version revue d'une contribution dans l'ouvrage "L'Amérique latine : identités et ruptures", actes des 17èmes carrefours de la pensée, PUR, 2008.International audienceWhen development prevails on environment : deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia.Abstract. Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia rises mainly from planning and development policies. These policies created great agricultural exploitations and pastures which contribute to the development of Brazil but generate environmental consequences. In this context, development opposes environment. Based on fields observations and bibliographical research, this paper reports on this deforestation and its evolution in Brazilian Amazonia. It shows that development and planning policy which have g...