, ndstan the future.tonderstan who camethe ve-- and ink abouthe first people who arrived in the amazoon even these psentedobsta. ndstan the future.tonderstan ifouo rth on many ofseibutars--s who anradse ve-- rrator:ch othe rives atoawhh locat in amazonia in th century eurod and built cities like belém, the rain forest was seen as a rich, but impenetrableesource. until the 1970s, belém was accessible to the rest of brazil only by water. then came a wave of road building. so farthe major investmes theasterenof bascture coenatg analong e soutwithoaouave che, then came a wave of road building. and with cheaper access, a lot of economic activities become profitable. narrator: two of the biggest activities are cattle ranching and farming. ( chain saw buzzing ) buthe one at clears the land everything else isogging so whole newow sprang up herlocated in pará state.nas, this is a boomtown, home to more than 80 sawmills. this is brazil's frontier, a land of opportunity chnortamica's oners dbumany othe most imporntdsu t s new roads into the intior still dirt and not paved. paving greatly accelerat