About Amazonia, Brazil

Amazonia has been inhabitted from immemorable times. At the arrival of the European exploiters in the XVI century, it is estimated that some million Indians lived i the region. The modern occupation of the Amazonia started at about 1540, although, up to the end of the world War second, the human presence in the environment barely made changes to the natural canopy. A new era took place with the polices, mainly in Brazil aiming the agricultural development and the settling down of the immigrants, from highly densed regions and/or poor ones. Sush changes in Amazonia there must be climatic, ecological and environmental results to the region, to the continent and to.

The Amazonia National Research Center INPA has been of great importance to the scientific and technological knowledgement of the Amazonia. The set of a such knowledgement consistutue the greatest and the most importante scientific data about Amazonia, a consultation to it is indispensable for a correct regional public policy formulation. Amazonia that covers na area of six countries (Bolívia, Brasil, Equador, Colômbia, Peru and Venezuela), meaning : 20/1th of the worldly surface; 4/10th of South America; 3/5th of the world fresh water deposit; 1/3th of the world latiifoliated forest reserve and 69% of this area belongs to Brazil, comprehending the States of Amapá, Rondônia and Roraima. An area of 4.871.000 Km2, a infinitude of lands, water and forest, in which inhabit 10 milion people, only just 2½ thousand of the world population, with a density of 2 inhabitant per square km.