Background
Monbiot, George Joshua was born on January 27, 1963 in London. Son of Raymond Geoffrey and Rosalie Vivien (Gresham Cooke) Monbiot.
(An investigation into the tragic story of the tribal peop...)
An investigation into the tragic story of the tribal people of western New Guinea describing the Indonesian government's hugely destructive transmigration campaign which it is using to drive them off their ancestral lands into poverty and starvation.
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(An investigation into the destruction of the Brazilian ra...)
An investigation into the destruction of the Brazilian rainforests. The author examines the effects of European, US and Japanese enterprises in the area. The author also wrote "Poisoned Arrow: An investigative Journey Through Indonesia". Despite attempts by the military police to kill him, George Monbiot followed the story of the peasants being expelled from their homes in other parts of Brazil and forced to move into the Amazon. He went to expose the effects of a vast military project opening up the northern frontier and achieved, at great risk, what other investigators have tried and failed to do, following timber cut illegally from Indian reserves all the way back to the retailers in Britain. He demonstrates that it is the timber industry, not ranching, which is now the greatest threat to the forest. Monbiot explores the underlying reasons for deforestation in the Amazon, looking at why current efforts to prevent it are so unsuccessful. He examines the role of the British and American governments in promoting, wittingly or otherwise, the greatest ecological catastrophe of the century.
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Monbiot, George Joshua was born on January 27, 1963 in London. Son of Raymond Geoffrey and Rosalie Vivien (Gresham Cooke) Monbiot.
Bachelor in Zoology with honors, Brasenose College University Oxford, 1985. Master of Arts, Brasenose College University Oxford, 1986.
Producer natural history unit, British Broadcasting Corporation, Bristol, England, 1985-1987;
producer, presenter world service current affairs, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1987;
freelance writer, since 1987. Visiting fellow Green College U. Oxford, England, 1993-1995. Consultant television features and radio drama British Broadcasting Corporation, since 1994.
Columnist, The Guardian Newspaper, since 1995.
(An investigation into the tragic story of the tribal peop...)
(An investigation into the destruction of the Brazilian ra...)
Founder Campaign for United Nations Monitoring of Irian Jaya in Indonesia, London, 1988, The Forest Network, 1992, The Land Is Ours land reform movement, 1994. Initiator Campaign for Mahogany Import Moratorium, London, since 1991.