and about an hour's drive away, ritual destruction. every year vast areas are cleared by slashing and burning. the heat is building now and there is a falling in the air. no attempt has been made to hide this. it is at the side of a busy road. and when fires like this happen here it is not the work of nature, it is the work of man. in the global fight against climate change, this is one more loss. and here too, lost ground. more wild west than wild amazon. cattle farming is driven by global demand for brazilian beef and backed by president jair bolsonaro. henato hammos is a second—generation rancher. he says the forest is