"... 10-year-old girl named Doyli who lives on an isolated island in the rainforest region of Peru. She rescues orphaned wild monkeys, and then cares for them until they are old enough to be released back into the wild"--Back cover.
Zoe, an adventurous young explorer, traces her journey through the Amazon to her Uncle Renaldo's rain forest research station, a trip on which she learns about the various people and animals who call the region home.
Discusses the research and studies of six scientists whose works involve the wide range of life that calls the rain forests home, including bats, medicinal plants, trees, insects, and birds.
Provides information about the great variety of life in the Amazon rain forests, and looks at some of the unique partnerships formed by different species in an attempt to improve their chances of survival.
In 1995, wildlife photographer Stephen Kirkpatrick joined a five-man expedition headed into the jungles of the Peruvian Amazon. Within hours of their departure, a series of bad decisions left the group hopelessly lost in the depths of the jungle. What began as a photo expedition became a struggle for survival.
steps toward sustainable use of the Amazon rain forest
Anderson, Anthony B
1990
Offers a comprehensive study into the problems of deforestation of the Amazon region and provides land-use alternatives and technologies that will preserve the rain forest and benefit the population as a whole.
