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Some thought Covid-19 would give our planet a breather while many of our movements and industries were restricted, but there are worrying signs that in some parts of the world exactly the opposite is happening.

Emily Thomas finds out how the pandemic has left many people hungry, desperate, and turning to rainforests and wild animals to feed themselves, whilst for others there's growing evidence the virus could be providing cover to make profit at the planet\\u2019s expense.

We hear allegations of illegal slashing and burning of an Indonesian rainforest to make way for a palm oil plantation and ask Nestle, the world\\u2019s biggest food company, what it\\u2019s doing to make sure its products are deforestation free. The head of the UN\\u2019s Environment Programme explains why it\\u2019s more vital than ever for countries to put environmental protection at the heart of their economic recovery plans, and a conservation worker in Kenya shares fears that decades of animal and environmental preservation work is in danger of being undone.

Contributors:\\nMichael O'Brien-Onyeka, senior vice president for the Africa field division at Conservation International;\\nFarwiza Farhan, founder of HAkA;\\nBenjamin Ware, head of responsible sourcing, Nestl\\xe9;\\nInger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme

(Picture: Giraffe at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)