Drivers of Deforestation in the Amazon
In this compelling podcast from The Climate Pod, Washington Posts's Rio de Janeiro Bureau Chief Terrence McCoy explores the driver's of the massive problem of deforestation and destruction in the Amazon, home to up to a third of Earth's plant and animal species.
The first part of the podcast explores then upcoming Brazilian election which has now been won by Lula (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva). The interview turns its focus onto the drivers of Amazonian deforestation from 21 mins. The power of the economic drivers of deforestation in the Amazon - such as clearing forest to make way for beef which goes on to be exported to the U.S and other parts of the world, is explored here, along with the difficulties in properly policing environmental protections and the violence that those that try to shine a spotlight on the logging face:
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