Question

What is one difference between the main activity that men are engaged in it in the amazon basin and in rural india?

Answer 1

Amazonia is sparsely populated. There are scattered settlements inland, but most of the population lives in a few larger cities on the banks of the Amazon and other major rivers, such as in Iquitos, Peru, and Manaus and Belém(Brazil). In many regions, the forest has been cleared for soya bean plantationsand ranching (the most extensive non-forest use of the land); some of the inhabitants harvest wild rubber latex, and Brazil nuts. This is a form of extractive farms, where the trees are not cut down. These are relatively sustainable operations in contrast to lumbering or agriculture dependent on clearing the rainforest.

The largest organization fighting for the indigenous peoples in this area is COICA. It is a supra organization encompassing all indigenous rightsorganizations working in the Amazon basin area, and covers the people living in several countries.