this way of life for the yanomami hangs in the balance.draws to a close, brazilians have a stark choice to make — jair bolsonaro, a man who wants to exploit the amazon for economic gain. 0rformer president lula da silva, once brazil's most loved politician, then sentenced to prison for corruption — charges that have now been annulled. but his legacy is mixed. when it comes to the amazon, though, his record is better than bolsonaro�*s. between 2003 and 2010, when he was last president, deforestation fell over 70%. now, though, it's back at the level it was 15 years ago. lula's made the amazon a big part of his campaign, travelling there and meeting its people. for one of brazil's leading scientists, these elections offer hope. the political discourse of the current president of brazil, during all his years as a parliament member, has always been "go ahead, deforest, do some gold mining, do whatever you want, the forest have no value." we have really to change. we really have an opportunity now in the second round to elect a president that w

this way of life for the yanomami hangs in the balance.aigning draws to a close, brazilians have a stark choice to make — jair bolsonaro, a man who wants to exploit the amazon for economic gain. 0rformer president lula da silva, once brazil's most loved politician, then sentenced to prison for corruption — charges that have now been annulled. but his legacy is mixed. when it comes to the amazon, though, his record is better than bolsonaro�*s. between 2003 and 2010, when he was last president, deforestation fell over 70%. now, though, it's back at the level it was 15 years ago. lula's made the amazon a big part of his campaign, travelling there and meeting its people. for one of brazil's leading scientists, these elections offer hope. the political discourse of the current president of brazil, during all his years as a parliament member, has always been "go ahead, deforest, do some gold mining, do whatever you want, the forest have no value." we have really to change. we really have an opportunity now in the second round to elect a presiden

the yanomami live deep in this pristine forest. south america. but their land is becoming coveted, and their lives disrupted. this indigenous health centre has become a field hospital on the front line of illegal mining. malnutrition is growing as miners destroy the land around them. old and young, nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another illness brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. "they come so close to our community, the diseases don't "stop," malarina tells me. "the machines work constantly, the smoke from them causing diarrhoea and illness. " her two—month—old grandson has pneumonia. he doesn't have a name. yanomami parents wait a few years to name them out of fear they may die. it's a very real anxiety. the mercury used to extract gold in the mine upstream has poisoned these once crystal—clear waters. fishing and drinking here is now impossible. and this is the mine that is causing their pain. production in full swing, it has scarred the landscape a

the yanomami live deep in this pristine forest.th america. but their land is becoming coveted, and their lives disrupted. this indigenous health centre has become a field hospital on the front line of illegal mining. malnutrition is growing as miners destroy the land around them. old and young, nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another illness brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. "they come so close to our community, the diseases don't stop," malarina tells me. "the machines work constantly, the smoke from them causing diarrhoea and illness. " her two—month—old grandson has pneumonia. he doesn't have a name. yanomami parents wait a few years to name them out of fear they may die. it's a very real anxiety. the mercury used to extract gold in the mine upstream has poisoned these once crystal—clear waters. fishing and drinking here is now impossible. and this is the mine that is causing their pain. production in full swing, it has scarred the landscape and it

the yanomami live deep in this pristine forest.ost isolated tribes in south america. but their land is becoming coveted and their lives disrupted. this indigenous health centre has become a field hospital on the front line of illegal mining. malnutrition is growing as miners destroy the land around them. old and young — nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another illness brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. "they come so close to our community, the diseases don't "stop," malarina tells me. "the machines work constantly, the smoke from them causing "diarrhoea and illness. " her two—month—old grandson has pneumonia. he doesn't have a name. yanomami parents wait a few years to name them out of fear they may die. it's a very real anxiety. the mercury used to extract gold in the mine upstream has poisoned these once crystal—clear waters. fishing and drinking here is now impossible. and this is the mine that is causing their pain. production in full swing, it has

we travelled to brazil's yanomami territory, right up on the border with venezuela.erers, as well as tens of thousands of illegal miners, a number that keeps growing. the remoteness of the yanomami is what makes them so special, but also increasingly vulnerable. this woman is malnourished and dehydrated. the health centre's become a field hospital on the front line of illegal mining. there are new cases every day — old and young. nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another disease brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. marilena is one of them.