This rainforest exploitation development model was not fully implemented in
Amazonas—only 30 agrarian projects covering 1.3 million hectares. Instead, an innovative
model took place: a high-tech industrial development model gravitating over its capital,Manaus.
This model was based on the intensive use of high-technology (electronics,
informatics, micro mechanics, and robotics), the same that characterizes most of its highadded
value/low weight-volume ratio products (e.g. electro-electronic appliances,
computer hardware, two-wheeled vehicles, chemicals and thermoplastic components,
among many others). The transport system to support the model included the construction
of few roads (the BR-174 and BR-319), the upgrade of essential riverways (Amazonas and
Madeira rivers), and the improvement/expansion of the air transport network already in
service.