Much of the area that connects nine South American countries, hundreds of indigenous peoples, and dozens of multinational corporations, remains unexplored and includes a demographic density that is still low. But, development throughout the Amazon Basin has occurred with a ravaging appetite. Hydrocarbon potentials - the possibility of oil and gas fields underground in Amazonia - complicate the situation as indigenous communities, sharecroppers, landless peasants, and others advocate for their respective rights, using ancient methods of protest, as well as digital activism through the Internet. This important book examines how the Amazon Basin’s indigenous self-determination meets corporate profiteering, where the future of natural resource stewardship is hotly debated, and where subsistence living, extreme poverty, and the vagaries of the international commodities markets are revealed. The environment and the law are seen to be at the heart of the intersection of sustainable development and unfair trading practices. | Environment And The Law In Amazonia by James M Cooper, Paperback | Indigo Chapters