How 40,000 Brazil nuts are collected deep in the Amazon rainforest

• Brazil nuts are one of the most sustainable nuts, collected after dropping naturally off wild trees.
• Collecting them is dangerous work, but it supports Indigenous tribes and helps preserve the rainforest.
• We visit the Apiaká tribe in Mato Grosso, Brazil, to see how it's using nuts to fight deforestation.

Brazil nuts are one of the most sustainable nuts. They're not grown on farms — they're collected in the rainforest after they drop naturally off wild trees.

While the nuts support Indigenous tribes' livelihoods, collectors have a tough job. They have to hike deep into the jungle, avoiding deadly falling nuts and wildlife, all to haul 100-pound loads back out. And now their industry is at risk because of low prices for their nuts and illegal clear-cutting of the rainforest.

We visit the Apiaká tribe in Mato Grosso, Brazil, to see how it's using Brazil nuts as a weapon against deforestation.