Cattle raising, deforestation and ongoing tensions between conservation and development in the Amazon
Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 18:00
in Mathematics & Economics
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.