Saving Amazonia - Part 1: Raids in the Rainforest

At the age of 27, Ana Rafaela D’Amico is the youngest national park director in Brazil. In order to save the rainforest, she has declared war on the drugs gangs, logging mafia and illegal fishing. The Campos Amazonicos National Park is like a microcosm of all the problems found in Amazonia: illegal...

53 min - Planet & Climate - Free Documentary - Nature

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