Tim Hirsch's Blog – June 2010 Archive (1)

Anyone who follows Brazilian public discussion over a long period will

be familiar with the Amazon conspiracy theory. To outsiders it seems

bizarre enough to be laughed off. However, its persistence and resonance

with a large section of public opinion (and political elites) makes it

no laughing matter for those Brazilians earnestly trying to move the

country to a new mindset regarding this environmental superpower's

unrivalled biological riches. Now a version… Continue