-- Anthropologist Jeffrey Hoelle is as great an advocate of the Amazonian rainforest as the most ardent environmentalist. However, he argues, understanding the issues related to deforestation — or development, depending on how you look at it — requires a broad view that takes into account not only political and economic factors, but also the culture of the area.
This summer I was part of a team studying small-scale artisanal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon. As part of our research, Peter Richards used his drone to capture some dramatic scenes from above and created this short video with help from the Brown Media Production Group. Click hereto see the video. The password is: garimpagem.Hereis a recent CNN report on gold mining and deforestation in the region.
-- Anthropologist Jeffrey Hoelle is as great an advocate of the Amazonian rainforest as the most ardent environmentalist. However, he argues, understanding the issues related to deforestation — or development, depending on how you look at it — requires a broad view that takes into account not only political and economic factors, but also the culture of the area.
8/19/16: Universidade Federal do Pará NCADR & IMAZON (Belém, Brazil)
