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Monte Lloyd and Terry Turner discuss deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

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University of Chicago Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Monte Lloyd, and Professor of Anthropology, Terry Turner, discuss the environmental and human rights impact of the Amazon rainforest deforestation. Studs plays "Whose Garden Was This" - Tom Paxton (1970).

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51 minutes, 55 seconds

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Anthropology & Sociology Environment, Ecology

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Lloyd, Monte--Interviews. Turner, Terry--Interviews. University of Chicago College teachers--Illinois--Chicago--20th century--Interviews. Anthropologists--United States--20th century--Interviews. Ecologists--United States--20th century--Interviews. Kayapo people Brazil Rainforest conservation Amazon rainforest Indigenous peoples rights Environmental activism Atmospheric greenhouse effect Gore, Al, 1948-

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