Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six

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The Guardian

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, returns to the Javari valley and meets those risking their lives daily basis to fight the threats from organised crime. Is it possible to save the Amazon?For all links mentioned at the end of this episode, visit Missing in the Amazon at the Guardian

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.5	Hey, this is Michael Safi, host of The Guardians today in Focus podcast.
0:11.7	This is a new feed where you'll find all of the Guardian's award-winning investigative podcast series.
0:17.2	Today, the sixth and final episode of our new series, Missing in the Amazon, presented by our Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips, coming right after this.
0:30.6	Be enchanted by Southeast Asia and fall in love all over again with Hilton as your base.
0:36.6	Reignite the spark in Vietnam Vietnam where fireworks light up the sea.
0:41.8	Help plant coral in the Maldives and create unforgettable memories.
0:46.5	Let food bring you together at world-class restaurants in the heart of Singapore.
0:51.5	Allow Hilton to introduce you to Lux Five Star Romance.
0:55.0	Discover more at the Guardian.com forward slash travel Southeast Asia.
0:59.0	This message was paid for by Hilton.
1:05.0	Bethamaroubu first heard about Dom's idea to write a book
1:10.0	when they bumped into each other
1:12.0	at Brasilia airport in 2021.
1:14.9	They had some time to kill and sat down together.
1:18.6	And then he said to me, Beto, I need your help with something.
1:26.7	I've got this idea and I want to run by you.
1:29.3	Don't you laugh at me.
1:31.3	And I said, okay, go on then.
1:34.2	I want to write this book that will be like a manual on how to save the Amazon.
1:39.2	I said, Don.
1:41.8	You're a gringo, po.
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