amazon river region

Tells the true story of Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land.

This photoessay gives young readers a glimpse of the lives of the Yanomamo, a people who are vanishing because foreigners are destroying the land and the waters in order to mine gold.

Discusses the plants, animals, environment and conservation of the Amazon rainforest.

Author recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans in his search for new medicinal plants.

An account of the life of the Brazilian rubber tapper and grass-roots environmentalist, and a celebration of the beauty of the Amazon basin.

Intertwines the stories of scientific explorer Richard Evans Schultes and his student Tim Plowman, both of whom went on scientific expeditions to South America, Schultes spending twelve years, beginning in the 1940s, mapping uncharted rivers and collecting botanical specimens; and Plowman, who along with the author, duplicated Schultes's journey thirty years later.

Describes the conditions in the Amazon rain forest, the animals, plants, and people that live there, the exploitation of this ecosystem, and the importance of preserving it.