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I Bought a Rainforest

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  • 2014-2014
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary
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Wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James has spent $10,000 on 100 acres of Peruvian rainforest, without even looking at it first. Situated at the end of a road, he hopes it is a strategic purchase, which will stop loggers illegally entering the Manu National Park and cutting down trees. But when he gets there, he quickly realises things are not quite so simple.

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Charlie Hamilton-James
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Episode 1

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Once he has established camp and got his bearings, Charlie discovers he has not bought the pristine virgin rainforest of his dreams, but instead 100 acres of secondary forest complete with a squatter, a cocaine field and some dangerous neighbours.

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