From Hegemony to Ashes
The Political Economy of Portugal’s Forest Fires
- Author
- Kathleen C. Schwartzman
Portugal’s relationship to its forest and forest management is linked to its history. In the 1500s Portugal sailed to and colonised locations on the Asian, African, and Latin American continents. The story of Portuguese forests was the story of Portuguese colonialisation. In the 20th C, Portugal was an undisputed semiperipheral country. Here I tell the story of how Portuguese forests became the story of external debt
and agro-exports.