Group 1: native Maué Indian family

Group 2: Ministry of the Interior (Brazilian government) - Renato Boreato

We would like to keep to our traditional ways as much as possible.

We would prefer foreigners to stay away from our area, though the chief says that if we cut down and burn too many trees, people from the big city might come and move us out of our homelands

Our job is to balance the needs of local people (both tribal people and settlers) and the country’s need to make money from the Amazon in order to help our millions of poor people.

But we also have to take into account that we are responsible for the largest area of rainforest on the planet, “the lungs of the earth”, which is vital for people everywhere, not just in Brazil. Of course we also have a responsibility to protect the amazing biodiversity (plants and animals).

Group 3: The Da Silva’s - settlers from Sao Paulo

Group 4: Research students from Oxford University, studying sustainable development of rainforests

We came here to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.

We hear there is money to be made in the rainforest if you are clever – but we don’t want to destroy the rainforest.

We are looking to assess the successes and failures of different sustainable development projects in rainforest areas around the world, in order to share good ideas and learn from others’ mistakes.

Of course we all really care about the rainforest – that’s why we want to study it, to help preserve the environment for future generations.

Group 5: Greenpeace

We are an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.