Written in engaging accessible prose amazonia in the anthropocene offers an innovative contribution to debates about humanitys place on the planet encouraging deeper ecocentric thinking and a more inclusive vision of ecology for the future. i didnt realize such a recent coinage as anthropocene is already in desperate need of revision kawa provides that in his intriguing account of soils forests and rivers. Amazonia in the anthropocene people soils plants forests by nicholas c kawa preface amazonia is often seen as a land dominated by nature a land ruled by biology a land that erupts in an overwhelming array of flora and fauna the diversity of which borders on the incomprehensible. Amazonia in the anthropocene people soils plants forests by nicholas c kawa preface amazonia is often seen as a land dominated by nature a land ruled by biology. Amazonia in the anthropocene people soils plants forests nicholas c kawa austin univer sity of texas press 2016 xiii 186 pp photos maps tables notes references appendix and index 7500 cloth isbn 978 1 4773 0799 1 2495 paper 978 1 4773 0844 8