projects what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing smaller solutions overstrained said in our ways. the ideas manage a series of including 3000 on the t.w. long line. of. the city of a key toss on the amazon river is home to some half a 1000000 people. surrounded by water and rain forest it's the biggest city in the world that can't be accessed by rote. people who can't afford and travel or have too much luggage can only reach the city by boat if at all. if yes once we were stuck for 3 days we had to wait on the ship until the water rose high enough like. any other. the peruvian government has

plans to change that situation the intro via project involves dredging the amazons tributaries to create a multi national network of deep water highways that can be navigated by big ships or year round. it will improve the transportation of goods but local people will also benefit. but many of the people who live here asked to go. all too often in the past they've seen promises of development only bring them hardship 1st serves who does the river belong to our journey is full of encounters with magical river spirits but primarily with people for whom life by the river means everything.

it's a porter he's glad to have to work but it's a back breaking job. whatever you're sack of rice on your back weighs 50 kilos so that's $100.00 kilos for 2 sacks every day we unload a truck full which adds up to several tons of. logic and his colleagues spend about 3 hours loading and unloading then they have to take a break it takes quite a while to load up a boat this size. we're in the port city of your remark this is where the road ends everything that needs transporting to a key toss or even further to brazil has to be packed on tobacco's.

the eduardo 3 is an aging cargo ship that also transports passengers. this is the only large boat that will be setting off from your remark was over the next few days. while the workers load the last sacks and boxes of cargo on board the harbor master talks optimistically about the future. we'll see progress here soon. peruvian then proceed and all other boats passing through here will be able to travel in all seasons and with more called. the harbor master dreams of one day seeing a fully fledged container terminal here that's what the peruvian government is planning although so far there is only a promotional video. that you drove here is a sprawling infrastructure project involving the dredging of 3 major tributaries of

the amazon the aim is to create shipping channels that are at least 56 meters wide and deep enough a larger ships. that a chinese company is set to begin work soon initial investments amount to just under $100000000.00 the additional costs for expanding and maintaining harbor facilities along nearly 3000 kilometers of river are nearly impossible to estimate the. building and expensive system of shipping waterways that will open up new opportunities right now when the water level is low ships can only operate during the day not at night this project will significantly improve transportation likes. but that's all in the future for the time being traitors and passengers from. independent on boats like the atwater 3. it will take 3 days and 3 nights to make it to a key tops assuming nothing goes wrong. in

paris says the ship's captain he's been saying the amazon for 25 years for him it's not just a job but a calling. for help but i mean i love it navigating your way along these rivers is a real art. in their getting i inherited the talent from my father. i'm his only son to have carried on the tradition and i hope the generation after me will continue it to me again and i still believe a bit of a view of the. way you it means a lot to me. you are good but i really think i'm which i. think. these days captain banners doesn't spend much time at the helm he now has other people to do that job for him. like water salazar who's also

been on the job for decades sailing on such shallow waters takes a great deal of experience. is it what you have to be familiar with the river and keep a lookout for shifting sand banks they're really dangerous. if you run into one anything can happen at the ship can capsize. well it was a. small about sa at an advantage in the shallow waters around them mainly used for shorter distances they're essentially river passes the tickets are expensive and there's a limit on how much nugget you can take on board the ferry. make frequent stops along the shore seemingly in the middle of nowhere to pick up or drop off passengers. to.

israel galliano lives in the peruvian capital lima with his children and his wife at the piano the family's going to visit israel's parents who live in the town of lacuna us deep in the amazon israel hasn't been home in 15 years. i'm going to introduce my family to my parents. i want my wife and children to see where i grew up. i want to show them our customs. and what life is like in the amazon. but that way of looking at it's lovely here so much nature and no airplay. it's so loud in the city. here you feel much more free i love that. catriona doesn't admit she feels a bit uneasy she's nervous about her 1st meeting with her parents and all but also

about the water. play this is the 1st time i've been on a bell so i have a bit afraid but i'm sure that will arrive safely. they'll be spending a few weeks in la grone us compared to the city it's a different worlds they're welcomed with fresh fruit israel and the tree on his young son seems to be taking it all in his stride it's been a long journey on the backs of loaded the family heads off. meanwhile of the small hobby and not going to ask locals await the arrival of the eduardo 3. a snack stand serves up quantised rice with meat and fish wrapped in

banana leaves it's a popular snack at all times of day. in front of her though if you prepare it today it's still good and tasty for another one or 2 days you eat it cold. once everyone's eaten it's time for a game of football by the river the players are amateurs but the commentator has the trappings of a pro. at the moment i ever bought up. all of them wanted a lot of other the other girls are. back on board the eduardo 3 passengers swap stories of the amazon. francisco weighs on her way to see her family any key toss she's looking forward to the new

refined way past journeys the boat was often left stranded the woman in a hammock next to her is on a special mission and hope she won't fall behind schedule. they were here on behalf of the education ministry to bring mattresses and beds to remote amazon villages and intimate. once the ship is docked the porters bring the supplies to knighted by the government on the shore even if no one really seems to have been waiting for them relations between local people and the central government are strained many local people are part of the indigenous community or have indigenous roots they have suffered a long history of persecution and injustice and are still discriminated against. who. is a member of the ku comma people she's one of the last to still speak the language. you know that i don't count my nephew clearly. marked at the lack of 3 now.

if they put that means how are you and where you from the admin means the player nader has a visitor today concealed a pinch a is an activist who is committed to preserving to calm a culture she fears that the government's new infrastructure projects will do lasting damage. to the new technology and the machines they'll bring and will have a devastating impact that. it will destroy a lot of things. on. the river means life for the for our son for the animals the water is everything here. is that with even the input of the family mile of thing it's as important as having air to breathe in the hood to be the.

father who karma people the rivers and lakes of the amazon are central to their culture in the coup karma religion there is another world underwater where their ancestors gather people animal spirits all live together under water for the karma any harm the comes to the rivers and lakes destroys everything. in the room. because still there runs a painting school picture she and her students paint depict the underwater world of the ku karma a world full of myths spirits and colorful creatures. in the end this is about a legend of the parabola. the home to all living beings and the depths of the river . when the love. without it there would be nowhere for

no fish. the profile is a house. but it's a house that looks like a snake. like a boa. for the ku comet these creatures of the river are best left undisturbed the massive through via project would invade their spiritual realm. with the protests against the new water highway also have a very practical dimension just look at the course of the river says chris hill the pinching and you'll see the dredging and channeling are a bad idea. since the river here is constantly changing the old people say that as well a small stream will grow larger and split up again it's best not to interfere with

the impulse to be. many leading scientists also have reservations about the project environmental engineer jorge has spent years researching the amazon. he says the network of waterways here has shifted constantly for millions of years. we got plenty of. people in favor of the very last year and. want to transform or saving time or they. want out of work they not make them or that we've never done. that and they say children. we don't know enough he evaluates samples on satellite images and takes measurements of the waterways but it's a time consuming process and he says the government doesn't want to wait for the results of his research but the government's own studies are inadequate our

commercial interests are simply too powerful basically what i think is that the black. saturday 50 thing what. he. said. during that meeting today may be that. i think you know they're. dredging the river at the wrong place could have disastrous consequences he says upset in the ecological balance and in danger in biodiversity. jorge says the ether of year could have benefits in theory by focusing on expanding the use of existing waterways rather than building new roads he could help prevent deforestation but badly implemented the trivia project could be a nightmare. all this is relevant to the operators of the eduardo 3 right now they

just want to transport their cargo as quickly as possible get it unloaded and continue on their way this time the porters were surprisingly quick she was handing out the mattresses so santa jackie missed the ship's departure but a boat brings her back on board. first the most important section of the ship is the kitchen where martin and i use a beer. our in charge the 20 euro ticket includes 3 meals a day. passengers have to bring their own plates and bowls. today a stew is on the menu. for

us the job means getting to know the entire amazon region at all the different villages and above all making a lot of new friends. with. the crews of the cargo ships take pride in their knowledge of the rivers and also of the people who live there. they arrival of the add water 3 is always a major event it's not just goods that arrive the ship also brings the latest news gossip and rumors has very limited cellular coverage here so these conversations are also a lifeline for the community. they. put out the poor but we're always on the move we now know practically everyone living by the shore. we've known them forever and we get on really well with everyone.

but i. kept insane paris has mixed feelings about the plans for the river highway. he understands the reservations of the people who are critical of the project but welcomes the idea of progress for him personally the project means he might one day be able to captain bigger more modern ships up and down the river. it was very lucky that my life that. i want to move on and further my career that there was a bit of i'm not happy making do with what i can already do that it has. no power to develop it. it's the 2nd night on. it's crowded below deck the mattresses brought along by susana yai as donations come in handy. but while the passengers get

some rest down below the crew up on the bridge have to be on high alert. george what do you know it's not easy but it's extremely dark with a lot of rain and fog. i planned to be fast in this but now we're behind. but i guess we'll be arriving out at 10 in the knowing. as dawn breaks in the passengers wake up the jungle is now visible again by the shore. and a couple of hours later now it are also comes into view this is where the mountain yawn and come to and from the river that from this point is officially called the amazon. the main road in outer is where the radio come our offices are located the local

broadcaster is also a popular meeting place and informal community center for indigenous people. the ether of year project is a major topic of conversation as is their own identity. when we make our personal stories public these aren't just personal stories. they're also part of the history shared by our community all the people in our lives it has a huge communicative power and gives us strength. sense that strength and courage 2 things that people here need. my father died 2 years ago at the age of 99. he was one of the last slaves to toil away here during the rubber boom. we were unaware of

this when we were kids. but when we started listening to the radio and hearing bad stories from other people we asked our parents about their stories and then we heard about things that were really traumatic. from gold to wooden crude oil the history of the exploitation of people and nature along the amazon goes back a long way in peru and the region as a whole then otto believes that the memories of this suffering are still affecting people today now outer has a high suicide rate is specially among young people. the pain felt by victims in the past is passed on from one generation to the next that's what we believe here the same applies to the inability to talk about bad experiences that might be why so many people today take their own lives. the next morning and

a few colleagues head out on to the river to reach the tributaries where the jungle comes right up to the water's edge. they conduct research and talk to other activists about their latest findings. among them is filmmaker pedro pinto he's traveling through the amazon region to talk to local people and also using his camera to document environmental pollution . by extraction in the area is a major polluter many of the pipelines leak pedro will use his video footage to show that pipeline maintenance and cleanup operations are not working nearly as well as the government claims. here in the middle of my country in peru where confronted with the reality there's nothing other than pollution. there's no drinking water and that makes me afraid. you can die for

drink doors here. because you know. pedro accuses the government of putting profit before people in the region he doesn't believe things will be any different with the amazon infrastructure projects. so they tell us how things will improve the government says the big ships coming up here from other countries will buy our products but that's not how things will be nobody is going to stop here to buy our fish. it's all this information. the government rejects these accusations saying that the ether of year will also benefit local communities. but the indigenous people will benefit enormously it will help them get around quicker when going to the doctor for example. the new infrastructure will make a lot of things easier but we do have to remember that we'll have

a lot of work explaining a project to people. leonarda and his team believe that government representatives have not been taking them seriously. they want to see respect for mother nature and for their culture and religious beliefs. if you disturb the river you destroy everything. the balance between the world under water and the villages by the river bank is under threat that we live up here our ancestors down below like a family of 5 yet it's very bad that. he and his fellow activists realize their protest is unlikely to win over the people in charge but they are determined to continue their resistance your people that. this rap song says the river is our queen it's a declaration of love to their treasured river and of their hope that it will be

preserved. meanwhile the eduardo 3 is on the final daytime stage of its trip. it started raining again that doesn't bother francisca all of the other passengers who are staying dry. as long as it rains the river will not subside water levels will remain high enough to keep the ship afloat rather than foundering on a sandbank. 'd after 3 days and 3 nights the eduardo 3 reaches a key toss and gets a grand welcome. it's time for the porters to unload all their cargo. kept in paris and his crew have once again mastered the tricky currents even managing to make up time for the brief

hold up. it's been there fast his trip for quite a while. we've arrived safely the ship is securely mord and nothing bad happened. and that's the most important thing for me. just a few kilometers from the harbor but a world away is the promise of eking tours. the more expensive restaurants are popular with the tourists almost all of them come here bypass so they have little feel for the vast expanse of the amazon river and its tributaries. it's lunchtime at the fitzcarraldo a restaurant run by carlos man while clearly a peruvian with german roots. were no liar you know what is.

the name comes from the family have sold movie fitzcarraldo. it was shot here me tito's in 1980. it's a film about an eccentric european businessman obsessed with bringing opera to the amazon played by maverick german actor klaus kinski. today ketosis home to people who have built an entire city in the middle of the jungle. to nearly half a 1000000 people with no roads connecting it to the outside world. he ketosis residents are proud of the boston market square on the show all of the largest river on the planet. is the government's controversial plans go ahead toss will continue to grow and become the main trading hub between brazil and peru the intro via project is set to create a new commercial corridor of linking the atlantic with the pacific for china and

other global players that's an appealing prospect the fight for the future of the amazon continues for now over captain perez knows for certain is that he will set off again in a few days' time with a ship loaded with congo passengers and stores so that it is never we're just regular people going about our work. as soon as our next job comes and we set sail and then we'll be back on the river buffalo most of what i'll be opposite. to give hope to those who have been cast aside. henry james to do just that

with her fusion school. their children are for hinge a refugee can get an education. they are often denied this opportunity because malaysia excludes them to this day. 3000. and 30 minutes on d w. like we were. when we were. in the 1st american to some point in our lives who will experience hardship listen. to. this state of emergency normal. people around the world are documenting these tragic times. they're keeping the current diary.

and welcoming us into. their lives scattered as up close and personal as the pandemic will allow. diaries starts matrix w. . the food. this is news and these are our top stories. the u.s. government's top adviser on infectious diseases dr anthony fauci has warned that reopening the economy too soon could cause of voidable suffering and death he made the comments via video link during a senate hearing on the risk of a fresh outbreak.