Geopolitics of Amazonia

Abstract

Intense structural changes have occurred in the Amazon region. New actors have a determinant role: organized civil society, provincial governments and international cooperation. Changes are perceived according to different interests at the global, national and regional scales, resulting in conflicts that turn it difficult to implement public policies. Today, the Amazon is not a mere frontier, but a region by itself, that demands a development consolidation policy. Strategies to attain this goal are: institutional enforcement, Science, Technology &Innovation and regionalization.