The Brazilian Amazon Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest /

• Main Author: Bezerra, Joana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: World Forests, 21
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Forestry management.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

The aim of this book is to analyse the current development scenario in the Amazon, using Terra Preta de Índio as a case study. To do so it is necessary to go back in time, both in the national and international sphere, through the second half of the last century to analyse its trajectory. It will be...