{"product_id":"the-fate-of-the-forest-developers-destroyers-and-defenders-of-the-amazon-paperback","title":"The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusanna B. Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forest. Is it truly in peril? What steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil's military dictators in the 1960s and 1970s, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market in carbon credits raises the value of standing forest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn show in compelling detail the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks to both the social movements, and the emergence of new environmental markets. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying-and saving-this vast forested region, \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e pivots on the murder of Chico Mendes, the legendary labor and environmental organizer assassinated after successful confrontations with big ranchers. A multifaceted portrait of Eden under siege, complete with a new preface and afterword by the authors, this book demonstrates that those who would hold a mirror up to nature must first learn the lessons offered by some of their own people.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scramble for the Amazon and the Tropical Odyssey of Euclides de Cunha\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Social Lives of Forests: Forest Recovery in the Past, Present and Future, \u003c\/i\u003eboth forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eAlexander Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCounterPunch\u003c\/i\u003e, and a regular columnist for the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirst Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He has contributed to numerous periodicals including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarpers, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePolitical Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorruptions of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age Is in Us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039390896208,"sku":"9780226322728","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/SkcwUGxlaTBnVjFpSW92REJMQXZTZz09.webp?v=1771841499","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fate-of-the-forest-developers-destroyers-and-defenders-of-the-amazon-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}