
Amazon Men
By Adam Courtenay
Environmentalists believe they are the first to respect and save it the Amazon – this is a lie. Killing and caressing the Amazon has been a pastime for nearly 500 years, ever since European man first set eyes on this impenetrable ocean of green. This is not the story of a forest, but rather man’s contradictory and complex responses to phenomena beyond his scope, punctuated by deeds of bravery and acts of brilliance, but also by forgotten holocausts where guns, germs and steel have all played their roles…