"The texts and maps in the following pages are not intended to provide an exhaustive exposition of each topic which is discussed, but rather to present a general overview of each. Without leaving out strict technical procedures, treatment of cartographic data in this study did not have absolute precision as its goal, but instead to point out the main vectors of degradation of Amazon ecosystems and establishing the boundaries of the geographic spaces in which they are located, using accessible language to facilitate visualization." (Quoted from book)