The Uphill Battle to Save the Amazon Rainforest Stopping deforestation before it reaches a doom loop will require delicate international and domestic negotiation.
A scraping sound reverberated from the hull as our tiny wooden boat once again juddered to a halt, sending us lurching forward. One of our two-man Indigenous crew jumped from the stern into the shin-deep brown water and began to push the boat sideways in time to sudden bursts from the 10 horsepower motor. Eventually, with more grinding noises and much shouting, the boat swung around 90 degrees and floated free. For more than 14 hours, from before dawn until after dusk, this scene repeated itself again and again as I traveled on…Read more …