This text shows the importance to understanding the rationality of actors and the motivation, both of individuals and groups, which show the main causes of the advance of the economic activities and of deforestation. This is revealed in the analysis of socio-spatial strategies and the main social actors and economic agents present in new frontier areas. It reveals the present mechanisms in the relation between the interests of the economic agents and the political processes. It examines how networks are built to integrate the local and the globe, defining the tendencies to the globalized market action in the region.
