Be enough left to my. People who are campaigning to protect the rain forest. And for biodiversity. Far helping to prevent new pandemic. Shut doesnt to destroy how can we humans destroy a Living Forest hundreds of years old with a chain saw a hell of a. Time were in the brazilian Amazon Region with a group of fires hunters there tracking down invisible killer pathogens in the jungle. Our 1st trip takes us deep into the engine land of sol paolos day. Its the region of sugarcane plantations trucks passes by carrying this week harvest. In the dusk we spot a ring tailed coati. We are out with biologist cristiana car viola and his team in the few remaining strips of the atlantic rain forest hes looking for the hiding places of bats he thinks he has located some in these water pipes where he heard the sound of wings flapping inside. Indeed there is a colony of bats dozens of them are living here in the cracks and crevices of the pipes. For us and one that im specialized in seeking out the hideaways of the bat sea regions like this close to Agricultural Land thats all mostly i find them in trees or like here in water pipes and. About experts work begins shortly before dusk he spends a net over the entrance and the background is on. A problem with you but it was only. One other than that my life you might this is why were working with these animals to find out how far the various viruses have spread. But i did just think its part of our scientific work to find out which bats are carrying which viruses think on the rear of their orders for sure but. Now in the times of coronavirus Everyone Needs to wear protective clothing to prevent the transmission of the virus chiroptera the scientific name for bats have been christiane knows passion for 26 years. He wants to lure them from the back of the pipe into the net. Its amazing how quickly he succeeds. Christiane now has to painstakingly untangle the animal from the net for him its a routine procedure after his many batons have a little bit. Or he hands over the bats he has caught 2 by rolla just angelica compost who neatly hangs them up in fabric sacks oh im no good that one of those movies its only. Since of this year that are people worldwide has been noticing that bats carrying the numerous viruses which can be transmitted to humans and trigger pandemics is when you will think the out because i couldnt believe me and thats why researchers are now looking more closely and precisely to find out which why verses are being carried in each individual animal. The bats are not afraid to bite so they wear thick gloves. Anjelica take samples out of the throats and digestive tracts of the bats places where the corona virus likes to settle for the thoughts of what weve been expecting a coronavirus pandemic for years but hoping that we would be wrong then you thought i got along. Well they keep finding new previously unknown viruses in the feces of the bats. But every now without a work we want to prevent another pandemic from breaking out all that were hunting for new dangerous times of viruses or trying at least to limit them. If its too radical the. Cording to estimate there are more than 300000 unknown pathogens in the worlds jungles mostly hidden in the bodies of mammals such as bats or rodents as monas the rain forest stays intact the viruses and bacteria pose no threat to humans when humans and their livestock get too close to wild animals the viruses can be transmitted to cattle pigs or humans and become deadly the virus hunters want to find out which pathogens are a threat to humans. The bats samples have to be kept for ozone at minus 80 degrees celsius on their way to the laboratory to keep the virus code intact. Because this is what i would call it. For our work its important to get as many samples from the bats as possible and you might also we can identify the many types of virus circulating in the population much you. Know. Thats are more interesting for researchers than other mammals as they carry an unusually high number of viruses. Well to fulfill we can think of bats as a kind of virus storage not the pathogens stay in their bodies far away from us humans pandemics arise when humans encroach on the natural territory of the bats and upset the balance of nature where the viruses exist it will feed the Researchers Show us what they mean on their way to the south palo laboratory with their freezer box. Due to the sugarcane monoculture here the hanta virus has spread rapidly its transmitted by rat droppings the hantavirus is not dangerous for the rodents but for humans every 2nd case of infection leads to death according to researchers the hantavirus started spreading rapidly after the jungle was cleared for the monoculture. In the 1970 s. Brazil began building roads through the impenetrable amazon rain forest with their trans amazonian highway the military dictatorship laid the foundation for the massive deforestation we see today. Agriculture has bestowed prosperity upon many regions at the cost of the rain forest more and more Railway Lines on highways cut through the Amazon Region. Every year fires ravaged more swaths of rain forest they are usually started by farmers wanting to increase the size of their fields. Where on the transam a zone ian highway on our way to an indigenous reserve we see traces of slash and burn farming on all sides now in the dry season smoke lingers over vast stretches of the countryside. President. Won 60 percent of the votes in this region of the brazilian state of pot out in his Election Campaign he promised to free up the reserves of the indigenous. Peoples for deforestation and to support the many local cattle breeders. When we reach the reserve we see an illegal settlement. The collection of huts is called a villa not the arena say theyre the place of rebirth. It looks like a piece out of the wild west and indeed it is. Either in a sarah stands on a piece of indigenous land protected by the constitution this fact was confirmed by Civil Servants who also told us that they are powerless against the illegal squatters are not allowed to give interviews but one person agrees to speak to us continental as they cook from an entirely different region who moved to a villa in assam a year ago our restaurant until well this place is growing are there many workers here they move to buy land and yes Many Brazilians come from far away and stake out a piece of land to work on. That i think that i think it must be worthwhile that until now to and her husband barito are frustrated neither of them has ever learned to read or write and they dont understand why the state sees them as illegal squatters or not of daily feed me and we have no nurse here who could take care of us and michael cockiness shes not allowed to come here because our settlement is illegal kamila go grab. The politicians come here to get our votes but so far no one has helped us to get a legal title as land owners of that group about both of you were in either case not the. Barito shows us his building site next door or a new larger restaurant is planned they have just laid the foundation for the floor tiles. And tonight a is hoping for good business. In spite of everything. The Authorities Say this is Indigenous Territory but the old people say there have never been any Indigenous People here still the state will give us this land. Are they right im not sure after. This. We hope that we can soon be the legal owners of this land then we can work here with a clear conscience. Because this nation you dont see yourselves as illegal we persevere that pyramid. Buildings are going up everywhere the craft workers are just putting up walls for an Evangelical Free Church it is the 6th in the settlement. In just 2 years the settlement has grown to around 2000 people. For years the squatter spokesman has been fighting for legalisation in court in his view the indigenous reserve is too big he demands that it be reduced in size. Thought the idea when i look up for you the Indigenous People have traditionally never lived on this land. That is too much of thats why we demand that the reports justifying the reserve should be checked again why dont we just want everything to be done truthfully to our vet that. The squatters moyers have managed to get the status of the reserve reevaluation. Think you can do. You have to understand that the People Living here in the amazon want to survive that has to be possible on a slant. This is also how costa sees it he runs the corner shop until around a serac hes hoping the size of the reserve will be cut. Over there got into if they legalize our place then everything will be fine. Theres so much wealth in this earth. Wrong materials which ones a lot of gold and more. Were hanging in there to see what happens. Shortly afterward leonardo i. R. S. Arrives he lives near the gold mines and complains about the latest raid by the state controllers because i dont think it is way i have no idea whether the raid was legal or not they came to my house and set it on fire then they left again i couldnt do anything. Hes talking about an operation by Brazilian Environmental Police against the illegal gold diggers in the reserve. Not only are the criminals destroying the rain forest and poisoning the ground with mercury but they are also bringing a new coronavirus into the indigenous region Global Finance resilient Environmental Police destroyed excavators and pumps on videos taken on their mobile phones gold diggers complained about the raid. Over the government and the environment minister promised us that we could look for gold in the indigenous areas i thats why we expect our workers gold diggers to be legalized but were going to carry on until then we start looking. Thanks to the gold diggers shop owner shaka is doing well in his business. But if it were up to him he would be doing even better. The best thing the government could do is to legalize our area and improve the streets so i can do more business. Approach that would be great. Fitzpatrick and foster. A jeep has stopped outside from the load in the back its obvious what this man is planning after picking up some groceries he drives directly into the result. Serve with his workers the group clearly has an eye on rain forest temba i was i. The fact is by destroying the rain forest of the Indigenous Peoples the squatters without realizing it are increasing the risk of a pandemic. The. Brazils Indigenous People are fighting against the economic exploitation of the rain forest their instincts tell them that economic progress also brings disadvantages. Ive got it going where not just demanding Better Health care and the pandemic but to close this road too because we are demonstrating against a planned railway tracks. It will be no good. Mostly protests like this have no effect since an intact rainforest as a buffer zone against dangerous viruses cannot be exploited for economic gain. German alvarado thinks differently ever since he can remember he has lived in and from the amazon rain forest german knows every plant and the significance of each one. This liana vine which grows upwards out of the ground contains Drinking Water are one. On every plant and every living creature in the jungle has its own purpose such as the milky resin of a palm tree which can help to heal wounds. The forest is like a pharmacy. That we can find everything here. Water medicine and remedies simply everything. Man the intact rain forest has become his wife lee hood for 10 years hes been operating a lodge on the edge of the conservation area. At the moment most of his huts are empty the coronavirus pandemic has brought Sustainable Tourism to a standstill. The march was always fully booked and is particularly popular with tourists from europe who want to vacation in the jungle now your man and his wife are worried about their livelihood they have ploughed all their savings into this business. For. Grilled amazon river fish like town booking are the specialty of chairman and his wife but their large was closed for 6 months and business is still smug. Well i think that in a few months tourists will come again from europe everything depends on the vaccine until it exists no one will be able to travel with confidence still they dont want to give up. The 1st guest since the reopening have just appeared a couple from sao paolo this region has so far been spared from raging fires and gold diggers ripping up the ground. Vision of this fandom i luckily our Regional Government takes care of protected areas such as ours here so theres not as much deforestation. But other Amazon Regions have been destroyed the deforestation will have negative consequences for a few months one day will be the math and the advocate of the consequences the noises only show me. Fire all exists at the University Campus of san paolo for researching these consequences for years theyve been warning of a ticking time bomb in the form of wild animals encountering humans more often due to the sweeping fires and deforestation of the. Lever brought after every fire more animals graze at the edges of the rain forest. Thats where the viruses can be transmitted to cattle and the viruses adapt to their new host later we humans can catch them this worries me deeply the. Researchers had also warned of an outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus but those in power ignored the signals sent by scientists. If it is mange focus in the eyes of book unfortunately none of the studies were taken seriously it may be good if i had shown new coronaviruses in bats since 2013 bodies of those me. These yahoos this is she also our warnings that these coronaviruses could mutate and be transmitted to humans did not lead to unnecessary measures being taken as a result is that so very my favorite. Their analysis of bad feces and in trails shows nothing this time. They find the rabies virus but there are no Novel Coronavirus is or other dangerous pathogens. It is basic research which only costs a little money but still funding was recently cut. And lost family members. Its extremely difficult to get funding for our kind of research now during the pandemic it has been a little easier for with. Equality but is was the virus crisis is over our financial worries will return im not very optimistic. About hunters will continue their search in spite of adversity even if its frustrating in brazil at the moment. Over the falls a lot. Im disappointed that how the government hardly ever listens to the scientists. Theyre always arguing with the research is cool no more all we can do is to fight back and try to keep hold of the objectives of our research and all of the you know. What the virus hunters is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. In the amazon metropolis of menow us researchers are trying to get fire which is under control using pragmatic means. Court tennis is preparing fly traps in the state run institute for your crews insecticide is a place to. Around the edges of a bucket its a new method theyve been trying for 3 years. When the mosquitoes lay their larva in the bucket the poison sticks to that here but again and the mosquitoes spread the insecticide to many other places all of could have those. Its a simple principle which is now used everywhere in manassas contests and his team drive out to the neighborhoods on the edge of the city where the mosquitoes are a particular nuisance they carry dangling fever which is rife here at the moment there is a monthly check of private households the researchers have placed their prepared buckets here as in this kitchen in the back yard. The old buckets have to be replaced. It is super 14 bus the mosquitoes love dark places. Like under tables or city. It doesnt take long for the new trap to be ready for action against the virus carrying mosquitoes. What special about this is that the most catos themselves spread the poison from these poles to other places that we cant even reach. Shortly afterward they perform a test with a mosquito vacuum. There are no mosquitoes found in the cracks and crevices so the traps obviously work the residents confirm this they notice that there are fewer mosquitoes than before. Them at the gym i was always afraid of these diseases malaria or yellow fever until now there are many neighbors who dont take care they dont clear up what a lot of water to the mosquitoes reproduce there and we all suffer from that killing is the will of the of the. Mosquitoes spreading viruses are still a problem in mouse due to the many open sewers and cesspits then theres the rapid expansion of the city slums are developing where once there was rain forest people are coming ever closer to the viruses hidden in the wilderness the development seems irreversible and is fueled by the flourishing industry of. The researchers from the few crews institute are alarmed whenever the settlements encroach on the wilderness the risk increases that a new virus could be transmitted to humans. What the musical warning for the whole structure of the economy has to change we have to explain to everyone that the rainforest is more useful to us if we dont cut it down to do. All of the researchers we need to share this view as do the biologists and vets at the refuge station for wild animals in manassas. Animals discovered during raids or which show mysterious diseases are kept in these cages. Biologist alessandro novice is creating a young female jaguar before she inspects the most recent arrivals with her colleagues. This undernourished pod tamarin monkey was recently brought to the refuge the vets and nesta ties it so they can examine it its. Out. There carry out the tamarin is pretty groggy already but its still hanging on to see would it feel. Its time for the examination of the wounds are visible on its feet the researchers seem worried to. Ensure says that the composite seems to be something contagious but we can only say for sure after the examination whether the monkey is suffering from a virus bacteria or a Fungal Infection as well to whom. The samples are taken of the skin and fur and then saliva. If you should use their speech or my feeling on me the illness seems pretty complex. I dont know exactly why the animal has lost so much weight. That is very much it could be bacteria attacking the immune system so heres all. A new virus which is circulating in this region that is real. And even. To be on the safe side this monkey samples will be sent to a special biology lab to compare them with other different types of viruses from around the world as a virus hunter one thing you need is patience. Includes a visit as most of the novel viruses we find do not cause illness and have not been transmitted to humans and will be others. But they could mutate at any time. By those inside to get someone to deny me. The specially if we carry on as were doing now say the researchers has put us in the family does the Amazon Region is disappearing that is this is bound to have consequences for Global Health in the medium and long term we will experience new diseases being transmitted from animals to humans in the days as it races the tribes are not as. Scientists warn that the next pandemic could come from the Amazon Region it is simply a question of trying. To get a hold of one of the only thing that could prevent it is a radical change in our lifestyle but this is currently not foreseeable. Im worried about the way we treat the forests. The trees all support life and they are ancient. How can people destroy the rain within minutes with a chainsaw on our market. Is that work. Rain forest destruction may well be releasing viruses which would otherwise never reach humans the researchers have never heard of pandemics spreading inside the jungle. 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