In the rainforest around Itaytuba, there are thousands of illegal gold mines. I wanted to see just how entrenched illegal mining has become in the Amazon. If mining collapses, there will be a social crisis," says CNN's John Defterios.
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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