The Fate of the Forest : Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon, Updated Edition.

The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forest. Is it truly in peril? What steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hecht, Susanna B.
Otros Autores: Cockburn, Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Temas:
Deforestation > Amazon River Region.
Forest conservation > Amazon River Region.
Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Region.
NATURE / General.
Deforestation
Forest conservation
Rain forest ecology
Regenwouden.
Ontbossing.
Natuurbehoud.
Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region
Amazonegebied.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Maps; Preface to the 2010 Edition; Acknowledgments; One
  • The Forests of Their Desires; Two
  • The Realm of Nature; Three
  • The Heritage of Fire; Four
  • The Amazon Prospectus; Five
  • Magnates in the Amazon; Six
  • The Generals' Blueprint; Seven
  • The Furies Unleashed; Eight
  • The Defenders of the Amazon; Nine
  • The Ecology of Justice; Appendix A: Interivew with Ailton Krenak; Appendix B: Interview with Darrell Posey; Appendix C: Interview with Osmarino Amancio Rodrigues; Appendix D: Interviw with Father Michael Feeney; Appendix E: Forest Peoples' Manifesto.
  • Appendix F: Seven Beliefs, True and False, about the AmazonAppendix G: A Note on Parks, the Origins of Yosemite and the Expulsions of Native Americans; Afterword, 2010; Index.

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