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Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point

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WALKER – Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point Robert Toovey Walker Article first published online: 23 DEC 2020 Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842711 ABSTRACT: Shortly after the turn of the millennium, effective envir­onmental policies in Brazil reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon Basin. Unfor­tunately, these policies began to […]

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UF Researchers Forecast Accelerated Deforestation and Displacement of Indigenous Peoples in Brazilian Amazon

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GAINESVILLE, FL – Amazonian deforestation continues to concern the world community, especially as the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA) begins to displace indigenous peoples and traditional communities. While the narrative surrounding the loss of Amazonian ecosystems is often framed as the penetration of capitalist relations into a resource […]

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