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The Fate of the Forest (Paperback, Updated ed.)
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The Fate of the Forest (Paperback, Updated ed.)
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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 forests. But is
it truly in peril? And 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 1960s and 1970s, 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 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.
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