Patricia Chaves de Oliveira, Norbert Fenzl

Broschiertes Buch

Pesticides in the Brazilian Amazon

The toxic environmental heritage for future generations

Beschreibung

This book deals with the serious social and economic impacts and consequences of undiscriminated use of pesticides by large agro-industrial activities in the Brazilian Amazon. The ongoing and increasing silent and invisible pollution and intoxication of the regional society with toxic Agro-chemical compounds needs to be discussed and revealed to avoid a tragic legacy for our future generations.The text is structured in four chapters: Chapter 1- Brazil, Amazon & The Use of Pesticides; Chapter 2- Runoff of Pesticides in the Amazon Hydrographic Basin; Chapter 3- Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts; and Chapter 4 - Strategies for Reducing the Use of Agrochemicals in The Amazon Basin.

Autor

Engenheira Agrônoma, Mestra e Doutora em Ciências Agrárias. É Professora Associada IV da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará e docente do Programa de Pós Graduação em Recursos Naturais da Amazônia, no qual desenvolve pesquisas na área de Ecofisiologia de Vegetações Amazônicas, Etnobotânica, bem como, projetos de desenvolvimento local e regional

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 179g
• ISBN-13: 9786203304831
• ISBN-10: 6203304832
• Artikelnr.: 61134340