A couple of years ago, Charlie Hamilton James, British photojournalist and television presenter, bought a 100-acre patch of rainforest on the edge of the Manu National Park. His intentions were to save a strategic piece of land at the end of the road which provides the gateway to the park, and would likely provide an easy target for illegal loggers to access the park and fell trees. However, after purchasing the land and seeing it for the first time, he found that much of the land had already been logged, and parts of it had been turned into a cocaine farm. His experiences were documented in a series (3 episodes) shown last summer on BBC2.
His experiences can also be read at http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-06-01/what-happened-when-charlie-hamilton-james-bought-a-rainforest
And at http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/16/i-tried-to-save-the-amazon-illegal-cocaine-plantation
Also see http://www.digitalrainforest.co.uk/ which also includes some lovely photos of the region where Angus is.
His experiences can also be read at http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-06-01/what-happened-when-charlie-hamilton-james-bought-a-rainforest
And at http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/16/i-tried-to-save-the-amazon-illegal-cocaine-plantation
Also see http://www.digitalrainforest.co.uk/ which also includes some lovely photos of the region where Angus is.
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