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Publication Date
4-6-2009
Description
A stretch of the Transamazónica highway near Altamira (PA). With the exception of a few trees, most of original equatorial rain forest vegetation along its over 2,500 km has practically been devastated. Since the early 1970s, various major highways have been built to connect the North with the rest of the country. Despite the government's ambitious plans to rationally settle landless settlers along various stretches of these highways, the results in most cases have been mixed.Extensílo da rodovia Transamazónica perto de Altamira (P A). Com excessllo de algumas árvores, praticamente toda a vegetação original da floresta equatorial ao longo da rodovia foi devastada. Deste o início dos anos 70, várias rodovias têm sido construídas à fim de integrarem a região ao resto do país. Apesar do ambicioso plano do governo de estabelecer inúmeras famílias ao longo dessas rodovias, os resultados, em muitos casos, têm sido insatisfátorios.
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 1989
Keywords
Brazil: Ethnicity and Population
