As a companion to the Guardian’s Missing in the Amazon, Jon Watts, international atmosphere editor, goes in quest of solutions to the query Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how can we save the Amazon?
In episode two, Jon meets the folks attempting to ensure the rainforest is value extra standing than reduce down – from a authorities minister making an attempt to determine Brazil’s ‘bioeconomy’ to a startup founder creating superfood dietary supplements and a scientist organising night-time excursions attempting to find bioluminescent fungi. Jon explores new methods of discovering worth within the forest and asks whether or not they are going to be sufficient to safe its future survival