The state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon is recognized both nationally and internationally
for its land conflicts throughout history. Agricultural modernization and the expansion of the …

Economical liberalization, market globalization and soy expansion stimulated the advance
of big transnational companies in the Southern Cone countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay …

Political and economic factors have combined with social and cultural changes to
encourage cattle raising in Acre. Does being a rubber tapper—a “forest guardian”—have …

Since the late 1980s, North American farmers have been migrating to Brazil to produce
soybeans and escape a general farm crisis in the United States. This paper analyzes their …

Cattle ranchers are often presented as the wealthy, violent, and environmentally destructive
villains of A mazonia. Ranchers in the state of A cre, B razil, are viewed in a particularly …

This dissertation is a comparative ethnography of two groups of transnational soybean
farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado. In this exploration of migration and industrial crop …

We live in a world where multiple crises intertwine. These interconnected crises, such as
global climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, mass migration due to conflict …

This article builds on the literature on property rights and associational life in Latin America
during and after transitions to democracy by assessing participation in voluntary …

O modelo de desenvolvimento para a Amazônia e o desmatamento da maior floresta
tropical contínua do mundo despertam o interesse de múltiplos atores nas escalas local …