No.TITLESOURCEMEDIUM
01Music From Mato GrossoSmithsonian by Harry Tschopik, Jr.Music
02The Crucial Crusade of an Amazon CowboyTCU Magazine by Kathryn HopperArticle
03The Death of Chico MendesWashington Post by Miriam ParelArticle
04Murder in the RainforestVanity Fair by Alex ShoumatoffArticle
05KamaiuráIndigenous Peoples in BrazilWeb
06Hope RanchTEDx AlcatrazVideo
07The Texas Chainsaw StopperOutside Magazine by Stephanie PearsonArticle
08The Amazon’s Texas SaviourThe EconomistArticle
09Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle
ranching in the AmazonMongabay by Rhett ButlerWeb
10Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Landby Anthony Smith and Michael JosephBook
TEDx Alcatraz
Since Microsoft was founded, an area of the Amazon rainforest nearly the size of Texas has been destroyed in Brazil. The vast majority of that rainforest -- up to 80% in recent years -- was turned into cattle pasture. But today it is ranchers who may ultimately save the Amazon. John Carter, a rancher originally from Texas who moved to one of Earth's wildest frontiers in the mid-1990's, placed himself amongst ongoing battles among Indians, loggers, developers, squatters and police. Through his non-profit conservation organization, Aliança da Terra, John is working on an idea that could turn ranchers from the biggest drivers of deforestation to the saviors of the world's largest rainforest.
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