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Anarchy in the Amazon?
Under cover of Covid, the Amazon rainforest is under attack, with deforestation at levels not seen for more than a decade.
Under cover of Covid, the Amazon rainforest is under attack. Deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, talks of opening up the forest to development, while the environmental police are under attack from loggers.
Our World has obtained a recording of the environment minister talking about using the cover of Covid to 'change all the rules' in the Amazon. Justin Rowlatt is on a mission to find out how a tribe he visited a decade ago is faring in the face of this assault.
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