The fate of the forest : developers, destroyers, and defenders of the Amazon /

This book shows the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks both to the social movements and the emergence of new environmental markets. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying and saving this vast forested region,...

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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, 2010.
Edición:Updated ed., University of Chicago Press ed.
Temas:
Deforestation > Amazon River Region.
Forest conservation > Amazon River Region.
Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Region.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Deforestation
Forest conservation
Rain forest ecology
Tropischer Regenwald
Entwaldung
Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region
Amazonas-Gebiet
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The forests of their desires
  • The realm of nature
  • The heritage of fire
  • The Amazon prospectus
  • Magnates in the Amazon
  • The generals' blueprint
  • The furies unleashed
  • The defenders of the Amazon
  • The ecology of justice
  • Appendix A. Interview with Ailton Krenak
  • Appendix B. Interview with Darrell Posey
  • Appendix C. Interview with Osmarino Amâncio Rodrigues
  • Appendix D. Interview with father Michael Feeney
  • Appendix E. Forest Peoples' Manifesto
  • Appendix F. Seven beliefs, true and false, about the Amazon
  • Appendix G.A note on parks, the origins of Yosemite and the expulsions of Native Americans.

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