The future of the Amazon rainforest is a matter of much concern worldwide. It has been predicted that increasing deforestation and the impact of climate change would rapidly and dramatically reduce the extent of the forest area and its density. Some authors have suggested the possibility of a...

The future of the Amazon rainforest is a matter of much concern worldwide. On the one hand, climate change has been said to threaten the forest via possibly increased drought, prompting fires and fragmentation, accelerated by man-made deforestation. On the other hand, the Amazon forest itself is...