''Amazon Watershed : the new environmental investigation'' is a 1991 book by British writer and environmental and political activist,

George Monbiot George Joshua Richard Monbiot ( ; born 27 January 1963) is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism. He writes a regular column for ''The Guardian'' and is the author of a number of books. Monbiot grew up in Oxfordsh ...

Synopsis

The book is an investigation into the expulsion of peasants from their homes and their forced relocation to the

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. Military police attempt to kill Monbiot as he exposes a vast military project opening up the area to logging and deforestation. He tracks timber cut illegally from Indian reserves all the way back to retailers in the United Kingdom. According to the publishers, Monbiot also "examines the role of the British and American governments in promoting, wittingly or otherwise, this great ecological catastrophe".

Reception

The book won the Natural World Book Prize, described as "the premier environmental book prize in the UK" in 1991.

References

1991 non-fiction books 1991 in the environment Books about Brazil Books about imperialism Books critical of capitalism Environmental non-fiction books Sustainability books Non-fiction books about indigenous peoples of the Americas Books about foreign relations of the United Kingdom Books about foreign relations of the United States Books by George Monbiot Michael Joseph books Investigative journalism {{George Monbiot