years. it is the technical teams in the backrooms of this conference to hammer out all the details. but the world leaders who have been setting the scale of the ambition. three who have chosen the scale of the ambition. three who have chosen not the scale of the ambition. three who have chosen not to the scale of the ambition. three who have chosen not to attend the scale of the ambition. three who have chosen not to attend in - the scale of the ambition. three who have chosen not to attend in person| have chosen not to attend in person a xijinping of china, that dominic vladimir putin of russia and jaya bolsonaro of brazil, countries seen as key to the summit s success. brazil is home to the largest area of amazon rainforest, one of the world s latest offences against climate change but is that international correspondent reports from one state there greatest defences against linus change. deforestation of the amazon has soared to 12 year high the president bolsonaro. the a
on the ground because we are running out of time to do that, we need to be making these emissions cuts so we need to make sure this works in short order. brazil is among the countries to sign up to that deal out of glasgow, the pledge on deforestation. last year, the felling of woodland in brazil s amazon rainforest, reached a 12 year high. the amazon contains around a third of all the tropical rainforests left on earth, and crucially, helps capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor, to global warming. but illegal, as well as legal logging, is a huge problem. from hondoniya state, in the brazilian amazon, our international correspondent, 0rla guerin has more details. the amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land
the amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how easy it is to plunder the amazon, just one man and a chainsaw. campaigners say illegal loggers have a green light from president jair bolsonaro. they accuse him of carving up environmental protections and fuelling climate change. miguel isn t worried about the planet, he s worried about his family.
rainforests left on earth, and crucially helps capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. i will be talking to an expert from chatham house, but let s hear more from the amazon. international correspondent, 0rla guerin sent this report. the amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how easy it is to plunder the amazon, just one man and a chainsaw. well, we are making our way now deeper into the forest. we re being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place. and here we are at the edge of a national park, an area that s supposed to be protected.
the amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how easy it is to plunder the amazon, just one man and a chainsaw. well, we are making our way now deeper into the forest. we re being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place. and here we are at the edge of a national park, an area that s supposed to be protected. but campaigners say illegal loggers have a green light from president jair bolsonaro. they accuse him of carving up environmental protections and fuelling climate change. miguel isn t worried about the planet, he s worried about his family.