Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon

Season 1

Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon is a two part documentary looking into the socio-economic and environmental pressures facing the Amazon regions of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. The shows will explore the legacy of devastation created by a burgeoning global desire for energy, food and mineral resources.

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S1 E1 - Episode 1
April 19, 2010
43min
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The first part investigates how oil companies are affecting large tracts of the Amazon in a desire to satisfy the planet's energy needs and how the turf wars that arise over cattle ranching and soy plantations have escalated.
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S1 E2 - Episode 2
April 20, 2010
44min
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The second part investigates how the global demand for cocaine is leading to further deforestation and how the rise in the price of gold has meant that people are tearing up the rainforest as they seek to earn a living.
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