Jungle Economy in the South American Amazon

The Amazon is a wide geographical area located in the south of the American continent which has an area of approximately 5,514,014 km2, where for some years it has been called the lung of the world, due to the ecosystem benefits, to the multitude and wide biodiversity of fauna, flora, animal species...

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Autor: Jimenez Fajardo, Jarrinson Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA
Repositorio:Interconectando Saberes
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:is.uv.mx:article/2670
Acceso en línea:https://is.uv.mx/index.php/IS/article/view/2670
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Economía
selva
desarrollo
minería
ecosistemas.
Economy
jungle
development
mining
ecosystems
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Sumario:The Amazon is a wide geographical area located in the south of the American continent which has an area of approximately 5,514,014 km2, where for some years it has been called the lung of the world, due to the ecosystem benefits, to the multitude and wide biodiversity of fauna, flora, animal species, and indigenous communities, which have been threatened by mining and deforestation in South America, and of course other aspects of less fluctuation such as extensive agriculture, livestock and the development of projects of hydroelectric plants. Now, the objective of this research is to describe the economy of the jungle in the South American Amazon from the perspective of Mining and Deforestation, its contributions, impacts and of course propose tourism as an activity that allows the strengthening and implementation of efficient strategies for the jungle and its inhabitants. In this order of ideas, it is important to highlight that the research methodology used is of a qualitative approach, it is integrated into the type of descriptive research and the development of tools for data collection was the interview and the bibliographic review in different national databases and international.