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Well, after years of neglect, the brazilian government has finally decided to do something. we are flying into a base camp they've set up just outside the indigenous reserves, and that's where they're operating from, driving out the people who have gone into the forest. it was like flying into a kind of forward base in afghanistan or something. you just thought, "hold on a second. the brazilian government, it really means business about protecting the awa." when we went back to the village, suddenly i started seeing all these familiar faces. katou? i think that's hello. hey, hello. i remember ...

BBC News Published image captionThe Awa are traditional hunter-gatherers Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked for $1bn (£720m) a year in foreign aid to reduce illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. But under Mr Bolsonaro deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has soared, jeopardising the livelihoods of some of the world's most vulnerable indigenous communities. Our chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, has been trying to find out what this has meant for an Amazon tribe he first met back in 2010. I felt like Mr Bean, the rubber-faced TV character played by Rowan ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked for $US1 billion a year in foreign aid to reduce illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. But under Bolsonaro deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has soared, jeopardising the livelihoods of some of the world's most vulnerable indigenous communities. The BBC's chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, has been trying to find out what this has meant for an Amazon tribe he first met back in 2010. Jungle in the Amazonian rainforest. Photo: Unsplash / Nathalia Segato I felt like Mr Bean, the rubber-faced TV character played by Rowan At...