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The Resource The last forest : the Amazon in the age of globalization, Mark London and Brian Kelly

The last forest : the Amazon in the age of globalization, Mark London and Brian Kelly

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"With a landmass larger than the continental U.S. west of the Mississippi and the richest diversity of plant and animal species on earth, the Amazon has always struck its explorers and would-be exploiters as infinite and largely impenetrable. For decades, anthropologists assumed that permanent human habitation was impossible - but they were wrong. Recently, proof of centuries-old Amazonian civilizations has been unearthed, shifting perceptions of the inhospitability of the rain forest - and providing a precedent for human occupation. Today, as developers and environmentalists clash over the region's future, the seemingly endless forest is fast disappearing in fires, rampant mineral extraction, rogue logging operations, and encroaching urban sprawl." "Through a series of human encounters - interviews with government ministers and environmental crusaders, millionaire ranchers and disenfranchised slum dwellers - Mark London and Brian Kelly, longtime explorers and chroniclers of the Amazon basin, trace the region's transformation. Logging thousands of miles, London and Kelly take readers from the mushrooming shopping malls of Manaus to the pristine rain forest that still seems beyond the reach of civilization, from the ghostly ruins of abandoned factories and failed plantations to the thriving agribusinesses that one day may feed the entire world and change this landscape forever. Again and again, they collide with the same fundamental question: Is it too late to strike a balance in the Amazon between economic sustenance for the twenty-one million Brazilians who live there and protection for the world's last great forest?"--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xiv, 312 pages
Contents
  • 4.
  • National security and international environmentalism
  • 5.
  • Natural wonders of this world
  • 6.
  • Voices of experience
  • 7.
  • There's someone in our garden
  • 8.
  • The legacy of El Dorado
  • Preface
  • 9.
  • Oil : spoiler or savior?
  • 10.
  • Where dreams no longer die
  • 11.
  • From poverty to sovereignty
  • 12.
  • Opening the rain forest
  • 13.
  • And then come the cows
  • Map
  • 14.
  • The breadbasket of tomorrow
  • 15.
  • Those left behind
  • 16.
  • Land, violence, and hope
  • 17.
  • A way to save the Amazon
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1.
  • Notes
  • Index
  • An unexpected beginning
  • 2.
  • Myth gives way to science
  • 3.
  • The frontier within
Isbn
9780679643050
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The last forest : the Amazon in the age of globalization
Title
The last forest
Title remainder
the Amazon in the age of globalization
Statement of responsibility
Mark London and Brian Kelly
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"With a landmass larger than the continental U.S. west of the Mississippi and the richest diversity of plant and animal species on earth, the Amazon has always struck its explorers and would-be exploiters as infinite and largely impenetrable. For decades, anthropologists assumed that permanent human habitation was impossible - but they were wrong. Recently, proof of centuries-old Amazonian civilizations has been unearthed, shifting perceptions of the inhospitability of the rain forest - and providing a precedent for human occupation. Today, as developers and environmentalists clash over the region's future, the seemingly endless forest is fast disappearing in fires, rampant mineral extraction, rogue logging operations, and encroaching urban sprawl." "Through a series of human encounters - interviews with government ministers and environmental crusaders, millionaire ranchers and disenfranchised slum dwellers - Mark London and Brian Kelly, longtime explorers and chroniclers of the Amazon basin, trace the region's transformation. Logging thousands of miles, London and Kelly take readers from the mushrooming shopping malls of Manaus to the pristine rain forest that still seems beyond the reach of civilization, from the ghostly ruins of abandoned factories and failed plantations to the thriving agribusinesses that one day may feed the entire world and change this landscape forever. Again and again, they collide with the same fundamental question: Is it too late to strike a balance in the Amazon between economic sustenance for the twenty-one million Brazilians who live there and protection for the world's last great forest?"--Jacket
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1952-
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London, Mark
Dewey number
333.750981/1
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
LC call number
SD418.3.A53
LC item number
L66 2007
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
SD418.3.A53
NAL item number
L66 2007
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1954-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Kelly, Brian
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rain forests
  • Forest management
  • Rain forest ecology
  • Amazon River Region
  • Forêts
  • Écologie des forêts pluviales
  • tropical rain forests
  • nature conservation
  • Forest management
  • Rain forest ecology
  • Rain forests
  • Amazon River Region
  • Forstwirtschaft
  • Globalisierung
  • Nachhaltigkeit
  • Regenwald
  • Umweltschutz
  • Amazonastiefland
  • Regnskogar
  • Bosques húmedos
  • Bosques
  • Ecología de selva lluviosa
Label
The last forest : the Amazon in the age of globalization, Mark London and Brian Kelly
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 4.
  • National security and international environmentalism
  • 5.
  • Natural wonders of this world
  • 6.
  • Voices of experience
  • 7.
  • There's someone in our garden
  • 8.
  • The legacy of El Dorado
  • Preface
  • 9.
  • Oil : spoiler or savior?
  • 10.
  • Where dreams no longer die
  • 11.
  • From poverty to sovereignty
  • 12.
  • Opening the rain forest
  • 13.
  • And then come the cows
  • Map
  • 14.
  • The breadbasket of tomorrow
  • 15.
  • Those left behind
  • 16.
  • Land, violence, and hope
  • 17.
  • A way to save the Amazon
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1.
  • Notes
  • Index
  • An unexpected beginning
  • 2.
  • Myth gives way to science
  • 3.
  • The frontier within
Control code
ocm68712481
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xiv, 312 pages
Isbn
9780679643050
Lccn
2006046466
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o68712481
  • (OCoLC)68712481
Label
The last forest : the Amazon in the age of globalization, Mark London and Brian Kelly
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 4.
  • National security and international environmentalism
  • 5.
  • Natural wonders of this world
  • 6.
  • Voices of experience
  • 7.
  • There's someone in our garden
  • 8.
  • The legacy of El Dorado
  • Preface
  • 9.
  • Oil : spoiler or savior?
  • 10.
  • Where dreams no longer die
  • 11.
  • From poverty to sovereignty
  • 12.
  • Opening the rain forest
  • 13.
  • And then come the cows
  • Map
  • 14.
  • The breadbasket of tomorrow
  • 15.
  • Those left behind
  • 16.
  • Land, violence, and hope
  • 17.
  • A way to save the Amazon
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1.
  • Notes
  • Index
  • An unexpected beginning
  • 2.
  • Myth gives way to science
  • 3.
  • The frontier within
Control code
ocm68712481
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xiv, 312 pages
Isbn
9780679643050
Lccn
2006046466
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o68712481
  • (OCoLC)68712481

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