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In Brazil they’re using carrots and sticks to prevent deforestation in the Amazon. Federal agents are stepping up law enforcement and farmers are experimenting with a new way to profit from a standing forest.
In an attempt to stall Amazon deforestation, the Brazilian government is stepping up law enforcement and ranchers are experimenting with a new method to profit from their forest. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman and Bobby Bascomb travel with federal agents who are outgunned and outnumbered on a raid of an illegal ranch. They also meet a carbon cowboy who wants to harness greed to stop deforestation.