contributing to global warming. by night, specialist police are on the lookout for crimes against the forest. illegal logging is big business, there s a rainforest mafia. the timber can wind up in europe or the us. this load is legal, but sergeant robertson says he is fighting a losing battle. 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 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
his handiwork, seen from above. every tree that falls here releases carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. by night, specialist police are on the lookout for crimes against the forest. illegal logging is big business, there s a rainforest mafia. the timber can wind up in europe or the us. this load is legal, but sergeant robertson says he is fighting a losing battle. 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 ash 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 presidentjair bolsonaro. henato hammos is a second generation rancher. he says the forest is a living, not a fairy tale.
the heat is building and there is ash falling in the air. about an hour s drive away, ritual destruction. every year, vast areas are cleared away by slashing and burning. the heat is building and there is ash falling in the air. no attempt has been made to hide this. it is at the sight of a busy road. when fires like this happen here, it s not a work of nature. it s 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 bolsonaro.