Amazon Rainforest—The Last Paradise on Earth

Author: Alain Gheerbrant
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: In 1542, in the New World of America, the Spanish, in search of the Land of Cinnamon, accidentally discovered the world's great river. From then on, the Amazon basin became a land of dreams and adventures, but also a place of exploitation. Rubber collection, deforestation, and mining severely damaged the local ecology and threatened the survival of indigenous peoples. The Amazon is like a wounded giant, waiting for the world to care for it, to heal it. In 1542, in the New World of America, the Spanish, in search of the Land of Cinnamon, accidentally discovered the world's great river. From then on, the Amazon basin became a land of dreams and adventures, but also a place of exploitation. Rubber collection, deforestation, and mining severely damaged the local ecology and threatened the survival of indigenous peoples. The Amazon is like a wounded giant, waiting for the world to care for it, to heal it.