Realising he needs to understand the lives of the local people so he can protect the area, Charlie spends most of episode two with local loggers and gold miners. The miners are in an even worse situation than the loggers, because they’re finding so little gold they’re not even turning a profit any more. To make matters worse, the process uses mercury which causes illness and miscarriage in the workers and is dumped in the environment, polluting the forest.
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