This Tuesday on HDNet: Premieres of Dan Rather Reports, HDNet World Report and InFocus: Enigma

Dan Rather Reports, 8 pm ET: Treasure Island - Madagascar is a treasure island famous for its exotic wildlife and valuable timber - an investigation of how logging may be costing this poor country its natural heritage. And a New England town sparks another American revolution, this time in how we eat.

“Dan Rather Reports” will feature never-before-seen footage from the island of Madagascar, where an ecological horror show is taking place. Madagascar’s national parks are, according to scientists, being raped by loggers who are illegally chopping down rare and extremely valuable rosewood trees. The recently obtained video shows loggers hauling the trees out of the forests by hand.

Each of these trees is worth thousands of dollars on the international market, but the desperate residents of Madagascar are cutting them down for only a few dollars a day.

The images presented in this story were taped as a part of an undercover investigation by two international conservation groups, looking to make the case for prosecutions in the trade of these trees and prosecution of foreign businesses who use this illegal wood for their products.

The illegal logging also threatens the habitat for the rare silky sifaka lemurs, which live exclusively on the island. Originally thought to be extinct, scientists have found a few groups on the island, but their habitat is now threatened by the logging. Tomorrow’s program will also air the only known high definition footage of these unique creatures in their natural habitat.

In February 2009, there was a coup - dozens of people died as the military opened fire into a crowd, unleashing panic across the country. The military went on to oust the country’s president - chaos reigned and the economy dissolved. The impoverished people streamed into the forests looking to make a quick buck in the illegal rosewood trade. Ebony trees are also taken from Madagascar’s forests and the precious lumber is in high demand.

HDNet World Report, 9 pm ET: Dr. Lee Carhart; Low Born, High Minded: India’s Untouchable Hero; Viewfinder: Inside Afghanistan’s Drug War - Dr. Lee Carhart is an abortion doctor, one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, one of only ten in the country that will do late-term abortions. Jennifer London has an exclusive interview. Then, born into India’s lowest caste, she’s rising up on behalf of her country’s most vulnerable population, at great personal cost. Then, a World Report Viewfinder. Inside Afghanistan, where the cost of drug abuse is measured in American and Afghan lives.

InFocus, 10 pm ET Enigma: Tarot - To this day, Tarot cards remain a popular means of fortune telling. This documentary explores the mysterious past and hidden meaning of the Tarot deck. Is it no more than a harmless diversion? Or is the Tarot a doorway into a forgotten world of myth?