Transporte, fluxo de mercadoria e desenvolvimento econômico urbano na Amazônia: o caso de Belém e Manaus

Abstract

This paper addresses the fraught relationships among commodity trade, urban economic development and the environment in the world's largest rainforest reserve, in a historical narrative fashion. The conceptual framework in which we position this narrative is provided by Hesse (2010), in the "site" and "situation" dimensions of the interaction between places or locales on the one hand, and material flows or global value chains on the other. It is argued that the assemblage of both site and situation is what shapes the wealth of cities. The case study of Manaus and Belém shows how the rapid urbanization of the Amazon rainforest is accompanied by the growth of shipping as "new" commodities are being extracted from the jungle interior.

Trafficking of Ornamental Fish in the Brazilian Amazon

“…The freshwater ecosystem in the Amazon basin is the most expressive home to freshwater fish biodiversity on the planet, and one in which occurs significant endemism (Dagosta and Pinna, 2019). This fish endemism of small range regional distribution makes ichthyofauna fragile and vulnerable to human impacts such as deforestation, agricultural and livestock production (Kalamandeen et al, 2018), dam construction (Lees et al, 2016), mining (Asner et al, 2013), urbanization (Jacobs et al, 2013) and trafficking of wild animals (Destro et al, 2012;Renctas, 2016). The high commercial values of the animals combined with this great biological diversity makes the Amazon as a constant target of highly organized and well-equipped animal traffickers (Nogueira, 2008;MPE, 2011).…”