Synopsis
The Book of Trespass meets The Uninhabitable Earth
Award-winning journalist Dom Phillips was writing How to Save the Amazon - a book he conceived as part-travelogue, part call to arms - when he and his colleague, the indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, were murdered in a remote part of the Amazon.
Dom's urgent, important, and hopeful message has been taken up by a group of contributors committed to preserving the his vision for the book: to show why we all have a stake in saving the Amazon, and how we must ask the people who live and work there what needs to be done.
Before his death, Dom Phillips lived in Brazil for fourteen years, visiting and reporting on the Amazon. He saw at first hand the devastation wreaked upon its unique ecosystems. He was a passionate campaigner for the survival of the Amazon and wanted to take us to the heart of this great wonder of our planet, showing the myriad of peoples it sustains and the many ways in which we can avert the collapse of this incredible ecosystem. He was working on this book, alongside the indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, when they were murdered on 5 June 2022.
How to Save the Amazon remains true to Dom's initial vision, and crucially shows how important it is to listen to the experience and knowledge of the indigenous peoples who inhabit the forest.
Award-winning journalist Dom Phillips was writing How to Save the Amazon - a book he conceived as part-travelogue, part call to arms - when he and his colleague, the indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, were murdered in a remote part of the Amazon.
Dom's urgent, important, and hopeful message has been taken up by a group of contributors committed to preserving the his vision for the book: to show why we all have a stake in saving the Amazon, and how we must ask the people who live and work there what needs to be done.
Before his death, Dom Phillips lived in Brazil for fourteen years, visiting and reporting on the Amazon. He saw at first hand the devastation wreaked upon its unique ecosystems. He was a passionate campaigner for the survival of the Amazon and wanted to take us to the heart of this great wonder of our planet, showing the myriad of peoples it sustains and the many ways in which we can avert the collapse of this incredible ecosystem. He was working on this book, alongside the indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, when they were murdered on 5 June 2022.
How to Save the Amazon remains true to Dom's initial vision, and crucially shows how important it is to listen to the experience and knowledge of the indigenous peoples who inhabit the forest.
Details
16 April 2026
9781786581853Imprint: Ithaka
