Environmental reform in Brazil: advances and reversals

It is now two years since the Government of President Fernando Collor de Mello took office in Brazil. This article assesses its effectiveness in implementing its environmental policies and resolving social conflicts in the Amazon in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and...

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Published inDevelopment in practice Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 3 - 11
Main Author Feeney, Patricia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.1992
Oxfam UK and Ireland
Oxfam
Subjects
Amazon
Brazil
Debt for nature swaps
Environmental policy
Environmental programs
Government
Government programs
Government reform
Green economics
Land use
Non-governmental organizations
Nongovernmental organizations
Social conflicts
Socio-economic development
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
World Bank
Yanomami
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Summary:It is now two years since the Government of President Fernando Collor de Mello took office in Brazil. This article assesses its effectiveness in implementing its environmental policies and resolving social conflicts in the Amazon in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. It examines some of the political and economic problems which have beset the new environmental programme, and gives an account of the response of Brazilian NGOs to some of the Government's main initiatives.
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ISSN:0961-4524
1364-9213
DOI:10.1080/096145249100076501