Death in the Rainforest
The murder of Chico Mendes , the Brazilian rubber-tappers' leader and defender of the Amazon rainforest has focused world attention on the violent conflict over the future of the Amazon. His death comes at a time of growing fears among scientists that continuing destruction of the rainforest - the largest in the world - could have disastrous consequences for the global climate, from Brazil to
Britain. Steve Bradshaw reports from the heart of the Amazon on the politics of world climate and on the struggle to balance ecology with development, whose outcome may seriously affect us all.
Producer PETER MOLLOY Editor TIM GARDAM