Naslov
Social Changes in the Peruvian Amazon Due to Foreign Influence

Autori
Stiperski, Zoran ; Hruška, Tomica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia

Urednik/ci
Mikkola, Heimo Juhani

Izdavač
IntechOpen

Grad
London : Delhi

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
193-217

ISBN
978-1-83962-812-2

Ključne riječi
Peruvian Amazon, foreign influence, indigenous people, missionairies, oil industry, plantation agriculture, deforestation, loss of knowledge regarding the tropics

Sažetak
The prehistoric Amazon had low numbers of hunter-gatherers due to poor soil and harsh landscape conditions, due to which it was not able to support advanced cultures. The arrival of Christian missionaries, oil companies, and farmers changed the lifestyle of a specific portion of the population, although some indigenous groups still avoid contact with the outside world. Missionaries stimulated changes in the indigenous medical-religious-political systems. In the Peruvian Amazon, the local government is too weak to carry out the usual functions of the state, and therefore oil companies have replaced the state in terms of various functions such as employment, building wells for the drinking water, healthcare, donation of electric generators, and aircraft transport of local indigenous authorities to meetings in Iquitos or Lima. The policies of the national government are turning the Peruvian Amazon into a productive area and are exploiting its natural raw materials. In modernising the Amazon region, however, the world is permanently and irreparably losing valuable knowledge regarding the nature of tropical areas.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geografija

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