Who owns a forest?

Short & Curly

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Philosophy, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Molly and Carl take a riverboat adventure along the Amazon river in search of an elusive and very fragrant plant in the Amazon forest. But who owns this flower, and who owns the forest it's in? And who should get to decide what happens to the "the lungs of humanity", the Amazon rainforest?

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0:00.0	This is an ABC podcast.
0:05.0	Today I'm on the hunt for a mysterious flower that's only found in one place on earth deep in the Amazon Rainforest.
0:17.0	We're in the Amazon Rainforest and it's so exciting because it's the Amazon Rainforest.
0:21.0	Oh my gosh.
0:22.0	Carl's here too.
0:24.0	It's been my dream forever.
0:26.0	Okay buddy, you're disturbing the wildlife.
0:28.0	Now, as I mentioned, we're hunting for a very famous and special flower.
0:33.5	It's called the Eveset.
0:36.4	Ooh, yeah, it's rumored to smell like everyone's favorite things.
0:40.6	Yeah, you like candy?
0:42.0	It's a candy flower. You're into chippies? It's a chippy flower.
0:46.0	Moldy cheese is your thing? Okay, the ever-cent flour smells like the most delicious over-ripe
0:52.0	cheese you can get your mitz on.
0:54.0	For me it would smell like ice cream covered in malt.
0:58.0	Ooh and for me it would be a big pot of spices and curry powders cooking on the stove.
1:05.0	So we've taken a cruise using Shorten Curley's immense budget,
1:09.0	and we're traveling down the Amazon River into the heart of this deep dark rainforest.
1:15.3	To find the ever since. And to claim its beautiful fragrance for ourselves.
1:22.1	Wait, no that wasn't the plan. We shouldn't take it out of the forest.
1:27.0	Oh, you serious? Of course we should. I'm not here to just scratch and sniff.
1:31.0	Well, today on Short and Curley's amazing awesome Amazon adventure.
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