Issues of local and global use of water from the Amazon / 
edited by Luis E. Aragon & Miguel Clusener-Godt. 
 - Montevideo :   UNESCO,   2004.  
 - 237 p. ;  25 cm.  
<br/><br/> Contents;<br/><br/>1. The South-south co-operation programme for ecodevelopment and the question of water in the Amazon <br/>2. Plural elocution: In search of a certain uncertainty. Water that sees the sun: no color, no odor, no flavor<br/>3. Evaluation of the anthropogenic impacts on the water cycle in Amazonia <br/>4. Pollution of natural water resources in Amazonia: sources, risks and consequences <br/>5. The importance of rivers for the transportation system of the Amazon <br/><br/>6. Determining factors in the construction of hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon: reasons for claiming damage payments <br/>7. Inclusion of the Amazon in the geopolitics of water <br/>8. Legislation and institutional systems for water resource management in Brazil and their relevance to the Amazon <br/>9. Water resource management as an element of transformation in Amazonian society <br/>10. Amazonian co-operation for knowledge on water resources and for the sustainable use of these resources in the region <br/><br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9290890762 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water --Conservation <br/>Resource development --Amazon <br/>Water --Amazon --Use 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.910098133  / ISS