Of general interest (The Amazon Basin in peril)

[FJB]

I thought people would enjoy seeing this article, although some probably have already.
It discusses fish, fisheries, the people, the rivers, the Amazon Basin, the Andes, the challenges and the wonders).

Why the health of the Amazon River matters to us all: An interview with Michael Goulding

Like the rainforest which takes its name, the Amazon is the largest and most biodiverse river on the planet: the Amazon carries more than five times the volume of world’s second largest river — the Congo — and its basin is home to at least 3,000 species of fish. The river and its tributaries are […]

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[kno4te]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[MarlinB1987]

Thanks for sharing that. It's a good read. The Amazon is such an amazing area and very intriguing. I haven't made it that way yet, but every time I see a show with someone fishing there the stuff they pull out is crazy. It's definitely something that needs to be protected.

 

[FJB]

I am glad you liked it. It is a wonderful place, and a big problem ripe with issues for conservation, development (sustainable and otherwise), tourism, and exploitation-minded frameworks. Much awareness of these conflicting issues are owed to the work of Michael Goulding and others like him.
One of his works that I would recommend to anyone is shown below, a very nice introduction (with much detail) of the greater Amazon Basin and the many Sub-Basins and names of individual streams and locations. With some frequency we want to know where are the locations whose names are applied to fish we see advertised, or which we actually get. This is a nice place to find many of those, with photos of some places, and to understand how they fit within the bigger picture. Of course Google Earth can do some of that and more, but here you get the specific basin-by-basin treatment, which Goggle Earth itself cannot compile. This book is still available and sometimes copies are on eBay at a decent price. Cheers!

 

[MarlinB1987]

I am glad you liked it. It is a wonderful place, and a big problem ripe with issues for conservation, development (sustainable and otherwise), tourism, and exploitation-minded frameworks. Much awareness of these conflicting issues are owed to the work of Michael Goulding and others like him.
One of his works that I would recommend to anyone is shown below, a very nice introduction (with much detail) of the greater Amazon Basin and the many Sub-Basins and names of individual streams and locations. With some frequency we want to know where are the locations whose names are applied to fish we see advertised, or which we actually get. This is a nice place to find many of those, with photos of some places, and to understand how they fit within the bigger picture. Of course Google Earth can do some of that and more, but here you get the specific basin-by-basin treatment, which Goggle Earth itself cannot compile. This book is still available and sometimes copies are on eBay at a decent price. Cheers!

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Awesome, thank you for the recommendation, I'll check it out!