Save the rainforest! NGOs and grassroots organisations in the dialectics of Brazilian Amazonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4388897 |
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| Authors | Luiz C Barbosa (0000-0003-4208-2924), Luiz Cláudio Almeida Barbosa (0000-0002-5395-9608, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 178 |
| Pages | 583-591 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0020-8701.2003.05504008.x |
| OpenAlex | W2043019838 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The paper argues that NGOs and grassroots organizations have had a positive impact on efforts to preserve the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. By acting alone or by forging alliances with international NGOs they have impacted both environmental legislation and actual enforcement. In a world economy driven by development and the profit motive, these "guardians of the forest" play a key role in the future survival of Amazonia. They challenge traditional notions of clearing forest for the sake of development. The paper uses the cases of Indian grassroots organisations and Greenpeace as illustrations
Amazon rainforest · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Grassroots · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Rainforest · Sustainability · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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