. >> one of the people of the forest is marven robinson from the gitga tribe, who works as a bear guide. >> today a greenpeace activist and i are with him to see wildlife that would not have survived without the agreement. >> eduardo, tell me a bit about this amazing place. >> it's an extraordinary place. we are close to the heart of the great bear rainforest right now, and are heading very close to where the land of the spirit bearer actually is. and basically, if you can imagine an area the size of switzerland, that is the great bear rainforest. >> how much damage does clear-cutting do to a forest? >> a lot of damage. very basically, like on a very large scale, if you can imagine, you know, it's taken hundreds if not thousands years for some of these forests to mature, these old-growth forests, old-growth trees that, in some cases in the great bear rainforest here, are 1500 years old. >> right. >> it's extraordinary, and massive amounts of trees. and for those trees to mature, for the forest to mature, it's all about relationships, and those relationships take time to establish betwee