VA5, Ep. 15 Amazonia: a Trunk of Treasure or Pandora’s Box?

Amazonia: a Trunk of Treasure or Pandora’s box? This intriguing question concludes Loren McIntyre’s extraordinary exploration of the Amazon Basin. He illuminates the issue with history and personal narrative. Interestingly, precisely this week the Amazon Summit is being held in Belem do Pará, and I share some of the recent news reports about the relevance of this effort to establish consensus and collaboration between the countries that share the basin and the rest of the world about how to tackle the crises unfolding in the Emerald Forest; which have global repercussions. Hope remains, just as in Pandora’s box, and each one of us is invited to become an agent of Hope.