Scientists fear the Amazon may be approaching a tipping point that would have global consequences. But Brazil was once hugely successful at tackling deforestation there. Can the country do it again?
Credits:
Reporter: Beatrice Christofaro
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Joanna Gottschalk
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Read more:
Princeton University study on reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: [ Ссылка ]
A Pathway to Zero Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon:
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On the drivers of deforestation by Hannah Ritchie:
[ Ссылка ]
Guardian piece on the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon:
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Igarapé Institute strategy:
[ Ссылка ]
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:02 What’s at stake?
2:25 How it all began
3:45 The turning point
6:21 Deforestation rises again
7:59 The Amazon’s comeback?
9:55 Conclusion
Can Brazil save the Amazon this time?
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