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Colonisation schemes in the Brazilian Amazon have been a major force behind social and environmental change in the region since the 1970s (Moran, 1981; Smith, 1982; Fearnside, 1985). Although small-scale colonisation had been taking place for several decades before then, except for the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway and its associated spontaneous colonisation, their character had been small scale and their impact not felt at a regional scale (Tavares et al., 1972).
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Moran, E.F. (1990). Private and Public Colonisation Schemes in Amazonia. In: Goodman, D., Hall, A. (eds) The Future of Amazonia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21068-8_4
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