Is The Amazon River On The Brink Of Destruction?
Celebrating the ever-changing nature of our relationship with the Earth’s amazing water systems, Rivers and Life reveals how the cultures and lives of millions of ordinary people are shaped by the magnificent waters they live along. The Amazon is the richest and mightiest river on earth but human interference is slowly interrupting its natural flow.
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When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money.
@terryknutson3202
2 жыл бұрын
Who are you speaking to Anu?
@donnysath9084
2 жыл бұрын
Never gonna happen to the wealthy few!!
@terryknutson3202
2 жыл бұрын
@@donnysath9084 Oh yes Donny Sath it certainly will. You can bet your last dime on it. Take care.
@sharonolsen6579
2 жыл бұрын
"Humans" .. The story of how ONE species destroyed an entire beautiful planet and all its inhabitants ...
@seanclint2711
2 жыл бұрын
Sad, how the greed of man is destroying everything in their path and the poor suffer.
As long as greed exists, there will always be suffering.
@alexissingletary4265
2 жыл бұрын
That's why I have to help them the day GOD blesses me I'm going to build a foundation over there so they will never have to worry bout clean water again 😘
@JanamCxzma
2 жыл бұрын
So beautiful😘😘
"Humans" .. The story of how ONE species destroyed an entire beautiful planet and all its inhabitants ...
Beautiful video and great approach to the problematic situation on the Amazonas. Thanks. Cheers from Argentina.
Absolutely agonizing story, brilliantly told.
Please protect the Amazon!
Truly we people are the destroyer of the earth.
@kalebloshbough3661
Жыл бұрын
You're beautiful
Beautiful 😍 I love your documentaries ❤
Thank you for this video. We came to know how people live in this area very peacefully
One of the very few untouched places on earth we must protect it at all costs.
@supermotherfuckingvillain
2 жыл бұрын
You don’t know it’s untouched…
@4h4h80
2 жыл бұрын
@@supermotherfuckingvillain dad?
@4h4h80
2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people are puting fire and trash at amazon so i dont think it is " untouched "
@catman8670
2 жыл бұрын
So get your gun and let’s go 😂
@4h4h80
2 жыл бұрын
@@catman8670 😎😎
Omg my heart when that huge tree was cute down! How many years it’s seen and lived through.. gone in seconds.
@peterburton8796
2 жыл бұрын
Incredibly selfish and shortsighted.
@karanpersaud1
2 жыл бұрын
Everyone is to be blamed, those trees are exported to the more developed countries… US UK Norway New Zealand All big buyers.
@satyampandey890
2 жыл бұрын
Ooho so sad 😢 to watch such trees being cut ! Can't we develop without destroying nature heavily!
@robertcronin6603
2 жыл бұрын
*cut
@philliphager6107
2 жыл бұрын
And houses built from???
Great documentary. It is easy to get addicted here.
Exactly Anu Viitala ! The Nature deserves respect! 🍀
World leaders should start at the Amazon if they stop climate change
@A.Steeeve
2 жыл бұрын
Those leaders are the greedy scums who are fueling corruption in every domain... "climate change" is just another business for their own neverending pockets 😑
@lesliebaldwin5645
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@aidandavis_
Жыл бұрын
No, they should start with themselves, and their corporations before they feel like they can play god in other's worlds.
Great respect for the doctor
First class,best and marvelous documentary.Thank you.25.9.2021.
informative and beautiful documentary.Thank you
Thumbs up to the documentary , would really admire to visit Amazon river and witness all these for myself
Lovely Documentary!
I hope for generations the Amazon and forest be protected. It's a God's created natural wonder environment and humans should protect it by all means.
@ericmontoya3447
2 жыл бұрын
I wish that for all of the wild life that we have left. The little we do. So I could not agree more. Let's prey!
@focused4841
2 жыл бұрын
@@ericmontoya3447 *pray
@anthonyhudson3136
2 жыл бұрын
that imaginary thing you call god had nothing to do with it.
@focused4841
2 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyhudson3136 where did life begin without a god
@TisEYEthe1
2 жыл бұрын
@@focused4841 Be careful when peeking under the blankets for life's answers. Scientist's do this all the time, and what we find ALWAYS is our own death. Many will read this comment and respond with their frightened nonsense, but this comment is not for the many, it's for @focused. You'll never be the same again.
As a brazillian living near the amazon (basically on the edge of the general amazonic biome) it's such a shame that my government has allowed so many unregulated and unrelenting deforestation of this great place. And such precarization led to the giant fires in 2019 dry season. My state is the state that cuts down most area in the amazon per day. And its so sad because it displaces indiginous people from where they have lived for generations, destroys the habitat for animals and plants all for the sake of such weak profit. Its not even only for wood, its to make area for cattle production 😠 and the stupid men don't realize that if they destroy the amazon, Brazilian center and southeast will lose so much of rain it will become like a desert almost. Not to mention the overall planet. And our minister of Environment Ricardo Salles does basically the opposite of protecting the environment lol. The amount of corruption in this governet is enfuriating. Our politicians are basically puppets for the giant plantations and woodcutting companies so that they can keep exploring the amazon in a bad way. It makes me shameful for being brazillian. Hopefukly my generation can stop this madness and give theost beautiful forest ever time to heal
@JohnDoe-kx1yt
2 жыл бұрын
judgment day is approaching fast, we are destroying the world by our own hands.
@marasimix9369
2 жыл бұрын
I fight for the Amazon native rights! Love from England ❤✌
@srivenkateshnarayanaswamy5858
2 жыл бұрын
Sad 😕 I wish people like you should do something to make people realise the importance of forests. We too are trying our best to increase our forest cover in our country. Love from India 👍 😊
@petrus9067
2 жыл бұрын
@@srivenkateshnarayanaswamy5858 India has a beautiful climate and forests 🙏 yeah, we are gonna have to take action soon! All across the world. And this year is elections and hopefully we will make a better choice. Much peace and love to 🇮🇳 ✌
@lucaseller1052
2 жыл бұрын
Bolsonaro should go to jail for this alone!!!
This is depressing and sad to see such desecration of a beautiful land, people and animals.
@davidtorres6491
Жыл бұрын
25% less vitaminas d ☀️ estimate?, sad, indigenous american child chest interest to me👍 from Pennsylvania norte america
This is my favourite channel. Congratulations on such an amazing achievement, it is really a channel that produces quality content. I wish you a lot of success with the channel and happy life.
@longlive3676
2 жыл бұрын
I love This Channel too Brother.
I love this channel. Greetings from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 🇵🇬 🇵🇬
I got a chance to navigate this mighty river and saw some pink dolphins swimming back on 2019 going to almost the inner part in Itacotiara. There are cities along the jungle.
There was another record high water level this year in the Amazon.
Excellently Shown
I enjoyed this video.
Very good. I traveled along the Amazon between Manaus and Monte Alegre (just East of Santarem) for a few weeks in 2013. I was very aware of everything you show here - the soy crisis around Santarem especially. That big building along the river in Santarem has 'Cargill' printed on its roof in giant lettering, you didn't show that and I understand why. What you don't discuss is what we were told in that area especially: that the population pressure around Santarem is partially caused by the forced internal migration in the '70s, when people from poor and drought stricken NE Brazil were moved to the Amazon region 'to develop it'. But these people have no skills and no right to land. They live along these new roads and eke out an existence and they are of course eager to work on the soy farms. Anyway, just one of the many problems that this unique ecosystem faces. Thank you for a balanced insight
@satyampandey890
2 жыл бұрын
Oo ! What can be the solution to cease deforestation
@aidandavis_
Жыл бұрын
Oh no way, Cargill? I never saw that international oliogopolist coming! *sarcastic*
watching from.Philippine. . thanks to the vedio uploader .team...staff and all ...
@LifeOdysseyMotivation
2 жыл бұрын
it's "video" not vedio. bobo!
Outstanding!
It's extremely beautiful but man kind will eventually destroy like almost everything else. We must all stand together and stop commercial ships from entering before something toxic spills into its precious waters.
@bradleysmith9431
2 жыл бұрын
That would be denying natives that live there, imported goods, food, etc. So pretty much that would hinder the growth and well being of the countries and citizens that live there.
@ilovesteveclark6084
2 жыл бұрын
Commercial ships cannot travel on the Amazon. They are too large!
@aidandavis_
Жыл бұрын
@@bradleysmith9431 Thats a pretty common argument for economic liberalization, however at least in the case of the soy, it is nearly all export and certainly net export. Also the profit from said export is hardly going to the citizens, in fact didn't it keep saying how people's lives were destroyed when their forests were obliterated? That wasn't really coherent, but I am trying to say that the "natives" are not those who stand to benefit from export. More like Cargill.
Very interesting and very informative and beautiful
Much respect from England ❤🙏
We are lucky enough that mother nature is incapable of sueing us for abuse or else we will all pack up in jails 😔.
@HeyhitmeBAM
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
Always wanted to visit the amazon rainforest…anyone ever been before???
@Dman9fp
11 ай бұрын
Nah but I have been to/ down many noteworthy rivers/ spring runs/ places in my notable home state of FL. Places still much bigger/ grander than myself, much to learn from nature. Can't say I know the amazon, but some things here do seem similar. The grander rivers of Florida (no not all of it is overdeveloped, yet at least. Some regions may be spared/ remain sparsely populated/ largely rural) are all pretty under threat. So there's blessings and curses with knowing, exploring and Loving these rivers in this doomed selfish human-centered world. Idk if I could handle the decline of the Amazon (already depressing enough knowing the grandest, most biodiverse wild remote river is in decline, let alone Antartica cannot be spared from being ruined by tourism impacts apparently-- not even sure whether to laugh or cry over that...) Anyways, yep. The grandest most pristine river in FL beloved by many has to be the Suwannee (some love the longest- St. John's river, but many boats on it, Jacksonville at the mouth/ very trashy, sturgeon there were killed out... still Loads of gators, good fishing, but it's largest tributary is still dammed somehow-- speaking of which that may be the 2nd or 3rd most beloved river in FL- the Ocklawaha. Which still has a pointless dam for Whatever reason. FL politicians don't care to fix it/ Putnam county is too poor. I don't care as much as I use to, too far from me for what it's worth it feels, most of the time. Nice jungle-like free-flowing river on some sections, but if the Ocklawaha's largest spring fed-river tributary (silver springs/ river) cannot be saved from overpumping/ nutrient increasing what difference is dismantling the dam going to do besides allow more fish/ manatee migrations and prevent a few springs from being drowned... anyways the Suwannee is pretty much the only major near pristine river remotely near mainland FL that has no dams, lots of springs, unspoiled on many levels. But still dying from too much agriculture and dairy presence, 1 phosphate mine (uses Tons of water daily) over time. Amazing in a way it is killing the wild untameable river, along with maybe some increased suburbanization here and there... but yeah, just keep in mind, blessings and curses. The closer you get to anything, the more you realized how doomed/ messed up current trends are. Highly reccomend staying at arm's length, have a variety of interests in life, Don't stake your sanity in matters Largely out of your control (sometimes we cannot help it. Such is Love/ life sometimes.... just sayin' in general, if you can help it xD... and Don't move to FL. I'm not just saying that because I'm a native to Tampa area and nearly unaffordable/ ruined almost by too much traffic, etc. It's overhyped and Not a paradise. Anyways, just had to slip that in. Gorgeous place to visit, meh place to live in unless you must...
No money, no salary, no atm, no bank, no loan, no boss, no punch card, no problem at all, these people living in harmony❤️
@frankandstern8803
2 жыл бұрын
We dont know that. Where do you think most of them got their clothes from? And when the women talks about ordering another house built, who do you think coordinated that effort? What does she mean ordered? And as far as there always being child patients at the doctor's office I would suggest they start teaching them birth control or to start dating dolphins like that one chick. Lol. Also ask that lady selling herbs in her market if that product she was selling for men's hard ons would clean her filthy shirt? Oink Oink. Scratch Scratch. Lol. I think people would probably be surprised to find most of these so called simple peoples are living on charity. Charity from who? Charity from the same so called sick society that you or I might like to criticize. Lol. Dont kid yourself. And when the lady was showing you her garden of tomatoes etc again dont kid yourself. In her cupboard you will probably find an assortment of canned goods like alphagetti . LOL. Poverty sucks and while most of us in 1st world countries love and appreciate Nature, wildlife and beauty the truth is we have a tendency to exaggerate injustices, exaggerate environmental crisis, over glorify simple peoples lifestyles and convince ourselves we are part of the Evil empire or something while we through a camera lens look at the 3rd world. This kind of mindset seems to be projected from immaturity, the emotional and in many cases just plain failures and even from spoiled twits who grew up with everything but love handed to them. Ohhhh those rebels. Whatever. Dont jump to conclusions. Keep an open mind and experience life there to form a real opinion. Your assessment is a nice one but I'm not sure this film demonstrates this . Go live there. Lol . They might greet you with a fresh change of donated welfare clothes . But I doubt it. I have lived among the poor and indigenous. There is nothing wholesome or glorious about it. Lol. It's a ridiculous ignorant political imbalance of discernment we find ourselves living in the free world these days.
@birju4333
2 жыл бұрын
@@frankandstern8803 it colonist superiority complex is making me vomit.
@frankandstern8803
2 жыл бұрын
Yah right. Sure they are. Dont be à sucker. Cliche mindset.
@abdussubhan9254
2 жыл бұрын
@@frankandstern8803 good analysis and reply bro
@aidandavis_
Жыл бұрын
@@frankandstern8803 I just must say, I really like how you tell everyone to shut up and not assume things - and then proceed to place a million of you own, unchecked assumption on those same people. That's not to say you don't have a point :)
Spread the word to friends and family to use ecosia 👍🌱🌲🌱🌳
So beautiful place and nice deep about talk it naration i like it. Thank you
Long live the Amazon
God Bless Amen 🙏
I love this kind of life I have no more interesting this modern city
It’s great leave the nature to the nature
There's a road and bridge to Iquitos now
Save nature and save life
THE AMAZON should be off limits. All of the climate change arguments should start here! Our ecosystem depends on it.
@stephanlarsen8169
2 жыл бұрын
There are only five percent of old growth redwoods left in California. Bison? Yeah Americans should speak 🌲🌵🍄
@HeyhitmeBAM
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
the song that starts at 26:20 is beautiful
The wildest type of man known to history is the materially ambitious man. He reveres nothing, stops for nothing and ultimately is satisfied with nothing.
I wish mother nature and the river would fight back.
Human GREED is what will finish this thing we called WORLD.
That opening pic. Was a perfect horseshoe!
I don't understand how these people are not held accountable for environment crimes and against humanity too!!!
@ilovesteveclark6084
2 жыл бұрын
@fdcompdm the countries allow it, they contract companies to clear the land for oil exploration, and to make dams for electricity. The Indigenous tribes and their land are now protected hrough various groups. It is illegal to trespass on their land now!
@demigue.4824
Жыл бұрын
EU ACABEI DE ENTREGAR TEU NOME E IP PARA AS FORCAS ARMADAS DO BRASIL. VOCE ESTA SENDO RASTREADO AGORA.
over 100m deep and 40km wide this is mightiest... i wish the Team also visit the mighty Indus. i will be glad to help and show them places never been filmed.
@naeemuddin1982
2 жыл бұрын
Well come to River indus and river Kabul,,,,,
Kids casually playing with snake as if it's soft toy
25:08 wdym "take advantage"?
great
but like elsewhere in this world, all that does not stop people from breeding ..
Nice
So, so sobering.
I get tired of this depressing info without a way we can be apart of a solution, maybe their isn’t one😢
Masha Allah very beautiful videos thanksso much sir very interesting God bless you all💖🇬🇧💖🇵🇰
Its sad. I hope this madness would end someday.
This is heart breaking 💔
This is the heart and veins of our planet, and support the surrounding trees and our Air we all need to breathe . We all know this ...So let stop the destruction of ourselves by destroying the actual thing we all need to live and survive worth more than gold, Jewels, and all the money ever made ...I think Re education or an army like Us forces deployed against deforestation will be the only way to stop it ...Did he say Bell end is the name of the town ??? pollution ,destruction, disease, and death ,, sounds like a hit song , !!!!! new band name Bell End ....Now lets Rock
vefy painful to watch the cutting down of the forests
Nice video super dslr content
Lovely from❤️❤️🇧🇩
These third world area is a hard life and have high mortality rates
HÁ UM PROJETO JÁ EM ANDAMENTO, NO NORDESTE BRASILEIRO, ONDE ESTÁ SENDO EDIFICADO O MAIOR COMPLEXO DE ENERGIA LIMPA DAS AMÉRICAS. SENSACIONAL. MUITA ENERGIA QUE JÁ ESTÁ LEVANDO O PROGRESSO PARA A PARTE MAIS ÁRIDA DO PAÍS E CONSEQUENTEMENTE, AJUDANDO DIMINUIR A GANA POR NOVAS HIDRELÉTRICAS.
Can someone explain to me how we know the Amazon River has a larger variety of fish than the Atlantic Ocean? I'm not claiming to be smart or anything but how do we know all the species of fish in Atlantic Ocean without exploring the majority of it? Thanks!
@KeiaSA
2 жыл бұрын
Lol, I wondered the same thing. I honestly don't believe it.
@nicolemclement3045
Жыл бұрын
We don't know it, we're assuming
@andrewlkozar
Жыл бұрын
@Mithilesh M THANK YOU !! That actually makes sense. I really appreciate the time you took to answer my question. You rock, cheers.
@andresamplonius315
Жыл бұрын
Los océanos han sido explorados, por eso se afirma eso. La Amazonia es probablemente la región mas biodiversa del planeta, es muy antigua, por ello es que la fauna y la flora ha tenido tiempo de diversificarse tanto. Se dice que en un solo árbol pueden hallarse mas especies de hormigas que en todo Inglaterra, por poner un ejemplo.
@Dman9fp
11 ай бұрын
We know open oceans have on average Much Lower biodiversity. More pressures for fish to grow faster, nowhere to hide. Basically ecological deserts, where most of the ocean is. Most biodiversity & biomass in the oceans are around reefs or upwelling sites, which of course are under threat/ collapsing as well, last I heard. Not impossible, just unlikely, given man's present knowledge from already very ambitious voyages & discoveries
Amazon the papa of all rivers... my wish one day i will see this river. it would be best if the video is voice with David Attronburg
@mikielikesittube
2 жыл бұрын
Please god no atenboring! I’m sick of hearing his voice.
I hope there will be good leader to protect this river,,calling out brazil peru and bolivia
Same problem as in the American west.
MASHAALLAH khub valo video......
24:30 my favorite part
The Rivers of the World will outlast us all. If we are the destruction of all: we will be the ones who die and the Rivers will continue on.
Who has to watch this for geography
This was a beautiful documentary until it got to the past where human activities are destroying the beauty of the Amazon.😑😑😑
25:04😳Wait a minute what has happened?
7:40 SADAM HUSSAIN BROTHER
Strike!!!
Arapaima, non salt water sting ray also included as endanger in the amazon river
@KeiaSA
2 жыл бұрын
😢
While we ALL watch !👁 in our watches ⏱⌚️👀
Cutting the forest is the real reason the earth temperatures is rising
@terrypbug
2 жыл бұрын
Well like they are in some places true they don't replant like we do here
@terrypbug
2 жыл бұрын
The earth has been changing from the beginning and will continue to do so now that doesn't mean we help it along
@davidmilton5887
2 жыл бұрын
Uh,much of Florida was once rainforest. Some areas still seemingly get some daily rain.
@denraalili3619
2 жыл бұрын
True,all over the world,,elligal loggers are the destractor of the earth,how the government can stop the loggers to stop cutting trees in the forest,if,the thruth is that some of the. Govt.officials are connected too or the financers,,,,,,wish they much think,they n thier family are connected too for the destruction n calamity of the earth,,,,,,we must week up,n make busines with out ɗestroying our forest
@peterburton8796
2 жыл бұрын
Too complicated for that conclusion. Too many factors
We will have to send them a few of our Swamp People, they will make short work of them.
My heart hurts when I see those thousand year old trees cut for human pleasure! Those soy producers must be stopped! Let's all cut on our soy and meat consumption!!!!
@Try_The_Soup
2 жыл бұрын
Cut your consumption first, then continue just worrying about yourself!
@nera345
2 жыл бұрын
@@Try_The_Soup I did Mr. Selfish
@bradleysmith9431
2 жыл бұрын
You do know that Brazil imports millions of lbs of beef to the states?
@LifeOdysseyMotivation
2 жыл бұрын
@@bradleysmith9431 What? "import" or export to the states?
Brazil is running into the problem that as more of the rainforest is converted into cattle pasture rainfall goes down and hydroelectric power can't be generated. Fortunately that should slow way down as Luna takes over. A further problem is channels get created by water buffalo trails which quicken the draining of wetlands. The good news is they have found secondary jungle growth quickly returns to biodiversity if its allowed.
yessss
Enjoy the ride
The Earth can remedy that by activating volcanoes or maybe a big meteor.
Love cultural moderno life docus
Doesn't the Midwest ( Illinios, Indiana etc.) have sufficient soybeans to supply the needs of the U.S. and even to export? Why does the U.S. need soybeans imported from Brazil? ( I assume soya is the same as soybeans - used for cosmetics, animal feed, oil and many products.)
@calcrappie8507
Жыл бұрын
The US and Brazil are the biggest exporters of soybeans. Yeah, I agree, what they said doesn't make sense. Farmers in US do rotate between corn and soybeans though so maybe Brazil does the same.
@joshuasmithee8674
Жыл бұрын
Soy has devastated their livelihood and it appears that the big boys are strong arming the little farmers. Small, rural farmers has been the hub for Americas agriculture and economy but its shifting vastly here as well. The small farmers are barely keeping their head above water. Going back to the soy industry, it’s my understanding that soy is very harmful for your body. Notice the narrator said they grew it for animals and fast food chains, that should be a red flag.
Why do people killing the forest and rivers???😢😢😢🥺
Looks like a great potential fishing expansion place to employ millions
doctor assistant looks hoootttttt
Just hold on y'all I'm coming to you all
👍🔥🔥
Every corporation, business practices that affect the survival of our world.
The people get sick from pollution 😢😢😢😢😢