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I'm sitting in a hammock in, well, paradise.

If your idea of paradise is kind of the classic one.

Lush rain forest, green hills, clear streams, too many chattering birds and monkeys to count.

At night, the wood swarm with head-like beetles, which are like giant fireflies.

It feels like Pandora.

I wanted to go see some tropical forests and I wanted to go catch snakes and crocodiles and stuff that I did.

And the hammock beside me is Jacob Marlin, and this is his baby,

the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education, or Be Free.

The 1000-acre preserve in the Maya Mountains, dotted with thatch huts and visiting biologists,

who come here from all over the world to study what a healthy rain forest is like.

Be Free is right at the juncture of several other huge preserves,

including the Bladen Nature Reserve, the crown jewel of Belize wilderness areas,

which is why Jacob bought it 30 years ago and has lived here as its conservator ever since.

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