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Man and Fisheries on an Amazon Frontier
Michael Goulding
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Hardback. Series: Developments in Hydrobiology. Num Pages: 137 pages, 106 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 486.
The southwestern Amazon basin, centering on the Territory of Rondönia and the State of Acre, is symbolically if not exactly geographically, the Wild Wild West of Brazil's northern rainforest fron tier. In Brazil the name Rondönia evokes exaggerated images of lawlessness, land feuding, and indigent peasants in search of a homestead. Despite the problems and the perception, the region has pushed ahead, in the view of the govern ment, with large-scale deforestation and the establishment of cattle ranches and agricultural farms raising manioc, rice, bananas, and other cash crops. The mining industry has been launched with the exploitation oftin stone, ... Read more
The southwestern Amazon basin, centering on the Territory of Rondönia and the State of Acre, is symbolically if not exactly geographically, the Wild Wild West of Brazil's northern rainforest fron tier. In Brazil the name Rondönia evokes exaggerated images of lawlessness, land feuding, and indigent peasants in search of a homestead. Despite the problems and the perception, the region has pushed ahead, in the view of the govern ment, with large-scale deforestation and the establishment of cattle ranches and agricultural farms raising manioc, rice, bananas, and other cash crops. The mining industry has been launched with the exploitation oftin stone, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
137
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Hydrobiology
Number of Pages
137
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789061937555
SKU
V9789061937555
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