A look at the understorey of the Amazon fires and the long history of colonialist destruction. If we want to protect the forest, we have to protect the people, and look to them for solutions outside the confines of a system that continues to wreak havoc on all living things. Next, Anne Petermann from Global Justice Ecology Project sits down with us for some straight talk on the reforestation trend, false solutions and important upcoming actions.

https://www.gaiaamazonas.org/en https://amazonwatch.org/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ https://globaljusticeecology.org/ https://forestclimateconvergence.org/