell to Red Desert? : an Ecological Discussion of the Environmental Impact of the Highway Construction Program in the Amazon BasinElsevier Scientific Pub., 1975 - 161 sider Monograph presenting an environmental assessment of the implications of road construction for the ecosystem of the amazon river basin in Brazil - includes maps, references and statistical tables. |
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PREFACE by Professor Dr H Sioli | 1 |
HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMAZONIA | 14 |
Chronology of events concerning Amazonia | 20 |
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