Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ436689
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: A Classroom Project.
Nijman, Jan; Hill, A. David
Journal of Geography, v90 n3 p102-05 May-Jun 1991
Presents a classroom project dealing with tropical deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Addresses environmental consequences and economic, social, and political causes. Involves both lectures and individual research and reports by student groups on deforestation causes. Includes a note-playing activity in which students make recommendations for the development of the states in the Amazon. (DK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Natural Resources, Perspective Taking, Rainforests, Role Playing, Simulation, Soil Conservation, Student Projects, Student Research, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner
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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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