NO FILM OR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT BRAZILIAN DOCUMENTARY “ETERNAL AMAZON.” HONOR WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY THIS JUNE 5 BY ORDERING THE FILM TODAY WITH A 15% DISCOUNT. Use code “ENVIRONMENT” at checkout. Offer valid until June 11. “Amazônia Eterna explained the rain forest in a way I had never understood it before.” - Luiz Carlos Merten, GOOD PLANET, ESTADAO ETERNAL AMAZON Directed by Belisario Franca / Brazil / 2012 / 88min / Documentary Feature At a time when the world is focused on the impact of humans on the environment, Eternal Amazon focuses in the successful sustainable projects in the Amazon's five million square kilometers - which are home to countless plant and animal species, and 20% of the world's freshwater reserves. Executives, politicians and environmentalists working together with indigenous tribes and riverbank communities are currently constructing a model for using nature that can extract its resources while generating work and income, with minimal environmental impact. Eternal Amazon is a beautiful and insightful documentary that presents a critical analysis of how the world’s largest tropical rainforest is understood and utilized. ETERNAL AMAZON features experts such as: - Sergio Besserman Vianna, Economist and President of the Board for Sustainable Development of Rio de Janeiro and Professor at PUC-RJ - Carlos Eduardo Young, Professor at the Institute of Economics, UFRJ - Paulo Moutinho, Ecologist and Executive Director at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) - Bertha Becker, Geographer and Coordinator of several research and public policy projects at the Ministries of Science and Technology, National Integration and Environment - Fábio Leite, Program Manager at the Brazilian Foundation for Biodiversity (FUNBIO) - Virgílio Viana, Ecologist and Superintendent-General of the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation - José Aldemir de Oliveira, Geographer and Dean of the Amazonas State University - José Ribamar Bessa, Ethnolinguist and Coordinator of the Indigenous Languages Studies Departments at UERJ Watch the trailer and order the film at http://pragda.com/films/eternal-amazon [1] ABOUT PRAGDA PRAGDA is a cultural initiative that specializes in offering Latin American and Spanish films of educational interest for students, instructors and librarians. To learn more about Pragda, visit www.pragda.com [2]. Links: ------ [1] http://pragda.com/films/eternal-amazon [2] http://www.pragda.com/ ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org