Abstract
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For the Amazon region in particular, this pressure is tightly coupled with increased probability of drought and fire occurrences driven by both local deforestation and global climate change
This raises a challenge to all scientists interested in the future of tropical forests, and such a complex environmental problem requires an interdisciplinary analysis. This volume attempts to provide such an analysis for the future of the Amazon. It arises from an international workshop held at Oriel College, Oxford, UK, in March 2007, and brings together 25 original papers on some of the latest research about the drivers, processes and impacts of environmental changes in the Amazon, and potential new policy responses
Podcasts and slides of the original conference proceedings are available at http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/ 070320presentations.php
Summary
For the Amazon region in particular, this pressure is tightly coupled with increased probability of drought and fire occurrences driven by both local deforestation and global climate change. There is a new appreciation of the role that tropical forest preservation can play as a component of a strategy to mitigate global climate change.
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