an authority on Amazonia -- is still threatened. Why? For the most part, the original threats to the forest remain in place: poverty, population growth, greed, short-term planning. Nonetheless ...

In the sixteenth century, Sir Walter Raleigh began his search for El Dorado in Guyana's rainforest. Four hundred years on and a group of young adventurers from the UK - the Serious Explorers - are ...

Eight young British adventurers have come to Guyana in South America to follow in Raleigh's footsteps and to explore the spectacular unspoilt rainforest. This is one of only a handful of ...