The Amazon is often described as an ecosystem under dire threat due to climate change and deliberate deforestation. Yet there is still considerable hope that these threats can be mitigated.  In the face of these threats, indigenous conservationists are attempting to strike a balance between tradition and preserving Amazonia.  Meanwhile, two river journeys more than 100 years apart – one by a contemporary National Geographic reporter and another by “The Lewis and Clark of Brazil”— draw attention to the beauty and diversity of one of the world’s most important ecosystems.
Guests:
<a href="https://journalism.berkeley.edu/person/gorney/">Cynthia Gorney</a> – Contributing writer at the National Geographic Society, former bureau chief for South America at The Washington Post
<a href="https://bernsteinliteraryagency.com/authors/larry-rohter/">Larry Rohter</a> – Reporter and correspondent in Rio de Janeiro for fourteen years for Newsweek and as The New York Times bureau chief. Author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Into-Amazon-Trailblazing-Scientist-Conservationist/dp/B0C1HJVDM1/">Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist</a>
<a href="https://explorers.nationalgeographic.org/directory/joao-vitor-campos-silva">Joã</a><a href="https://explorers.nationalgeographic.org/directory/joao-vitor-campos-silva">o Campos-Silva</a> – Brazilian researcher and conservationist, and cofounder of Instituto Jura, a conservation organization.  His work, along with that of other conservationists, is featured in the National Geographic issue devoted to the Amazon.
Featuring music by <a href="http://www.deweydellay.com/">Dewey Dellay</a> and <a href="https://www.junmiyake.com/biographyenglish">Jun Miyake</a>
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