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Macushi Indians

George Monbiot witnesses the effects of mining and deforestation on the Macushi lands

The story of a vast military project opening up the northern frontier and how timber cutting is becoming the main cause of destruction; tracing illegally logged tropical hardwoods to British markets.

Dr Liz Allen, Glasgow University
Fiona Watson, Survival
Simon Counsell, Friends of the Earth
Terence Mallinson, Timber Trade Federation

This is a programme from the 麻豆社 World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1991.

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29 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project