1st Edition
The Forest Frontier Settlement and Change in Brazilian Roraima
Edited By Peter A. Furley
Copyright 1994
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1994, this book analysed land developments, deforestation and pasture substitution, colonisation schemes and spontaneous settlement during the latter part of the 20 th Century. In so doing, The Forest Frontier presents an overview of the intrinsic environmental and socio-economic resources of the Roraima, the most northerly of the Brazilian Amazon states. Roraima is of... Read more
1.Perspectives Peter Furley and Luc Mougeot 2. Indians, Cattle and Settlers: The Growth of Roraima John Hemming 3. Monitoring Change in Land Use and the Environment Tom Dargie and Peter Furley 4. Deforestation and the Environment Michael Eden and Duncan McGregor 5. Forest Clearance and Agricultural Strategies in Northern Roraima Luc Mougeot and Philippe Léna 6. Agricultural Diversification: The Contribution of Rice and Horticultural Producers Christopher Barrow and Andrew Paterson 7. Land-Use Pressures and Resource Exploitation in the 1990s Gordon MacMillan and Peter Furley.
Biography
Peter A. Furley
