The 'Greening' of the Ecopolitics of the World-System : Amazonia and Changes in the Ecopolitics of Brazil

Changes in the ecopolitics of the Brazilian government in the 1980s and 1990s were a result of a « greening » of the ecopolitics of the world-system, which also added to the political leverage of Brazilian grassroots movements. They movements were able to forge alliances with international environmentalist organizations and receive substantial media coverage. The Brazilian government, in turn, was forced to pay attention to grassroots environmentalists in order to avoid sanctions from international lending institutions. Without world-systemic changes, Brazilian ecopolitics would have remained slow in changing ; additionally non-govermental organization and the media will play a key role in changing global ecopolitics in the future because without their pressure, governments are reluctant to change and implement environmental policies