Blood Of The Amazon - An Interview With Nicola Peel

In this Podcast we interview Nicola Peel about her work and campaign in the Amazon rain forests.

The Rainforests in the Amazon are one of the lungs of our planet absorbing carbon dioxide and helping us to combat climate change but they are under threat. But they are not just under threat because of deforestation. They are also threatened by oil spills. Nicola tells us,

'Where I work in the Amazon it is like heaven and hell. I can lie in my hammock and look one way at mango, avocado, coconut, sapote and it's paradise; look the other and it's huge gas flares and the oil industry. I've seen rivers running black with oil spills, kids covered in skin lesions and lots of sick people. When most people think about the Amazon they think of the deforestation but know nothing of the oil spills.”

In this podcast we will ask Nicola to tell her story and what lay behind her making of the film “Blood Of The Amazon.” 

Nicola Peel, environmentalist and film-maker, has spent the last five years in Ecuador working on rainwater catchment systems for families whose groundwater is contaminated from the oil industry; while at the same time filming the unfolding ecocide for her latest documentary, Blood of the Amazon.