Amazon: The Delicate Giant

Genre: Educational

Creator: Lucerne Media

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Until recently, a complex ecosystem of plant and natural life flourished beneath the Amazon's tree covered umbrella. Now this balance is threatened by commerical and demographic expansion, and especially by the logging that has become the mainstay of the Amazon's economy. Film shows the steps Brazil is taking to resolve the problem. , Documents Brazil taking steps to resolve its conflict between development and preservation. Describes the deforestation that threatens the Amazon.

Complete Record: Until recently, a complex ecosystem of plant and natural life flourished beneath the Amazon's tree covered umbrella. Now this balance is threatened by commerical and demographic expansion, and especially by the logging that has become the mainstay of the Amazon's economy. Film shows the steps Brazil is taking to resolve the problem. , Documents Brazil taking steps to resolve its conflict between development and preservation. Describes the deforestation that threatens the Amazon. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.