Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Illegal logging and development in the Amazon has been a problem for years, but it's now

becoming an existential concern. Too much more and the rainforest may turn into savanna.

But the government is pushing a bill to make land grabbing even easier.

And you might not know the name Florian Schneider, a musician who recently passed away.

You might not even know Kraftwerk, the band he co-founded.

But it's certain those electronic music pioneers inspired all kinds of music that you do know.

First up though.

I offer my deep thanks to the many member states who have expressed their support and solidarity

at this assembly. At the closing of the annual gathering of the World Health Organization

yesterday director general Tedros Adonom Gabbriasis made a call for unity.

Let hope be the antidote to fear. Let solidarity be the antidote to division.

Dr. Tedros was speaking after the 194 member states passed a resolution for an independent inquiry

into the WHO's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

We want accountability more than anyone.

The shortened two-day virtual meeting was addressed by world leaders, including

Xi Jinping, the manual Macron, an angle of Merkel.

But not Donald Trump. Mr. Trump instead threatened to cut America's funding to the organization

permanently over what he has called its China-centric stance.

Criticism of the WHO isn't new, but the rift between America and China threatens to undermine

its authority just as global cooperation is needed most.

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