Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Coeditor’s Note xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Thoughts on the Future of Amazonia 1
7. 1. Romance and Reality 5
8. 2. Constructing Tropical Nature 17
9. 3. Demand for Two Classes of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge in Modern Amazonia 33
10. 4. Fire in Roraima, 1998—Politics and Human Impact 51
11. 5. The Cerrado of Brazilian Amazonia 85
12. 6. A Review of Amazonian Wetlands and Rivers 98
13. 7. Fragility and Resilience of Amazonian Soils 122
14. 8 Is Successful Development of Brazilian Amazonia Possible Without Knowledge of the Soil and Soil Response to Development? 146
15. 9. Fragile Soils and Deforestation Impacts 158
16. 10. Concurrent Activities and Invisible Technologies 172
17. 11. Institutional and Economic Issues in the Promotion of Commercial Forest Management in Amerindian Societies 181
18. 12. Collect or Cultivate—A Conundrum 193
19. 13. Extractivism, Domestication, and Privatization of a Native Plant Resource 210
20. 14. Peasant Riverine Economies and Their Impact in the Lower Amazon 222
21. 16. The Commodification of the Indian 248
22. 17. Euphemism in the Forest 273
23. 18. What’s the Difference Between a Peace Corps Worker and an Anthropologist? 286
24. 19. Traditional Resource Use and Ethnoeconomics 307
25. 20. Enhancing Social Capital 328
26. Appendix: Findings and Recommendations 345
27. Contributors 347
28. Index 349
29. Backmatter 367