Authors: Ali A.Ensafi

Publication date:: 2008

Journal name: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Volume: 19

“add value to the heart of the forest”, in Professor Bertha Becker's words, which demands the
development of an innovative economy, based on the forest and its aquatic resources, with
the economic valorization of its biodiversity. Nowadays, very few productive chains based on
the Amazon's natural products reach the global markets with benefits to an ample social
strata. Actually, quite the opposite has been occurring: more and more products from regions
other than the Amazon are being used within the Amazon region to replace traditional ...