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The Future of Amazonia

Destruction or Sustainable Development?

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. David Goodman

    1. University College, London, UK

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  2. Anthony Hall

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • David Goodman, Anthony Hall
      Pages 1-20

  4. Environmental Destruction, Social Conflict and Popular Resistance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Environmental Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon

      • Philip M. Fearnside
      Pages 179-225

    3. The State and Land Conflicts in Amazonia, 1964–88

      • Alfredo Wagner Berno de Almeida
      Pages 226-244

    4. The Political Impasses of Rural Social Movements in Amazonia

      • José de Souza Martins
      Pages 245-263

    5. Indigenous Peoples in Brazilian Amazonia and the Expansion of the Economic Frontier

      • David Treece
      Pages 264-287

    6. Small-farmer Protest in the Greater Carajás Programme

      • João Hébette, José Alberto Colares
      Pages 288-305

  5. Towards Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307
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    2. The Nature and Sustainability of Brazilian Amazon Soils

      • Peter A. Furley
      Pages 309-359

    3. Environmentally Appropriate, Sustainable Small-farm Strategies for Amazonia

      • Chris Barrow
      Pages 360-382

    4. Economic Values and the Environment of Amazonia

      • David Pearce, Norman Myers
      Pages 383-404

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 405-419
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The future of Brazilian Amazonia, the world's largest remaining tropical rainforest, hangs in the balance. Two decades of destructive development have provoked violent struggles for control over the region's resources, with disastrous social and environmental consequences. This multi-disciplinary collection reviews past experience but focusses on the latest phase of Amazonian settlement. Chapters by leading authorities examine such issues as colonisation in the most recent frontier areas, multinational mining projects, hydro-electric schemes, and the military occupation of Brazil's borders. After demonstrating how new government and business activities have exacerbated social tensions and ecological destruction, the volume considers alternative, more sustainable strategies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College, London, UK

    David Goodman

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Anthony Hall

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