The Amazon is a vast region, but with many shortcomings. It presents one of the worst human development indicators in Brazil. This article shows that while the Amazon does not have an adequate policy to make the region economically viable, conservationist measures will be ineffective to protect...

This study broadly explored women's perceptions of their most pressing problems and needs in the mostly rural Amazonian province of Orellana in Ecuador in mid-2000. In-depth interviews with community women and health and social service providers used two rapid structured, qualitative methods -...

This article from 1997 discusses how oil development in the Amazon basin of Ecuador threatens to displace indigenous peoples through environmental contamination and colonization. It describes one of the main strategies that local organizations use to resist displacement and defend local...