Felling through the cracks: rainforests in crisis
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The economics are clear-cut: the benefits of preserving the lungs of the world vastly outweigh those of felling trees. We travel to the Amazon and find that the problem is largely down to lawlessness in the world’s rainforests. And reflecting on the life of Oe Kenzaburo, a Japanese writer shaped by family crisis who gave voice to the voiceless.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Today from London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:10.2 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:15.8 | Today, we're going to go deep, deep into the world's rainforests from Brazil to Indonesia |
| 0:25.1 | to the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 0:27.6 | The international picture is mixed. |
| 0:30.1 | On balance, the lungs of the world are heading for crisis. |
| 0:34.1 | And soon. |
| 0:37.1 | Later our obituaries editor will reflect on the life of Oekensaburo, Nobel Prize-winning |
| 0:42.4 | Japanese author whose genius was born of family crisis and whose career was dedicated to giving |
| 0:48.2 | a voice to the voiceless. |
| 0:55.7 | But first, we're going into the Amazon. |
| 1:05.8 | It's a key moment right now for the Amazon rainforest. |
| 1:09.8 | Sarah Maslin is the economist's Brazil correspondent. |
| 1:13.6 | 60% of the Amazon is in Brazil and until January 1st it had a president, Jair Bolsonaro, |
| 1:20.3 | who didn't care at all about environmental protections. |
| 1:23.3 | Depending on the parliament, they will suffer from environmentalists. |
| 1:28.3 | This is my environment. |
| 1:30.9 | I can't keep up with the Amazon because I like it so much in my environment. |
| 1:35.4 | When Bolser Agic Office in 2019 he sabotaged efforts to curb illegal logging and mining. |
| 1:41.1 | He cut the Environment Ministries budget. |
| 1:43.5 | He halted the imposition of fines for forced related crimes. |
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