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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 how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil's military dictators in the 1960's and 1970's, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market in carbon credits raises the value of standing forest. Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn show in compelling detail the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks to both the social movements, and the emergence of new environmental markets. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying-and saving-this vast forested region, The Fate of the Forest pivots on the murder of Chico Mendes, the legendary labor and environmental organizer assassinated after successful confrontations with big ranchers. A multifaceted portrait of Eden under siege, complete with a new preface and afterword by the authors, this book demonstrates that those who would hold a mirror up to nature must first learn the lessons offered by some of their own people.
Deforestation --- Forest conservation --- Rain forest ecology --- Amazon River Region. --- amazon, forest, deforestation, environment, nature, wilderness, conservation, preservation, environmentalism, land development, rainforest, amazonia, conquistadors, gold rush, slavery, nonfiction, history, science, brazil, politics, dictator, government, carbon credits, destruction, environmental markets, social movements, chico mendes, activism, labor, ranching, ecology, river, geography, national parks, indigenous, osmarino amancio rodrigues, biography, ailton krenak, darrell posey, manifesto.
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Cunha, Euclides da, --- Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, --- Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, --- Da Silva Paranhos Júnior, José Maria, --- Júnior, José Maria da Silva Paranhos, --- Paranhos Júnior, José Maria da Silva, --- Penn, J., --- Rio Branco, --- Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos, --- Silva Paranhos Júnior, José Maria da, --- Cunha, Euclydes da, --- Da Cunha, Euclides, --- Pimenta da Cunha, Euclides Rodrigues, --- Rodrigues Pimenta da Cunha, Euclides, --- Travel --- Amazon River Region --- Brazil --- Amazonia --- History
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Nature --- Deforestation --- Forest ecology --- Environmental policy --- Forest conservation --- Effect of human beings on --- Forest ecosystems --- Forests and forestry --- Ecology --- Conservation of forests --- Forest preservation --- Preservation of forests --- Nature conservation --- Conversion, Forest --- Depletion of forests --- Disforestation --- Forest conversion --- Forest depletion --- Forest-land conversion --- Clearing of land --- Forest fires --- Plants --- Conservation --- Control --- Extinction --- Nature - Effect of human beings on - Developing countries --- Deforestation - Developing countries --- Forest ecology - Developing countries --- Environmental policy - Developing countries --- Forest conservation - Developing countries
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Forests are in decline, and the threats these outposts of nature face-including deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation-are the result of human culture. Or are they? This volume calls these assumptions into question, revealing forests' past, present, and future conditions to be the joint products of a host of natural and cultural forces. Moreover, in many cases the coalescence of these forces-from local ecologies to competing knowledge systems-has masked a significant contemporary trend of woodland resurgence, even in the forests of the tropics. Focusing on the history and current use of woodlands from India to the Amazon, The Social Lives of Forests attempts to build a coherent view of forests sited at the nexus of nature, culture, and development. With chapters covering the effects of human activities on succession patterns in now-protected Costa Rican forests; the intersection of gender and knowledge in African shea nut tree markets; and even the unexpectedly rich urban woodlands of Chicago, this book explores forests as places of significant human action, with complex institutions, ecologies, and economies that have transformed these landscapes in the past and continue to shape them today. From rain forests to timber farms, the face of forests-how we define, understand, and maintain them-is changing.
Forests and forestry --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Social aspects --- woodland, wildlife, ecology, environment, environmentalism, habitat, forests, decline, nature, deforestation, degradation, fragmentation, tropics, india, amazon, forestry, costa rica, africa, shea nut, markets, lumber, rainforest, timber farms, economics, conservation, preservation, global south, adam smith, jungle, war, southeast asia, new mexico, agroforestry, belize, highlands, landscape, teak, globalization, thailand, laos, climate change, sahara, biodiversity, nonfiction, science.
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