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Title

The fate of the forest : developers, destroyers, and defenders of the Amazon / Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn.

Author

Hecht, Susanna B.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Cockburn, Alexander.

Description

xii, 387 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.

Summary

This book shows the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks both to the 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, a legendary labor and environmental organizer who was assassinated after successful confrontations with big ranchers.

Subject

• Deforestation > Amazon River Region
• Forest conservation > Amazon River Region
• Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Region
• Amazon River Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The forests of their desires -- The realm of nature -- The heritage of fire -- The Amazon prospectus -- Magnates in the Amazon -- The generals' blueprint -- The furies unleashed -- The defenders of the Amazon -- The ecology of justice -- Appendix A. Interview with Ailton Krenak -- Appendix B. Interview with Darrell Posey -- Appendix C. Interview with Osmarino Amâncio Rodrigues -- Appendix D. Interview with father Michael Feeney -- Appendix E. Forest Peoples' Manifesto -- Appendix F. Seven beliefs, true and false, about the Amazon -- Appendix G. A note on parks, the origins of Yosemite and the expulsions of Native Americans.

ISBN

• 9780226322728 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0226322726 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010020415

OCLC

• 587198935
• SCSB-11520909

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library