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Selling the Amazon

The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest and one of the most biodiverse places on earth. But now chunks of it are being sold off online - on social media. Joao Fellet reports.

The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest and one of the most biodiverse places on earth. But now huge chunks of it are being sold off online - on social media. Reporter Joao Fellet travels deep into the Amazon to investigate the murky online world where the rainforest is for sale. Who is out to profit from deforestation - and what can be done to stop it?

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