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4.1. Politics and Development Strategies for the…

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4.1. Politics and Development Strategies for the…

4.1. Politics and Development Strategies for the Amazon - The Living Amazon

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This lecture provides an overview of historic economic activities and development strategies in the Amazon. Learn how Amazonian resources (oil, minerals, hydropower, and…

4.4. Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories -…

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4.4. Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories -…

4.4. Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories - The Living Amazon

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This lecture examines how Protected Areas (PAs) and Indigenous Territories (ITs) work as cornerstones for conservation in the Amazon. A network of more than 6,000 ITs…

3.3 The Slave Trade and the Amazon: Indigenous…

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3.3 The Slave Trade and the Amazon: Indigenous…

3.3 The Slave Trade and the Amazon: Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Communities - The Living Amazon

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This lecture presents how the search for gold and trade of other key commodities motivated the enslavement of Amazonian populations, both Indigenous and of African…

4.3. Clandestine economies in the Amazon - The…

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4.3. Clandestine economies in the Amazon - The…

4.3. Clandestine economies in the Amazon - The Living Amazon

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This lecture explores the topic of clandestine economies, the secretive, illicit, or illegal economic activities, also known as the "black market” or…

3.2 Impacts of European Colonization on Amazonian…

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3.2 Impacts of European Colonization on Amazonian…

3.2 Impacts of European Colonization on Amazonian Populations (1492-19th centuries) - The Living Amazon

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This lecture highlights how the arrival of Europeans, especially Portuguese and Spanish, led to violence, diseases, religious domination, enslavement, dispossession, and…

4.5. Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and…

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4.5. Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and…

4.5. Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and Indigenous Territories - The Living Amazon

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This lecture examines how protected areas and Indigenous Territories are, or should be, connected at the landscape scale, across national borders, rivers, and other…

4.2. Agribusiness and Livelihood Systems in the…

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4.2. Agribusiness and Livelihood Systems in the…

4.2. Agribusiness and Livelihood Systems in the Amazon - The Living Amazon

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This lecture presents key agrarian systems in the Amazon (e.g., crops, livestock), their role in deforestation and degradation, fragmentation, pollution of waterways,…

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