What are some failed projects in applied or developemental
anthropology?  I have found some information regarding the greening of
Java and sisal agriculture in Brazil and would like further
information on these projects as well as information on other projects
that either achieved disasterous results or simply failed to improve
conditions.

Most projects such as your examples produced horrible side effects,
the desired results are puny and/or direct and indirect costs vastly
out weighed the benefits. ie we might put a few tons of calcium
hydroxide at the top of tall chimneys and replace it daily by
helocopter to remove several percent of the carbon dioxide from the
flue gasses. What would we do with a few cubic miles of contaminated
calcium carbonate, and how could we make a few cubic miles of calcium
hyroxide without releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?  Even
if we found a way the cost would be astronomical.   Neil