Ross is back with his most devastating expose yet. Battle For The Amazon looks into the socio-economic and environmental pressures facing the Amazon regions of Brazil and Ecuador. The shows will explore the legacy of devastation created by a burgeoning global desire for energy, food and mineral resources.
ROSS KEMP comments: "While filming in Nigeria last year, I saw first-hand how much man's greed has cost the environment. By travelling to the Amazon, we hope to highlight some of the well-known and lesser-known causes of deforestation. I am no environmentalist, but no species has interfered with the earth's temperature in such a short space of time as we have. That damage as yet is unquantifiable. However, the survival of the world's rainforests, in particular the Amazon, is crucial to the future of the human race."
ROSS KEMP: BATTLE FOR THE AMAZON will form part of a line-up of programmes commissioned by Sky1 HD and other channels to highlight the plight of the rainforests to be aired throughout April. In October 2009 Sky joined forces with its customers and WWF to launch Sky Rainforest Rescue – a three year project to help save one billion trees in the state of Acre in northwest Brazil. A donation of just £20 will help save 1000 trees and Sky will match every donation up to the joint target of £4 million. For more information visit: www.sky.com/rainforestrescue
ROSS KEMP: "Sky's Rainforest Rescue will offer an easy way for people to understand what is happening out there and demonstrate how we can all do something to help safeguard this natural wonder."
Check out a Q&A with Ross on the campaign RIGHT HERE
