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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
An Amazon frontier town near Rolim de Moura (Rondónia). As new highways are built and paved to connect the Amazon and Central-West regions with the rest of the nation, large numbers of landless families, speculators, and other settlers have moved into these areas giving rise to local development, but also ecological concerns.Uma cidade fronteiriça do Amazonas perto de Rolim de Moura (Rondónia). Como as novas estradas estão sendo construídas e pavimentadas para conectar o Amazonas e a região Centro-oeste com o resto da nação, grande número de famílias sem terra, especuladores e outros colonizadores, têm-se mudado para estas áreas, elevando o desenvolvimento local, como também preocupações ecológicas.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1991
Keywords
Brazil: Sao Paulo
