Gold mining and land-use change in the Brazilian Amazon
This thesis explores how informal sector gold mining affects land development processes in the Brazilian Amazon. The 1987-1990 invasion of the Yanomami Indian reserve, in the state of Roraima, by 40,000 wildcat gold miners provides the context for research. Having analysed the macro-economic and pol...
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University of Edinburgh
1993
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654413 |