Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|ECUADOR OIL, PART TWO, SUSTAINABLE COLONIZATION, and RAINFOREST CRUNCH / produced by Sandy Tolan, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero| hosted by Edward James Olmos. - SERIES: Vanishing homelands : a chronicle of change across the Americas| no. 12 - Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus. CONTENT: pt.1. Ecuador Oil continues the discussion of oil exploration and explotation in the Amazon, focusing upon two Quichua Indian villages who present two views concerning oil (part two) -- pt.2. Sustainable Colonization looks at poor colonists in Brazil's Amazon jungle hwo are planting commercially valuable native species in an attempt to stop the vicious cycle of deforestation -- pt.3. Examines how the profitable Rainforest Crunch ice cream and candy go to support rubber tappers and preserve the Amazon. The success, however, backfired. The rubber tappers must buy Brazil nuts in bulk from large commercial suppliers to meet the growing demand, thus cutting down other sections of the rainforest. - RECORDED: 1992.
pt.1. Ecuador Oil continues the discussion of oil exploration and explotation in the Amazon, focusing upon two Quichua Indian villages who present two views concerning oil (part two) -- pt.2. Sustainable Colonization looks at poor colonists in Brazil's Amazon jungle who are planting commercially valuable native species in an attempt to stop the vicious cycle of deforestation -- pt.3. Examines how the profitable Rainforest Crunch ice cream and candy go to support rubber tappers and preserve the Amazon. The success, however, backfired. The rubber tappers must buy Brazil nuts in bulk from large commercial suppliers to meet the growing demand, thus cutting down other sections of the rainforest.
pt.1. Ecuador Oil continues the discussion of oil exploration and explotation in the Amazon, focusing upon two Quichua Indian villages who present two views concerning oil (part two) -- pt.2. Sustainable Colonization looks at poor colonists in Brazil's Amazon jungle who are planting commercially valuable native species in an attempt to stop the vicious cycle of deforestation -- pt.3. Examines how the profitable Rainforest Crunch ice cream and candy go to support rubber tappers and preserve the Amazon. The success, however, backfired. The rubber tappers must buy Brazil nuts in bulk from large commercial suppliers to meet the growing demand, thus cutting down other sections of the rainforest.
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