@article{1355632,
      note = {Previously published as DVD.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355632},
      title = {Halting the fires [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      abstract = {Directed by a Brazilian, Octavio Bezerra, Halting the  Fires gives a socio/political framework to the devastation  of the Amazon. Here, an area larger than the Netherlands is  being burned each year. The Brazilian government, through  Operation Amazon, has actually been supporting the  exploitation of the natural resources. Many of the  destructive activities, such as cattle ranching, are not  economically viable without the subsidies the government  provides. The film focuses on each of the groups -  ranchers, miners, rubber tappers, loggers, Indians, and  long term settlers - and shows how their activities affect  the environment. It also documents the lawlessness that has  characterized life on the jungle frontier.},
      recid = {1355632},
      pages = {1 online resource (53 min.)},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      year = {1991},
}