Geography of Brazil clearing. Public policies intended to promote sustainable management of timber extraction, as well as sustainable use of nontimber forest products (such as rubber, Brazil nuts, fruits, seeds, oils, and vines), were being discussed intensely in the mid-1990s. However, implementing the principles of sustainable development, without irreversible damage to the environment, proved to be more challenging than establishing international agreements about them. Although 90% of the country is within the tropical zone, the climate of Brazil varies considerably from the mostly tropical North (the equator traverses the mouth of the Amazon) to temperate zones below the Tropic of Capricorn (23°27' S
Tropic of Capricorn (novel) finding his voice as a writer, until eventually he sets off for Paris, where the activities depicted in "Tropic of Cancer" begin. Tropic of Capricorn (novel) Tropic of Capricorn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Henry Miller, first published by Obelisk Press in Paris in 1939. A prequel of sorts to Miller's first published novel, 1934's "Tropic of Cancer", it was banned in the United States until a 1961 Justice Department ruling declared that its contents were not obscene. During a three-week vacation from Western Union in 1922, Miller wrote his first novel, "Clipped Wings", a study of 12 Western Union