Forces of Destruction in Amazonia.

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  • Author(s): Bunker, Stephen G.
  • Source:
    Environment. Sep80, Vol. 22 Issue 7, p14. 17p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      NATURAL resources; FORESTS & forestry
    • Subject Terms:
      BRAZIL
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the exploitation of the natural environment in Brazil. History of the human attempts to exploit the natural resources of Amazonia in Brazil; Government programs which accelerated the devastation of the tropical rainforest in the country; Debate about the density of human population sustained by subsistence economies prior to European conquest.