andd like professor legesse's sstream, raiain that fell weeks ago nonow slowly seeps throuough the subsoil, replenishing the supply of water. >> [speaking in foreign language] the eroded land has become fertile,, it's changed f for the better. in the drdrought, our fruit trees dried up. now they are coming back, and we're growing even more varieties. these are thehe real benefits we've seen. we have food security, and our childldren can go to school. ouour lives have improved. >> these villagers are now better able to withstand the impact of climate change. with international assistance, their achievemenent could be repeated across the country. he benefits, as prprofessor legesse points o, would spread far beyond ethiopia's borders. >> the most important issue r africa, a and i consider this afafrica's 21st burnrning issue, is restoration. no matter whwhat we do, we might be gooood at rocket, uh, rocket uh, rocket sciencnce, i mean, , nuclear science. but the envnvironment, rerestorg this huge vastst landscape,, you know, degraded landscacape is critical for africa, particularly y for ethi

the amazon raiain forest is beg burned down and destroyed.ome parts of the forest die immediately. some trees initially survive the fire, only to fall laterer. many animals are killed. >> endless fields of soya,a, whe once a huge forest used to stand. trucks loaded with farm goods thunder along the highway. pasturelands for cattle are being extended all the time. a few smallholders live on the edge of the protected rainforest area, like ederson and his wife. elizeu 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