Amazon Watershed

ISBN: 9780718134280

定价: 90.00

内容简介

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zs [ s~[ I)()WN T() write in the summer of !99c.. the st~>rv ~>f the
Area~on is changing as quickly as cvcr before. The h~pcs ~???t ~h~
xxorld s conscrvatio~llsts??? h-tvitl~ riscrl with the acccsslo/l of a ~tc o???
I~razili;m govc I mere??? nov??? seem azain to be {altering. Vhi!c the rate
a~ which [hc fi)rcsts ??????~! the Amazon arc disappearing has re roamed
c(mstan)??? fhc rcaso~)s t})t ~he destruction and the mea{;s by which i~
mighl hc stopl???cd have :;hitted raph:]ly. It Is clca) that the fcm.???rc (???!
dlc !???< (test living system ot~ earth wilt })e determined in this decade.
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()m~d mc in my rprogrc.???;si(m??? tcstitn()nv to the means by which one of humanitv a
mosl da~ qt~cfot~.~; ad;???cnture~.~ has goverllcd rhc m~st t:JrbulcF.???~ ~:.a~- of
my ???)wn lifc. In a corner beside my desk arc ti;c ar;ows o~ :he
~ ???~mmaaml Indians??? traded with. an old man whose wo:id was bcir ???g
Iakcn from him. ()n the windowsill is a clay p???.>t I was given b~ a
v ()man of the Tukano tribe??? while she campaigtm???t to st~.p . ???t~c of the
nl???)s) destructive of the new development prc~iects. Inside i* is a
nug.rcmi:~dcr ???)~ the wavs m which opinions on how the fi)rest might be
s:.x cd have changed. Am(rag the piles of paper on my table are the
(???~um???~:s from Brazilian newspapers reporting my torture??? disappear-
:mcc .~ml p()ssiblc death. I cannot help [i:clmg that I have witnes???%ed???
:it ~ s in <>]~uH:iri~}??? s(:mc???~(lhc event:??? which wi!t h??? 4p t.:??????-~m! ~c
the future stcl???v ???ff maaki???ld.
I ~???i:| ~.itl! ill Ihc StllllIllCI ()t 19..R9 \"???.~ ith t} ~c co???.~t i(.:li<)n ??? bar pC(Td.~: m
the m)r)hcrt) hemisphere were missm???~ the reai stf: the .max:re.
]:!~)n). what I had sccu op. a previous i()urltcy??? tr<)m ???vbat r}~???>???;c
revolved in du~ cvcf)ts there were telling me??? ~ wa < cicat rl~a??? we
wcrc hc:lrill~???) [~<)t ???I~){1 is>tics??? ~)LI{ ilt)~.???t.;{ .. i~u . >!<.i