Acre- forest state

The journey took off from Acre, the forest state at the extreme west of Brazil. It was great to contribute to a sustainable future of the Brazilian Amazon through work with the state government on Ecological and Economic Zoning. According to the thinker Antonio Alves, in the reality of Acre, the natural cycles must be respected and democracy should include a view of the needs of all living beings... witnessing some of the most devastating flooding for years i got a good impression of how government stops if nature makes demands! (30 000 people were homeless in the month of February 2006)

For up to the minute views from Acre, check out the links of Antonio Alves and Altino Machado, two good friends who are full time journalists, thinkers and government commentators on Acre and the Amazon region:
(written in Portuguese)
altino.blogspot.com
oespiritodacoisa.blog.uol.com.br