small community of artisanal miners known as the manuanis are hoping to bring the rainforest back to la pampa. they are working with peruvian ecologist francisco roman. >> the only way into their camp is on the back of a motorbike, on a flooded dirt path. >> we've been driving for miles into what should be pristine rainforest. but instead it looks like this. >> skeletal remains hint at the forest that used to thrive here. >> behind me i can hear a macaw calling and i think there's a nest up in that tree. that's the problem with these mines - as they deplete this area, they just keep pushing further and further into the forest and the wildlife has nowhere to go. >> but can this land ever return to the pristine rainforest it once was? the prospect is daunting, work that has never been done before with devastation this complete. >> sabina valdez is the president of the association of miners at the river manuani. skyrocketing gold prices have pitted small artisanal miners like the manuanis against larger illegal operations run by outsiders. but these miners have a stake in the land. >> in 2013 th