Road to Destruction - Brazil

April 2007
Plans to complete a controversial road through the Amazon have environmentalists up in arms. They worry the road will make it easier for the rest of the Amazon to be exploited.
At present, farmers in the Amazon struggle to ship their crops to market. This is one of the key factors limiting deforestation. But the government wants to complete a 1,000 mile road which is cutting straight through the Amazon. As one driver states; "you will be able to get everything out so the rainforest will be totally destroyed".
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[tonejh]

The Amazon is done for.

Money makes the trees burn!

We are past the no return point!

[unknowndest]

I can watch any video in a decent way on youtube (here in Brazi) with my broad band but I have problems watching some videos that are probably sensitive to government issues, like the amazon. They take long, long time to stream download and probably a lot of people give up in watching them. It is not a conspiracy theory! May be the problem is just on my system but doesnt cost for people to be attempt. It happened before!

[unknowndest]

Não interessa aonde estão as florestas e os indios americanos, ou o que sejam! Provavelmente os que restaram estão dirigindo big ´´Resort cassinos``em algum lugar nas suas antigas reservas. O que interessa é a amazonia sendo destruida, ponto final! A destruiçaõ da Amazonia será uma perda irreparavel, não só para o Brasil mas tambem para o planeta. E tem ainda quem de suporte a irresponsaveis gananciosos com perguntas estupidas como essas!

[CanoPinto]

Yes, do what you did with your jungles xD. Came here and invade it, do what you know to do: imperialism.

[CanoPinto]

xD, stupid, your industry are buying our minerals and wood... you are using amozon resources too.

[Darrelchi]

I would love to hear your video with out the non english audio. I cant hear the english and I don't understand the other languages being spoken. It makes it very difficult to comprehend. Is that your intention?

[Alessando92]

Aonde estao as florestas americanas.....cade os indios americanos lenbram o qui o exercito fez.....

[capriaap]

Don't buy MEAT and COFFEE and more from there.

[muskitela]

The destruction of the amazon generates a short term income for some, but at long term the misery of most people will remain but this time with nothing to explore. Doesn't seem very difficult to make a decision on what to do to the Amazon "problem".....

[JayKG01]

Yea dumbass but cutting down the trees isn't gonna EXACTLY make it better is it. When you get rid of the trees to "build roads" where the fuck is all that exhaust emission going??

Idiot.