Brazil Slide Series: Collection Brasilia, Slide No. 0036.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

March 2009

Description

Riverboats travelling upstream on the Tocantins river in the Amazon region (Pará). The equatorial forest, the tropical environment, and limited exploitable resources, have restricted the development of much of the North and CentralWest. At the same time, the building of major highways and the uncontrolled movement of landless settlers and destructive logging enterprises has caused serious concerns about the region's ecological future.Barcos viajando rio acima no Tocantins na Região Amazónica (Pará). A floresta equatorial, o ambiente tropical, e a limitação dos recursos explorados, têm restringido o desenvolvimento de grande parte do Norte e Centro-Oeste. Ao mesmo tempo, a construção de importantes auto-estradas, o movimento descontrolado de colonos sem terra e os empreendimentos destrutivos de desmatamento têm causado sérias preocupações sobre o futuro ecológico da região.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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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 1993