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A journalist ’s fatal quest for answers
Dom Phillips
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“ A book both magnificent and broken , [ and ] one that is ultimately as inspiring and annihilating as the Amazon itself . ”—The Guardian
diary keeper Dom Phillips go deeply into the Amazon rainforest search for solution to the trouble of deforestation , a threat to the local ecosystem , aboriginal kindred , and the world-wide mood . When he was mangle in the Javari Valley by a group of environmental felon , a age bracket of diarist and activists took up his work to eat up his book and share his important subject matter .
During the saturnine days of the Bolsonaro administration , British journalist Dom Phillips set out to accomplish an ambitious end : through research , audience , and situation visits late in the rain forest , he would emerge with a book answering the question — how can we save the Amazon ? Traveling with his companion Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira , Dom ’s risky venture include trekking through Amazonia to see where ranching , fires , illegal fishing , mining , the drug trade , and urbanisation have disforest and dissipated million of acres of important woods , degraded ecosystems , and created dangerous conditions for the Indigenous tribes who have called the Amazon home for thousands of years .
Jair Bolsonaro come in into power on a platform of anti - environmental victimisation and deregulating . During his term , deforestation in the Amazon , the “ lung of Planet Earth , ” increase exponentially as environmental criminals took advantage of slack rules , advantageous dry land use insurance , and the trouble of enforcing laws in a remote area of Brobdingnagian size . Lawlessness rule and environmental activists found themselves in danger . With the intention of discovering strategy to protect both the land and the multitude who dwell it , Dom connect with politicians , farmer , and endemic militant to examine the benefits and pitfalls of answer like agroforestry , touristry , and the bioeconomy . While travel by boat in the Javari Valley , Dom and Bruno were brutally murdered . Unwilling to see her previous husband ’s piece of work be for naught , Dom ’s widow , Ale , and his literary broker assembled a team of expert writer , journalists , and activists to complete his work , with each tackle one bare chapter and grappling with the challenge of interpret his field notes and get wind his conclusions . How to Save the Amazon , therefore , is a Bible both by and about Dom Phillips , his quest for result , and his search for promise .
“ A employment of courage interrupted by disaster . . . No book speaks more persuasively to the grandness of the Amazon and the peril that it confront . ”—Elizabeth Kolbert , Pulitzer Prize - pull ahead author ofThe Sixth Extinction
“ We ca n’t permit life on this earth be snuffed out ; this hefty Word of God will facilitate us jump to this challenge . ”—Bill McKibben , author ofThe End of Nature
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