Dam the rivers, damn the people: development and resistance in Amazonian Brazil
Enormous coverage has been given to the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil, and there is worldwide concern over the loss of species and the consequences for the "greenhouse effect". Most of the coverage, however, has focussed on the slash and burn policies of land-hungry farmers, whereas perhaps the greatest threat to the forest, and to the people indigenous to it, comes from the enormous hydro-electric schemes under construction there. Not only do they destroy much forest themselves, they encourage further industrial and agricultural colonization, and they dispossess tens of thousands of Indians. This book looks at two massive projects, in Amazonas and Altamira, embarked on secretly by the Brazilian government and with finance and encouragement from the World Bank and Western interests. It examines the consequences for the forest and its people (35,000 in Altamira alone), and describes their growing resistance to "development", a fight on the outcome of which the future of the forests depends.
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London (United Kingdom) Earthscan
1990
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| Subjects: | DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DAMS, WATER POWER, TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS, ETHNIC GROUPS, ECOSYSTEMS, ENERGY POLICIES, SURVIVAL, SOCIAL UNREST, MINORITY GROUPS, STATE INTERVENTION, AMAZON RIVER, ECOSYSTEME, POLITIQUE ENERGETIQUE, SURVIE, TROUBLE SOCIAL, GROUPE MINORITAIRE, INTERVENTION DE L'ETAT, AMAZONE, PROJET DE DEVELOPPEMENT, BARRAGE, ENERGIE HYDRAULIQUE, FORET TROPICALE HUMIDE, GROUPE ETHNIQUE, ECOSISTEMA, POLITICA ENERGETICA, SUPERVIVENCIA, CONFLICTOS SOCIALES, GRUPOS MINORITARIOS, INTERVENCION ESTATAL, RIO AMAZONAS, PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO, REPRESAS, ENERGIA HIDRAULICA, BOSQUE TROPICAL HUMEDO, GRUPOS ETNICOS, |
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| Summary: | Enormous coverage has been given to the destruction of the rainforests in Brazil, and there is worldwide concern over the loss of species and the consequences for the "greenhouse effect". Most of the coverage, however, has focussed on the slash and burn policies of land-hungry farmers, whereas perhaps the greatest threat to the forest, and to the people indigenous to it, comes from the enormous hydro-electric schemes under construction there. Not only do they destroy much forest themselves, they encourage further industrial and agricultural colonization, and they dispossess tens of thousands of Indians. This book looks at two massive projects, in Amazonas and Altamira, embarked on secretly by the Brazilian government and with finance and encouragement from the World Bank and Western interests. It examines the consequences for the forest and its people (35,000 in Altamira alone), and describes their growing resistance to "development", a fight on the outcome of which the future of the forests depends. |
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