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this the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rainforest, which causes preciptptation across south america and is key to the health of our climate. a single tree with a crown diameter of, say, 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day. on a sunny day, the same tree will absorb up to 10,000 liters of co2 and transform it into oxygen. the amazon rainforest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320 indigenous peoples. but for how much longer? logging is on the rise. in 2019, twice as much timber was felled here than in 2018. and since e the coronavivirs pandemic began, illegal loggers have become increasingly ruthless. >> idoesn't t just look lilikea wawar. it is onene. d d it's larargely taking plae ununder e covever the denen amazon rain foforest. thesee imagages show one e of the brilian n restry aututhori's current t coat missisis, one that will lalater cost thehe offificials their r jobs. they're hunting illegal gold mirs a and lgers w whoave penetrated de

the element of surprise police raids are rarely a complete success this gaping wound in the amazon rainforest was made by gold miners they fled but the police torched an excavator they left behind. more gold miners scrod were not criminals on one of the excavators but look what they've done to this area. through the police leave and the miners return even before the fires are out. on their mobile phones they record a message for brazil's president is our year bull so naro so. what we've asked the government and the environment minister have promised that we can enter the indigenous territories that's what we're waiting for that as a suspect that you've both sonora wants to open up protected rain forest for mining in a recent cabinet meeting his environment minister urged action. we should act now while the media are preoccupied with the corona virus. we should quickly change all environmental protection laws. that deforestation of the amazon has accelerated sharply since the start of the pandemic. environmental activists are concerned. if this were up as the one there is increasing pressure f

the new york times reports on the increased razing of the amazon rainforest since the coronavirus struckie welt leads on a story about german airline lufthansa, who may have to cut 20 thousand jobs due to the coronavirus. and the international financial times says that deaths related to covid—i9 in india's capital have been vastly under—reported, according to data acquired by the paper from hospitals in the city. so let's begin. up—to—date with some of tomorrow's papers. let's begin. stephanie, let's start off with the new york times and this dramatic picture of the... that's the amazon rain forest. you can see, it's been caught up in a perfectly straight line. by a legal robbers —— a legal robbers who are taking advantage of the cross —— crisis. robbers who are taking advantage of the cross -- crisis. these are u nfortu nately pictures the cross -- crisis. these are unfortunately pictures we have seen last year since president bolsonaro came to power. it has been u nfortu nately, even came to power. it has been unfortunately, even less enforcement of the protection of the amazon forest.

the amazon rainforest covers much of northwestern brazil and extends into colombia, peru and other south afraid infections in brazil, the epicentre of the outbreak could be deadly for its elderly leaders. sodaba haidare reports. a thread beyond comprehension, the indigenous community of ticuna are worried about loss of life and loss of knowledge. coronavirus is posing a great danger to the amazon regions, ageing leaders and spiritual guides. translation: if our spiritual and cultural leaders die, obviously we would be left with young people who in the future would know nothing of our cultures, practices and customs, so that is what we are afraid of. to protect the community from the pandemic, people are checked by traditional indigenous doctors. the region is in close proximity to brazil, the epicentre of the outbreak in latin america. infections across the border could be deadly for the ethnic group. but the outbreak is not stopping ticuna members from keeping the community spirit alive. they are still performing the traditional dance, even if they have to wear face masks. dance, even i

victim who died from coronavirus was one of brazil's best known indigenous defenders of the amazon rainforest polly you know it was the chief of brazil's people he came to prominence in the 1980 s. for fighting against the construction of one of the world's largest dams helping lead a campaign for the creation of large reserves in the amazon for indigenous populations and to expel illegal mining and logging from those areas but in 1988 he was convicted of raping a white student and sentenced to 6 years in prison he strongly denied the allegations and his allies insisted that the claim was fabricated to undermine his growing political influence. now brazil's amazon region has been hit hard by the pandemic more than 4 and a half 1000 indigenous people are known to have been infected so far amid underfunded hospitals and difficult access to remote areas 275 have died also troubling is that mortality among aboriginal communities is twice the national rate and for many anger is growing against the government and its measures to help those struggling with the coronavirus brazil now says it is plann

the 3rd and final flight this one's to compound a town northeast of lima that's close to the amazon rainforest they've traveled nearly 3500 kilometers. upon arrival a few motor taxis awaiting the mennonites a something of an attraction here too. there's a row over here. with the largest court in the region to calcutta is the gateway to the amazon the city has around $200000.00 inhabitants. vendors from the surrounding villages come here to sell their goods. opera is delighted i'm not surprised that looks happy beautiful yeah. there's a little. sound then a nice look fella looks like there were lots of moments yeah and that all of. it's been here. let's have lunch alone man it's all right here i think here we can work like we how we like to because i see the people is moving and lots and lots of people. well be a beggar they different than in the least because the least so poor and so little that people on everything tight just the fast boats leave from their. brand has no time to lose he lived police could have been minimal so he needs to plant few supplies people heading into the rainforest b

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he was a lifelong defender of the amazon rainforest, who in the 1980's led the resistance against theelo monte hydroelectric project, an environmentally destructive massive complex of dams planned to be built on the xingu river in the heart of the amazon. the project was successfully suspended at the time, but later reinstated. in recent years, paiakan had warned against brazilian president jair bolsonaro's calls to open the amazon for agriculture and mining. which brings us back to the president and his policies and how the fact that he is being fined by a judge for himself not protecting himself, similar to his ally president trump. but his policieses in the amazon and what they're doing now, professor castro? >> well, it is unfortunate because when you see what is being done i in the e amazon noe are e basically losing about 20 years of achievements of really protected to makake reserve forest, protected indigenous areas. we had the forest code e that ws real a a m model. we were able to r reduce the forestation to the lowest levels. and wewe are losing ththis. we're losing this at

paiakan was a lifelong defender of the amazon rainforest, who in the 1980's led the resistance against the belo monte hydroelectric project, an environmentally destructive massive complex of dams planned to be built on the xingu river in the heart of the amazon. the project was successfully suspended at the time, but later reinstated in 2011. in recent years, paiakan had warned against brazilian president jair bolsonaro's calls to open the amazon for agriculture and mining. as coronavirus cases continue to surge in brazil, the pandemic has taken a toll on indigenous communities, with nearly 5500 reported cases and close to 300 deaths. you can go to o our interview wh ththe great photographer to talk about the situation in the brazilian amazon. and a correction. on wednesday, wewe reported on e death of "tetete" gulley, a blak trans woman, who was found hanged from a a tree in portland oregon.. she died i in may y 2019, not lt -- not in 2020. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy nonow, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. in a major s setback for p

brazil a warning that criminals are taking advantage of the pandemic to clear large parts of the amazon rainforest despite a heightened military presence satellite images suggest the amount of forest loss is already higher than all of 2019 which was one of the worst years on record and his entourage reports now from poverty. from the sky the clear patches of land looked like exposed wounds in the otherwise lush rain forest this video was filmed recently over the colombian amazon illegal roads reach ever deeper into the forest well fires clear the land making space for cattle raising agriculture in coca fields. environmentalists are sounding the alarm they say drugs mafia illegal loggers and land borders are taking advantage of colombia's coronavirus lock down to burn the forest and develop the land then hindered. a new study shows the rate of deforestation in the 1st 4 months of the year could be higher than that of the whole of 2019. the context of this is land grabbing there is clearly a relationship between the deforested areas and big capitals interested in taking over these last mostly forest

the amazon rainforest, covers much of northwestern brazil and extends into colombia, peru and other southn brazil, the epicentre of the outbreak, could be deadly for its elderly leaders. sodaba haidare reports. a threat beyond comprehension — the indigenous community of ticuna are worried about loss of life and loss of knowledge. coronavirus is posing a great danger to the amazon regions, ageing leaders and spiritual guides. translation: if our spiritual and cultural leaders die, obviously we would be left with young people who, in the future, would know nothing of our cultures, practices and customs, so that is what we are afraid of. to protect their community from the pandemic, movement is controlled and people are checked by traditional indigenous doctors. the region is in close proximity to brazil, the epicentre of the outbreak in latin america. infections across the border could be deadly for the ethnic group but the outbreak is not stopping ticuna members from keeping the community spirit alive. they are still performing their traditional dance, even if they have to wear face masks.

destruction of the rainforest people are almost willing to give their life away to guarantee the occupation out of their lands is journalism the last hope in the fights of the of the amazon the system not only a land conflict but a construct of narrative brazil the age of boston are all whose truth is that anyway on al-jazeera. the plight of the syrian people and the violence they enjoy is plain for all to see. but behind closed doors in unspeakable brutality inflicted on the women. from the brave few who survived my c.d.'s and dignity and then to tell the tale. silent war i witnessed documentary on al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the indian army now says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops on their border in the disputed gal one valley territory india's foreign ministry describe the fighting as a violent faceoff and an attempt by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo. we have used a situation we've got a stunning eyeball to eyeball and desoto don't even though it's a couple of you know lost a lot of people this is very sad and that we want government to immediately step in and take some