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How to save the Amazon part one: the stakes

How to save the Amazon part one: the stakes

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In episode one of a three-part series, the Guardian’s global environment editor Jon Watts explores what’s at stake if we fail to protect the Amazon. He hears about the crucial role of the rainforest for the global climate, and looks back at how cattle ran

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As a companion to the Guardian’s Missing in the Amazon, the global
environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the
question Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how
can we save the Amazon? In episode one of a three-part series,
Watts explores what’s at stake if we fail to act in time. He hears
about the crucial role of the rainforest for South America and the
global climate, and looks back at how cattle ranching came to
dominate and destroy huge swathes of the forest – pushing it to a
dangerous tipping point today. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod