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Index<br />

Massaranduba latex, 66(table), 70<br />

Mato Grosso state (Brazil), 62<br />

Mauts (Brazil), 68<br />

Mauritia jlexuosa. See Aguaje palm<br />

Maximiliana leaf mulch, 177<br />

Maya, 22. See also Huastec Maya<br />

Mazama spp. See Deer<br />

Medicines, 70, 72, 107, 115, 117, 122,<br />

132, 184, 188, 189, 196, 205-<br />

206(table), 275. See also Amazonian<br />

rain <strong>for</strong>ests, remedy products<br />

Melanososochus niger. See Cayman<br />

Melastomaceae, 274<br />

Melons, 83(table), 84, 85<br />

Mendelsohn, R., 63<br />

Mesquites, 255<br />

Mestizos, 75-76, 80, 114, 131, 186, 196<br />

wages, 193<br />

Meteorological satellite, 61<br />

Mexican revolution ( 1910), 256<br />

Mexico<br />

agriculture, 5, 6, 7, 182, 256, 261, 262.<br />

See also Arroyo agriculture<br />

cattle ranching, 255<br />

c<strong>of</strong>fee production, 189<br />

<strong>for</strong>ests, 182<br />

fragile lands, 182, 251-252, 264<br />

irrigation, 252<br />

land re<strong>for</strong>m, 198, 256<br />

pastures, 182<br />

rainfall, 183<br />

raised field farming, 244<br />

unemployment, 264<br />

wetlands, 23<br />

See also Farm <strong>for</strong>ests; Huastec Maya<br />

Mexico City (Mexico), 1<br />

Microclimates, 234, 241<br />

Microcyclus ulei. See Leaf rust hngus<br />

Milk, 205-206(table)<br />

Milpa swidden system, 184, 185- 186,<br />

190(fig.), 191 (tables), 196, 204-<br />

206(tables)<br />

Milpesos, 275<br />

Mining, 152<br />

Minka, 242, 243, 246(n3)<br />

Miocene-Pliocene sediments, 77<br />

MIRAD. See Brazil, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agrarian<br />

Re<strong>for</strong>m and Development<br />

Mishana (Peru), 63-64<br />

Missouri Botanical Garden, 132<br />

Moche-Chicama intervalley (Peru),<br />

1 5(illus.)<br />

Mollisol, 216, 217<br />

Monclova (Mexico), 262<br />

Monocultures, 2, 4, 6, 65, 75, 85, 104,<br />

108<br />

Monte, 78, 86(table), 93<br />

Morales, R., 275<br />

Moran, E.F., 29<br />

Morona Santiago Province (Ecuador), 145<br />

Motelo, 78, lOO(tab1e)<br />

Mountains, 17(fig.)<br />

volcanic, 254<br />

Mud bars, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83(table), 84,<br />

85, 86(table), 87, 88(table), 91, 92,<br />

93(table), 94, 101 (table), 104<br />

Mulches, 50, 170(table), 171, 177<br />

Murumuru, 1 17, 127- 128(table)<br />

Mycorrhizal associations, 197<br />

Myrciaria dubia. See Camu camu<br />

Myrocarpus spp., 134<br />

National Agrarian University (Peru), 233<br />

National Council <strong>of</strong> Rubber Tappers<br />

(CSN), 150, 152<br />

National Forestry Institute <strong>of</strong> Ecuador,<br />

142<br />

National Institute <strong>of</strong> Amazon Research<br />

(INPA), 69<br />

National Institute <strong>of</strong> Colonization and<br />

Agrarian Re<strong>for</strong>m (INCRA) (Brazil),<br />

152, 154<br />

National parks and reserves, 151-152, 277<br />

Nations, James D., 4<br />

Nauta (Peru), 79, 80<br />

Net present value (NPV), 64<br />

New Guinea, 175<br />

New York Botanical Garden, 62, 104<br />

New Zealand, 214<br />

NGOs. See Non-governmental<br />

organizations<br />

Nirio, El, 212<br />

Nitrogen, 167, 175, 176, 183, 197, 216<br />

nitrate, 254<br />

NOAA-9. See Meteorological satellite<br />

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs),<br />

40<br />

Non-usable land, 12<br />

Noronha, Jose Ferreira de, 159<br />

NPV. See Net present value<br />

Nutrition, 27, 87, 89, 189, 199<br />

Nuts, 63, 66(table), 68, 80, 87, 93, 94<br />

Oats, 2 18(table), 243<br />

Off-farm employment, 34, 185, 194- 195,<br />

261. See also Wage labor<br />

Oil wells. See under Cuyabeno Wildlife<br />

Production Reserve<br />

Oleoresin, 70<br />

Omaguas (Peru), 80<br />

Opuntia Jicus indica. See Prickly pear<br />

Oranges, 189<br />

Orbignya phalerata. See Babassu palm<br />

Orchidaceae, 274

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