as israeli police stopped palestinian men from entering the compound, forcing them to pray outside the old city gates. tens of thousands of catholic worshippers have gathered in saint peter s square in rome as pope francis presided over easter sunday mass. the pontiff is expected to pronounce the traditional holiday blessing later. a four storey residential building has collapsed in the french city of marseille leaving at least five people from the surrounding structures injured. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for global questions: brazil s amazon fight. hello, welcome to global questions. we are in rio dejaneiro in a country which like most countries these days is confronting many crises at home. few national policies have such global consequences as the fate of the amazon. it s the world s largest tropical rainforest, covering much of northern brazil. it s under growing threat, from deforestation, large scale farming and ranching and mining. newly elected preside
more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles. you re watching bbc news. now its time for global questions: brazil s amazon fight. hello, welcome to global questions. we are in rio dejaneiro in a country which like most countries these days is confronting many crises at home. few national policies have such global consequences as the fate of the amazon. it s the world s largest tropical rainforest, covering much of northern brazil. it s under growing threat, from deforestation, large scale farming and ranching and mining. newly elected president lula has pledged to undo the destruction under the former president bolsonaro. he speaks of tackling the problem in the largest indigenous territory. what happens in the amazon will have a huge impact on our climate crisis. can president lula rebuild the protection programme or is time running out to save the rainforest and the indigenous people that call it home? that
newly elected president lula has pledged to undo the destruction under the former president bolsonaro. he speaks of tackling the problem in the largest indigenous territory. what happens in the amazon will have a huge impact on our climate crisis. can president lula rebuild the protection programme or is time running out to save the rainforest and the indigenous people that call it home? that is global questions, brazil s fight for the amazon. you join us in this stunning setting here in rio dejaneiro and the sun has just set on this spectacular city. we are joined here tonight with a terrific audience and a panel of experts and individuals intensely engaged in these environmental questions. let me tell you who are panel is. first of all, izabella texiera, a former environment minister, still continuing to be a leading voice on climate issues. she received a un lifetime achievement award for champions of the earth in 2013. even her glasses are green. marina grossi, president
yes. so, this is very important to have trade offs we have trade offs, absolutely, but we need to understand what are the critical pillars that must be fixed in such a way that we can move the peace in the right direction. 0k. ..and unintelligible in the future. this means leadership. this means brazil society support. and for me, we need to bring the future through to present, and not have the past as our present. 0k. well, we ve heard tonight we ve heard jama talking about hope, we heard about from paloma that it could be easy because there is a legal infrastructure. we heard from marina, saying that there is a new commitment and this fight is also ourfight. and izabella, you you, in some moments, you seemed exhausted by the enormity of it but there s no doubting your passion about setting up those pillars and moving towards this transition. i believe. she believes. i believe that we can change. i think our audience believes,
there is no private or no profit if there is no land. 0k, marina? so they became climate activists and they realised that we don t need any more centimetre of land to be deforestated, to be honest, because we need. crosstalk. this is where you agree? yes, sure. we have already enormous areas degredated that we can fulfil. we don t need any more. and i think brazil, maybe, is one country in the world that we have, you know, the possibility to combine productivity with preservation. i don t think there is other countries that would have this possibility. sharma, do you worry about the politics of fighting to protect the amazon and the indigenous peoples, the power of agribusiness?