Amazon residents speak out about deforestation

From BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33459405

Amadeus Cinta Larga (a 25-year-old Cinta Larga tribe member who studies sustainability at the Flower of the Forest village):

"We feel like we've been forgotten. The area covered by the reserve is so big that it is tough for us to police it all ourselves".

Siderlei Mason (the director of SM Timber Sawmill, the largest producer of tropical timber in Latin America):

"The forest is rich and beautiful, it benefits people here, and it is beneficial to the world. But I think it should be exploited legally".

Lauriano Umbelino Martins (the representative in Matto Grosso state of Funai, the government body responsible for policies relating to Brazil's indigenous peoples):

"We don't have enough people working in this area because of budget cuts".

"I'm in charge of 11 villages but I can't monitor them all.  

"There's a lot of wood theft, because of the high value of the wood in the indigenous areas".