Barges with logs in the port of Santarém (PA). There has been much debate about the current and future development of the Amazon region. Ecological devastation, the proper role of multinational mining and agricultural firms, migration policy, and land tenure are all issues that the Brazilian government must address if it wishes to develop coherently the region and to preserve one of the world\u27s great natural wonders.Saveiro com madeira no porto de Santarém.Já estão ocorrendo muitos debates acerca do desenvolvimento atual e futuro da Amazónia. A devastação ecológica, o papel das multinacionais (tanto na mineração como na agropecuária), a política migratória e a posse de terras são questões que o governo brasileiro precisa tratar, se desej...
Two ocean cargo ships anchored on the Rio Negro river. In the background 100m high rises and the sky...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceCaboclo girl. The population in the this region is characterized 1...
A winding river flows through thick Amazon forest seen from an airplane. Much of the Amazon region h...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceBarges with logs in the port of Santarém (PA). There has been much...
A barge loaded with huge logs and trucks near Santarém (PA). There has been much debate about the cu...
From the young man standing on the cut tree trunk one has an idea of how large many of the trees in...
An Amazon frontier town near Rolim de Moura (Rondónia). As new highways are built and paved to conne...
A small riverboat goes down the Amazon river near Santarém (PA). Until the late 19th century the Ama...
Petroleum refinery in Manaus. Large amounts of manganese, cassiterite, bauxite, tin, iron ore and go...
A crude wooden house with thatched roof in an overgrown clearing in the dense equatorial forest in w...
Rubber tree. The sudden international demand for rubber beginning in the 1870s generated a great int...
View of the Amazon river several kilometers below Parintins (AM). This region is predominately occup...
View of the Tucuruí hydroelectric plant and damo ln the background is the huge lake that flooded nei...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRiverboats travelling upstream on the Tocantins river in the Amazo...
The Amazon river and in the background tropical forest vegetation. On the way to the Atlantic, the r...
Two ocean cargo ships anchored on the Rio Negro river. In the background 100m high rises and the sky...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceCaboclo girl. The population in the this region is characterized 1...
A winding river flows through thick Amazon forest seen from an airplane. Much of the Amazon region h...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceBarges with logs in the port of Santarém (PA). There has been much...
A barge loaded with huge logs and trucks near Santarém (PA). There has been much debate about the cu...
From the young man standing on the cut tree trunk one has an idea of how large many of the trees in...
An Amazon frontier town near Rolim de Moura (Rondónia). As new highways are built and paved to conne...
A small riverboat goes down the Amazon river near Santarém (PA). Until the late 19th century the Ama...
Petroleum refinery in Manaus. Large amounts of manganese, cassiterite, bauxite, tin, iron ore and go...
A crude wooden house with thatched roof in an overgrown clearing in the dense equatorial forest in w...
Rubber tree. The sudden international demand for rubber beginning in the 1870s generated a great int...
View of the Amazon river several kilometers below Parintins (AM). This region is predominately occup...
View of the Tucuruí hydroelectric plant and damo ln the background is the huge lake that flooded nei...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRiverboats travelling upstream on the Tocantins river in the Amazo...
The Amazon river and in the background tropical forest vegetation. On the way to the Atlantic, the r...
Two ocean cargo ships anchored on the Rio Negro river. In the background 100m high rises and the sky...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceCaboclo girl. The population in the this region is characterized 1...
A winding river flows through thick Amazon forest seen from an airplane. Much of the Amazon region h...