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THE COLONISTS

16 minutes

Subtitle: THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION -- CLASSROOM VERSION series

6 video programs /10 -19 minutes each /Grades 6-12

Produced by Adrian Cowell

The colonists who invaded the rainforest in huge numbers in the
1980's are mostly small farmers forced off their land in other
parts of Brazil by increasing mechanization and the economics of
cash cropping for export. When they reached the state of Rondonia
they were given roughly 175 acres of virgin forest free of charge
on condition that they cleared the land. This led to deforestation
on a massive scale. But the tragic irony is that once the trees
have been cut down the soil is so poor that many colonists were
forced to abandon their land after just a couple of years.

Subject Areas: RAINFORESTS, DEVELOPMENT, SOUTH AMERICA,
AGRICULTURE, POPULATION, DEFORESTATION, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AMAZON
CULTURES

ISBN: 1-56029-353-5

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