Yet despite the vital role that the Amazon plays in sustaining our planet – an estimated 150-200 billion tonnes of carbon are stored in the rainforest's trees and soils – it still faces existential threats. Indeed, climate scientists recently estimated that up to 47% of the 'planet's lungs' could be put at risk of rising temperatures, deforestation, droughts and fires by 2050.

In positive news, after years of unchecked development, moves are underway to get deforestation to zero by 2030, with Brazil among the signatories.

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