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Rainforests left on earth, and crucially helps capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. i will be talking to an expert from chatham house, but let's hear more from the amazon. international correspondent, 0rla guerin sent this report. the amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how easy it is to plunder the amazon, just one man and a chainsaw. well, we are making our way now deeper into the forest. we're being led to an area wher...

The amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how easy it is to plunder the amazon, just one man and a chainsaw. well, we are making our way now deeper into the forest. we're being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place. and here we are at the edge of a national park, an area that's supposed to be protected. but campaigners say illegal loggers have a green light from president jair bolsonaro. they accuse him of carving up environmental protections and fue...

Of our land and our nature. this is a critical climate promise and it is a promise that has to be met. the amazon rainforest is seen as vital in the fight against climate change. because of its sheer size and the amount of carbon dioxide it absorbs from the atmosphere, it has often been described as the lungs of the world. from rondonia state in the brazilian amazon, our international correspondent orla guerin reports. the amazon dream, a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how ...

Their speeches and the negotiators take over, there is much more talking to do. victoria gill, bbc news, glasgow. brazil is among the countries to sign up to the second major deal of the day out of glasgow, a pledge on deforestation. last year, the felling of woodland in brazil's amazon rainforest, reached a 12 year high. the amazon contains around a third of all the tropical rainforests left on earth, and crucially, helps capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. but illegal as well as legal logging is a huge problem. from rondonia state, in the brazilian ...

Area, but i must say this today, we area, but i must say this today, we are not waiting until 2030, today we are not waiting until 2030, today we are committing ourselves to protect 30% of our territory as a protected area in 2022, because we must act now. the amazon rainforest is seen as vital in the fight against climate change. the president of columbia alluded to that. it contains around a third of all the tropical rainforests left on earth and stores vast amounts of carbon. yet illegal logging and fires have seen huge parts of it destroyed. the trees can be cleared for agriculture too. fr...