![]() Getting there is a six-hour, bone-busting ride in four-by-fours from the Amazonas capital of Manaus. SIEGLER: Scientists at a research camp deep in the jungle are studying how this deforestation is accelerating global climate change. RITA MESQUITA: We hop into the car when they cross. Under right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, illegal logging to clear fields for cattle is rising at record levels. SIEGLER: You could almost overlay the entire lower 48 states into the Amazon. The birds and howler monkeys are waking up. SIEGLER: From high atop a weather station at dawn, the lush green canopy looks endless. KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: The Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse ecosystem on our planet. Foundation, NPR's Kirk Siegler went to a remote research station in the Amazon, which itself is also threatened by illegal logging. Climate scientists are encouraged but also warn the damage may already be irreversible. Brazil's new president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is pledging a zero tolerance policy on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
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