- John Cain Carter
John Cain Carter (born
1966 inSan Antonio ,Texas ) is acattle rancher andenvironmentalist who started the Brazilianrainforest conservation organization,Aliança da Terra . Citation
last = Peck
first = Clint, "Beef Magazine"
title = Envirobeef
url=http://beefmagazine.com/mag/beef_envirobeef/index.html
accessdate = 2008-10-07 ] Citation
last = Butler
first = Tina, "Mongabay.com"
title = Saving the Amazon Rainforest Through Agricultural Certification
url=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0604-tina_butler.html
accessdate = 2008-10-07 ] Carter moved to Brazil fromTexas in 1996, and now owns a 8,100 hectare (20,000 acre)ranch near the Xingu and Amazon rivers in the Brazilian state ofMato Grosso . cite news
last = The Economist
first =
title = The Amazon's Texan Saviour
pages =
publisher =The Economist
date =2005-05-26
url = http://www.environnement-propriete.org/english/documentation/doc/The_Amazon_s_Texan_saviour.pdf
accessdate = 2008-10-07 ] Shocked by the rapid deforestation occurring in theAmazon Rainforest , Carter started Aliança da Terra to provide economic incentives forfarmers andranchers to preserve the forest land.References
External Links
[http://www.aliancadaterra.org.br/ Aliança da Terra website]
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