JOS BARLOW, LANCASTER UNIVERSITYALEXANDER C. LEES, MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITYPLINIO SIST, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTRAFAEL ALMEIDA, CORNELL UNIVERSITYCAROLINE C. ARANTES, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYDOLORS ARMENTERAS, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIAERIKA BERENGUER, LANCASTER UNIVERSITYPATRICK CARON, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIERFRANCISCO CUESTA, UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICASCAROLINA R. C. DORIA, FUNDAÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIAJOICE NUNES FERREIRA, CPATUALEXANDER FLECKER, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTSEBASTIAN HEILPERN, CORNELL UNIVERSITYMICHELLE KALAMANDEEN, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDSMARIELOS PEÑA-CLAROS, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCHCAMILLE PIPONIOT, SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTEPAULO SANTOS POMPEU, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE LAVRASCARLOS SOUZA, INSTITUTO DO HOMEM E MEIO AMBIENTE DA AMAZÔNIAJUDSON FERREIRA VALENTIM, CPAF-AC.2026-06-30http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/369979Present-day human activities are reducing and altering Amazonian biodiversity and disrupting the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (Chapter 19 & 20). This chapter outlines some of the approaches required to address the main threats to the Amazon's biodiversity and ecosystems, i.e., deforestation, damming of rivers, mining, hunting, illegal trade, drug production and trafficking, illegal logging, overfishing, and infrastructure expansion. The role of restoration is addressed in Chapters 28 and 29.Cap. 27, p. irreg.openAccessBiodiversity conservationConservación de la biodiversidadDegradación ambientalBiodiversidadeConservaçãoImpacto AmbientalAmazoniaEnvironmental degradationEnvironmental impactParte de livro