DyingforLand
In the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, a battle over land has been taking place for a decade between the peasant masses, desperate to escape their landless poverty, and the owners of the huge cattle ranches. So far, the conflict has resulted in a death toll of over
1,000 people, including in April 19 members of the Movimento dos
Sem-Terra (the landless movement). Emily Buchanan investigates and discovers both sides are devastating the land they are fighting over.
Producer Lucy Hetherington : Editor Keith Bowers