the plants might grow faster but the pesticides pollute the ground water and the river. luca remembers how much cleaner the environment used to be that's what motivated him to become an activist well you know you see how this field reaches all the way to the river water so the river doesn't breathe anymore it can't grow bigger and can't play its natural role of climate regulator and the sediments don't nourish the ecosystem here political systems. but it's not just about chemicals contaminating the water deforestation is another major environmental problem here. because. every day i see what's going on. i have observed as elation illegal logging. some trees that are more than one hundred years old with great value for my people of being caught a disappearing and sometimes being sold for next to nothing. luka wants to boost