An Inconvenient Truth About the Amazon Rainforest

An Inconvenient Truth About the Amazon Rainforest
A boy jumps over logs seized by the Amazon Military Police at the Manacapuru River in Manacupuru, Amazonas State, Brazil, on July 16, 2020. Ricardo Oliveira/AFP via Getty Images
Augusto Zimmermann
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What you have been told about the Amazon rainforest is not necessarily the truth, and quite to the contrary.

Augusto Zimmermann
Augusto Zimmermann
Ph.D.
Augusto Zimmermann, PhD, LLD, is a professor and head of law at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education in Perth. He is also president of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association and served as a commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia from 2012 to 2017. Mr. Zimmermann has authored numerous books, including “Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives" and “Foundations of the Australian Legal System: History, Theory, and Practice.”
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