Amazon rainforest: A 90-year-old man tries to stop the destruction

Newsnight rarely had access to a unique gathering of a generation of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon.

Environmental activists and indigenous groups claim that the policies of Brazilian populist leader Jair Bolsonaro have contributed significantly to the destruction of the rainforest.

Chef Raoni Metuktire is now visiting the UK for international support for his plan. He sat down with Newsnight's international editor, Gabriel Gatehouse.

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