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Anarchy in the Amazon?
Deforestation is at levels not seen for over a decade. Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, talks of opening the forest to development while environmental police are under attack.
Under cover of Covid, the Amazon rainforest is under attack. Deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, talks of opening the forest up to development while the environmental police are under attack from loggers.
Our World has obtained a recording of the environment minister talking about using the cover of Covid to 'change all the rules' in the Amazon. Justin Rowlatt goes on a mission to find out how a tribe he visited a decade ago is faring in the face of this assault.
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