The price of being local in a global natural resource Local perceptions and global challenges Case study: Manaus and Novo Airão, Brazilian Amazon

This research examines if and how local people in Manaus and Novo Airão perceive the Brazilian Amazon as a ‘global natural resource’, essential for ‘global human and environmental security’. Using an ‘emic’ approach, based on in-depth interviews and participant observation, the findings reveal that global demands have been internalised without adaptation to local circumstances, with serious consequences for local human and environmental security. The three main considerations that result are the need for ‘geographies of care’, the global challenges such a concept entails, and the lessons the Brazilian government needs to draw.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Master of Social Science

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Master's Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

King's College London

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Souza, Grace Iara

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Redclift, Michael Rex

• Human and Environmental Security
• Global Natural Resource
• Global Commons
• Brazilian Amazon

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

oai:kclpure.kcl.ac.uk:studenttheses/83f47bde-e80b-4705-9877-68a8aa4fbe9c

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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