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From Our Own Correspondent: Brazil and India

Brazil and India

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Alan Johnston with insights from BBC foreign correspondents Robin Lustig and Anu Anand

Alan Johnston presents insight and wit from BBC correspondents worldwide. Today, Robin Lustig meets two men whose lives shape Brazil's Amazon, while Anu Anand goes birdwatching in urban Delhi.

Alan Johnston with insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. In this edition, while Robin Lustig hears how two men's lives mirror the story of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest where they live, Anu Anand tramps through some decidedly polluted and urban parts of Delhi to spot some unexpectedly rich bird life.

The Amazon - the struggles for survival 

After years of progress, the latest news on the state of the Brazilian Amazon is not good. Recent satellite images showed a significant jump in the rate of deforestation compared with the same period last year. Brazil's Environment Minister admitted that he was "alarmed". There is endless tension between those who want to make money out of the great forest, and those who believe it must be preserved at all costs. And Robin Lustig has been meeting two men who live deep in the Amazon jungle.

Delhi's birdlife

Visitors to the busy Indian city of Delhi would be forgiven for thinking the city may not have much in the way of birdlife. But Anu Anand says there are actually more birds than you might think struggling to cope with Delhi's pollution.

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