Welcome to Rewilding Amazonia
Over six months, host and principal investigator Brooke Mitchell interviewed 20+ scientists, practitioners, Indigenous leaders, and community organizers across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, and Ecuador — accumulating more than 30 hours of original testimony. The result is a series structured not around what’s being lost, but around the people who refuse to accept that loss.
Built around IUCN rewilding guidelines, each episode follows the story from problem to solution, centering the voices of those doing the work on the ground. From wildlife trafficking and species reintroduction to satellite surveillance of illegal mining, from the Amazon’s role as a continental weather system to the violence faced by tribal land defenders — Rewilding Amazonia goes beneath the headlines to the people and systems that exist regardless of what’s happening in any conference room.
Rewilding Amazonia is supported in part by Cool Earth and Rainforest Trust.
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Release Dates:
Episode 1: The Pattern: Tracing the Amazon’s History
🎧 Available Now
Episode 2: The Ghost Forest: Bringing Wildlife Back from the Brink
🎧 Available Now
Episode 3: The Severed Lifeline: Rebuilding a Fragmented Amazon
🎧 Available Now
Episode 4: Seeing the Invisible: Tracking Destruction, Measuring Recovery
Coming May 12, 2026
Episode 5: The Living Network: When Changes in One Forest Reshape the World
Coming May 19, 2026
Episode 6: Whose Forest? The Defenders of the Amazon
Coming May 26, 2026 (supported by Cool Earth)
Episode 7: The New Economy: Making the Forest Worth More Standing
Coming June 2, 2026
Episode 8: What It Takes: The Amazon’s Next Chapter
Coming June 9, 2026 (supported by Rainforest Trust)
