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Save the rainforest! NGOs and grassroots organisations in the dialectics of Brazilian Amazonia
Author(s) -
Barbosa Luiz C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international social science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1468-2451
pISSN - 0020-8701
DOI - 10.1111/j.0020-8701.2003.05504008.x
Subject(s) - grassroots , amazon rainforest , rainforest , enforcement , legislation , political science , sustainability , economic growth , economics , ecology , politics , law , biology
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.