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on earth. When the dry season begins in the Amazon, Episode 3 Paradise Lost
human-caused blazes erupts in the jungle. Due to Along the Xingu River in Brazil, indios were living peacefully.
global warming, desertification is already occurring in However, the construction of a hydroelectric power plant has
the Amazon. Fires set by humans are destroying the forced the indios to leave their homelands and embark on
Amazon jungles at a rapid pace. Mark Lynas who wrote a path to exile. They are now leaving behind their traditions
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet warns that and homelands. Worse yet greenhouse gases emitted
the massive wildfires that occurred in Australia and from the power plant construction have also destroyed the
California will soon happen in the Amazon. He claims Amazon jungle. The environmental destruction caused by
that if a huge wildfire burns through the Amazon, humans has pushed animals and the indios’ way of life to the
then the place will eventually turn into a desert. The brink of extinction. Thousands of illegal farms have sprouted
destruction of the Amazon jungle will not only impact the around the Amazon. The Amazon jungle is being destroyed
local environment but it will also cause extensive climate to grow bean crops for livestock. And interactions between
change around the world. Are the modern trappings the indios tribes and the outside world have brought liquor,
adopted by the Amazon tribes an ominous sign of what cigarettes, and drugs into Amazon tribes. These erstwhile
is to come or are they helpful tools? Amazon warriors now populate city slums.