Desmatamento e progresso na Amazônia Legal : movimento ecológico e as políticas econômicas da Ditadura Militar (1964-1985)

Abstract

This assay approach to the government in tervention in the Amazon, between the years 1964 and 1985, a period of systematic economic planning for the region. There was encouragement f or the implementation of agricultural projects , infrastructure and industry, reflecting the increased deforestation of the largest rainforest in t he world, appe a re d in Brazil na environmental concern, primarily linked to social movementes. This is not a chronicle of the polit i cies carried out by the military, but a questioning of the economic measures adopted that was designed to encourage development. Between e conomic crises and the Braz ilian miracle ””, the state began to promote the region as a kind of safety valve for social and economic problems facing the country and adopted clear policies for economic growth at any cost. Deforestat ion had something positive in the military view, it wasthe path that would lead to progress, which meant that the forest was pressured by agribusiness, which expanded with oficial incentives. With the analysis of government action in the Amazon, we id entify important elements of Brazilian military ideas on the region, the economic policies ad o pted, data from forest clearing from the tax incentivos and credit and how environmental debates in vogue in this period arrived in Brazil. The st udy using documentar y research and the main elements of the legislation created the time and in the press articles published on the Amazon.