Governing the Rainforest: Sustainable Development Politics in the Brazilian Amazon

373 Pages·2019·4.054 MB·English

by  Eve Z. Bratman

Governing the Rainforest

Governing
the Rainforest
Sustainable Development Politics in the
Brazilian Amazon
EVE Z. BRATMAN
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations xv
1. Introduction: The Sustainable Development Conundrum 1
2. Capital in the Jungle 36
3. Sustainable Development Meets the Amazon 76
4. The Roads through the Forest: Modernizing Amazonia 109
5. The Land in the Middle: Conservation from Conflict 152
6. The River: Contesting Clean Energy 190
7. Conclusion: Weighing Environmental Governance 234
Methodological Appendix 255
Notes 259
References 297
Index 329

Figures and Tables
Figures
1.1 The Brazilian Amazon 8
1.2 Violence Against Peasants and Rural Workers 26
2.1 Colonel Rondón with Paresi Indians 44
2.2 Rubber Cultivation Areas in the Amazon 50
2.3 More Rubber for Victory 51
2.4 Sign Marking Construction of the Transamazon Highway 72
3.1 Annual Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon 96
4.1 Violence and Land Conflicts in the State of Pará (1985–2 016) 113
4.2 Transportation Challenges on the BR-1 63 119
4.3 Sustainable Forest District of the BR-1 63 Highway 133
5.1 Marina Silva visits the RESEX Verde Para Sempre 154
5.2 C.R. Almeida’s “Protected Areas” 160
5.3 The Terra do Meio Conservation Area Mosaic 169
6.1 Electric Integration in Brazil 197
6.2 Projected Dams in Amazonia 198
6.3 Belo Monte Dam and Belo Sun Mining Projects 203
6.4 Activism against the Xingu River Dams, 1989 and 2008 215
6.5 World Bank Funding in Major Renewable Energy Sectors 227
Tables
2.1 Estimated Regional Income for the Brazilian Amazon, 1800–2 010 56
2.2 Population in Municipalities near the Transamazon Highway in Pará 66
3.1 Protected Areas in the Brazilian Amazon 93
3.2 Road Paving in the Brazilian Federal and State Road Network 102