Environmental Activists Murdered in the Amazon

In just four days, four environmental activists seeking to protect the rainforest were assassinated in the Brazilian Amazon. Now, deforestation rates are 400 percent higher than the same time last year.

In the space of four days, four environmental activists were assassinated in the Brazilian Amazon. Christian Poirier is the Brazil program coordinator for Amazon Watch. He tells host Bruce Gellerman that the recent violence in the Amazon is related to proposed changes in Brazil’s forest code, which will increase deforestation