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New Territories in Acre and Why They Matter
Marjetica Potrč
The Croa River community consists of approximately four hundred families spread out across eighty thousand hectares of Amazonian forest. They aspire to see the land they inhabit become an extraction reserve, and in fact, it is in the process of becoming precisely this: one of the new territories in Acre. As such, it is a good example of the current trend toward territorialization in the Brazilian state. It is also a good example of what territories stand for: self-organization, sustainable…
e-flux Journal
Posted: November 1, 2008
Category
Latin America, Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity, Economy, Education
Subjects
Extractivism, State & Government