Brazil Slide Series: Collection Intro To Brazil, Slide No. 0021.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

Barges with logs in the port of Santarém (PA). There has been much debate about the current and future development of the Amazon region. Ecological devastation, the proper role of multinational mining and agricultural firms, migration policy, and land tenure are all issues that the Brazilian government must address if it wishes to develop coherently the region and to preserve one of the world's great natural wonders.Saveiro com madeira no porto de Santarém.Já estão ocorrendo muitos debates acerca do desenvolvimento atual e futuro da Amazónia. A devastação ecológica, o papel das multinacionais (tanto na mineração como na agropecuária), a política migratória e a posse de terras são questões que o governo brasileiro precisa tratar, se desejar desenvolver a região coerentemente, com o objetivo de preservar uma das maiores maravilhas do mundo.

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 1988