This won the gold medal at the Geographical Associations Annual Awards in 1993. It is in fact, one of the most important causes of both rainforest destruction and the invasion of indigenous people's lands in the Amazonian rainforest as a whole . When fiscal incentives for incentives for ranching were created by the Brazilian government, many indigenous areas were and continue to be illegally invaded, and in a number of cases appropriated by ranchers. Having been thrown off their land, many Indians have been resettled on inferior land, often totally inadequate for them to live off in terms of livelihood placing them in an alien market economy where they are exploited. Fencing put up by the ranchers has often impeded indigenous peoples' ability to hunt.
Isolated peoples are particularly vulnerable.
I shall be out of Britain from 12 February to 20 March 1996.