Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 456 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 794 g
Five Decades of Exploitation, Deforestation and Attempts at Sustainable Development
Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 456 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 794 g
Reihe: Biblioteca Afro-Luso-Brasileira
ISBN: 978-3-8376-7535-1
Verlag: transcript
1. Why did you choose this topic?
The objective was to analyse political-economic strategies for regional development in tropical forest ecosystems and its human impacts on the livelihood of the indigenous and immigrant population under specific climatic and ecological conditions.
2. What new perspectives does your book offer?
Critical socio-economic analysis of a regionally and globally decisive period of human intervention in the biodiversity of tropical rain forests at the expense of important ecosystems without sufficient consideration of the needs of the regional population, based on own field studies.
3. What makes your topic relevant for current research debates?
Ongoing economic exploitation and deforestation threaten sustainable development for the regional indigenous and neo-Brazilian population of Amazonia and contribute to regional and global climate change.
4. Choose one person you would like to discuss your book with!
Prof. Dr. Sandro Dutra e Silva (Brazil).
5. Your book summary in one sentence:
The Brazilian Amazonia has been damaged by economic exploitation, leading to socio-ecological vulnerability and climate change.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
