a few smallholders live on the edge of the protected rainforest area, like ederson and his wife.lizeu explains how the "agromafia" are destroying more and more of the area around their farm. but they've known that for a long time. they've been told to leave and received threats, even death threats. >> the situation is terrible. we live under constant threat that someone could come and take our lives. that's hard to cope with. >> ederson leads elizeu into the forest that's been his home and his workplace since childhood. he lives off the forest -- he's a rubber tapper -- so he strives to protect it. these trees provide the rubber he sells to make a living, so to him, they're almost sacred. just a little further into the forest, it's clear other people have been here recently. the eco-criminals have left their mark. they work systematically, the pair explains. first, they create small paths into the thicket, and then mark on a map the sections of the forest they want to rob. >> this is where they went through, where they've marked pathways. these people know what they're doing -- t