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      Transnational campaigns for the Amazon: NGO strategies, trade and official responses Translated title: Campanhas transnacionais pela Amazônia: estratégias de ONGs, comércio e posições oficiais

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          The campaign against the illegal mahogany trade from the Amazon has increased the need for special working links between NGOs based in Brazil and those located in the Northern hemisphere, particularly Britain, since the UK is regarded as one of the major importers of that particular timber. The article discusses the origins, development and different strategies of the mahogany campaign -the major transnational campaign for the Amazon rainforest in the 1990s- as well as the reactions from the timber trade and the Brazilian government. Considering the interface of social justice and forest issues, the analysis presents the ways in which the Amazon is understood and projected into the global sphere, and how such a global perspective -currently dominated by efforts towards timber certification through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)- may render a more complex local reality invisible.

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          A campanha contra o comércio de mogno extraído ilegalmente da Amazônia tem acentuado a necessidade de um trabalho conjunto entre ONGs brasileiras e aquelas situadas no hemisfério Norte, sobretudo as britânicas, uma vez que o Reino Unido é considerado um dos maiores importadores dessa madeira. O artigo discute as origens, o desenvolvimento e as diferentes estratégias empregadas na campanha do mogno -principal campanha transnacional pela floresta amazônica nos anos 90- assim como as reações por parte do comércio madereiro e do governo brasileiro. Considerando as interfaces entre justiça social e os temas florestais, a análise apresenta as diferentes formas em que a Amazônia é compreendida e projetada no espaço global, sublinhando como tais perspectivas globais -hoje concentradas nos esforços para a certificação florestal através do Conselho de Manejo Florestal (FSC)- acabam por tornar invisível uma realidade local mais complexa.

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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Journal
                s_asoc
                Ambiente & sociedade
                Ambient. soc.
                ANPPAS (Campinas )
                1809-4422
                June 2000
                : 0
                : 6-7
                : 31-63
                Article
                S1414-753X2000000100003
                10.1590/S1414-753X2000000100003
                e03ffd9b-c408-4a25-a390-6801f14c4881

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Amazon,Forest,NGOs,Campaigns,Transnational,Certification,Local,Global,Amazônia,Floresta,ONGs,Campanhas,Transnacional,Certificação

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