WEB EXCLUSIVE - Slash and Burn
Simon Reeve continues his epic journey around the world following the Tropic of Cancer, the northern border of the tropics region.
Simon Reeve continues his epic journey into Tripura state in north east India, where slash and burn farming is destroying forest habitats and threatening extinction of rare monkeys and leopards.
Simon hears how the village families are struggling to survive in this remote area, where they feel there is no option but to slash and burn, a technique passed down from their ancestors.
After travelling around the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator, this series completes Simon's trilogy of journeys exploring the amazing tropics region with his toughest, longest, most ambitious challenge yet.
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