"The authenticity of nature arises out of the fact that its existence precedes its essence." - Eugene C. Hargrove The Moral Problem During the 1960s, Brazil was burdened with the heavy responsibility of a huge foreign debt (two decades later this would be front-page news in developed nations) and a rapidly increasing population of already 70 million people. The Amazon basin, which covers 50 percent of Brazil's territory, was home to only 3,5 percent of the population with …showed first 75 words of 5898 total…

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