Write a short note on: 'life of people staying in the Amazon rainforest
Answers
Answer:
The Amazon has a long history of human settlement. Contrary to popular belief, sizable and sedentary societies of great complexity existed in the Amazon rainforest [Amazon Civilization Before Columbus]. These societies produced pottery, cleared sections of rainforest for agriculture, and managed forests to optimize the distribution of useful species. The notion of a virgin Amazon is largely the result of the population crash following the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century. Studies suggest that 11.8 percent of the Amazon's terra firme forests are anthropogenic in nature resulting from the careful management of biodiversity by indigenous people. However, unlike those using current cultivation techniques, these Amazonians were attuned to the ecological realities of their environment from five millennia of experimentation, and they understood how to sustainably manage the rainforest to suit their needs. They saw the importance of maintaining biodiversity through a mosaic of natural forests, open fields, and sections of forest managed so as to be dominated by species of special interest to humans.
Many of these populations existed along whitewater rivers where they had good means of transportation, excellent fishing, and fertile floodplain soils for agriculture. However, when Europeans arrived, these were the first settlements to be affected, since Europeans used the major rivers as highways to the interior. In the first century of European presence, the Amerindian population was reduced by 90 percent. Most of the remaining peoples lived in the interior of the forest: either pushed there by the Europeans or traditionally living there in smaller groups.
Answer:
ʟɪғᴇ ᴏғ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ sᴛᴀʏɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ʀᴀɪɴғᴏʀᴇsᴛ
➜ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ʜᴀs ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ sᴇᴛᴛʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀʀ ʙᴇʟɪᴇғ, sɪᴢᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴇᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛɪᴇs ᴏғ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇxɪᴛʏ ᴇxɪsᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ʀᴀɪɴғᴏʀᴇsᴛ [ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ᴄɪᴠɪʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴜᴍʙᴜs]. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛɪᴇs ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴘᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ, ᴄʟᴇᴀʀᴇᴅ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ʀᴀɪɴғᴏʀᴇsᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴀɢʀɪᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴅ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴏᴘᴛɪᴍɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴜsᴇғᴜʟ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴇs. ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴠɪʀɢɪɴ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ ɪs ʟᴀʀɢᴇʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄʀᴀsʜ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴀʟ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴜʀᴏᴘᴇᴀɴs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sɪxᴛᴇᴇɴᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ. sᴛᴜᴅɪᴇs sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ 11.8 ᴘᴇʀᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴ's
ᴛᴇʀʀᴀ ғɪʀᴍᴇ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴛʜʀᴏᴘᴏɢᴇɴɪᴄ ɪɴ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇғᴜʟ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ʙɪᴏᴅɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴛʏ ʙʏ ɪɴᴅɪɢᴇɴᴏᴜs ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪǫᴜᴇs, ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴɪᴀɴs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴜɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴄᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ғɪᴠᴇ ᴍɪʟʟᴇɴɴɪᴀ ᴏғ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ sᴜsᴛᴀɪɴᴀʙʟʏ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɪɴғᴏʀᴇsᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴜɪᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴇᴇᴅs. ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴀᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ʙɪᴏᴅɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴛʏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀ ᴍᴏsᴀɪᴄ ᴏғ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛs, ᴏᴘᴇɴ ғɪᴇʟᴅs, ᴀɴᴅ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴅ sᴏ ᴀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴇs ᴏғ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs.