Transcript: In Brazil, Nut-Growing Region Faces Threat.

ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
09-16-2009
In Brazil, Nut-Growing Region Faces Threat.

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

From NPR News, it's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

And I'm Melissa Block.

We're going to pick up our travels now along the Interoceanic Highway. It crosses South America from the Pacific in Peru to the Atlantic in Brazil. In the Amazon Basin, the road takes you through the rainforest which teams with life. The highway also brings in threats from illegal loggers to farmers who slash and burn in order to grow crops.

NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro follows the highway to Peru's border with Brazil.

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