TV presenter Steve Jones to head to Amazon rainforest

Channel 4 presenter Steve Jones is to follow in the footsteps of Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton and head to the Amazon rainforest in Peru.

Rainforest clearing to be shown in documentary

Jones will head to the endangered rainforest with his two brothers Jonathan and Chris and the expedition will be filmed for a one-hour programme to be broadcast on Sky in April.

The documentary is part of a week-long look at rainforests by the TV channel and TV actor Ross Kemp - best known as Grant Mitchell in Eastenders - will be travelling to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Ecuador.

Both shows will try and show first hand the huge number of issues impacting rainforests all around the world, from deforestation to the work of the global food industry and the mineral sector.

Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton recently headed to the Amazon to canoe down a length of the Amazon river as part of a challenge for Sports Relief.

Written by Kimberley Homer.
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