gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-4-112-131gesj-553Research ArticleSUSTAINABILITYУстойчивое развитиеREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN AMAZONIA: CONTROVERSIES AND CHALLENGESDe FreitasMarciliofreitasufam@gmail.comDa Silva FreitasMarilene C.Department of Physics, Federal University of Amazonas, ManausBrazilDepartment of Social Science, Federal University of Amazonas, ManausBrazil201802012019114112131Copyright © de Freitas M., da Silva Freitas M.C., 20192019de Freitas M., da Silva Freitas M.C.de Freitas M., da Silva Freitas M.C.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/553

Through a prospective study, structural issues that move Amazonia’s ecological and cultural complexity and its internationalization are analyzed in this article. Its predatory development in a global context permeated by sustainability is presented. It shows that capitalism has no heuristic reach to economically exploit Amazonia preserving its biomes. It prioritizes issues such as: What are the political foundations that permeate Amazonia’s global economic insertion? What are its links with the scientific and technological processes imbricated in worldwide environmentalism? Many proposals and uncertainties concerning Amazonia’s ecological issues are presented. The environmental and social impacts of the large socioeconomic development projects implemented in the region are shown. Technical elements to clarify the sustainability concept and its correlation with the development of Amazonia are presented and analyzed. Amazonia’s importance for the future of Brazil and the mankind, and the controversies on political and economic issues that impede its economic development are also discussed.

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