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What if the wild isn’t gone—just hidden, and fighting for breath?
In Junglekeeper, Paul Rosolie takes you deep into the Peruvian Amazon, where towering ironwood trees fall, uncontacted tribes defend their world, and a single new road can turn paradise into a lawless frontier overnight. Rosolie’s story begins far from the jungle—an anxious, dyslexic kid from Brooklyn who found his compass in wildlife—and becomes a high-stakes mission to protect rainforest at the edge of collapse. You’ll meet legendary jungle guides, witness near-death encounters with giant anacondas, and feel the heartbreak of forests burning and rivers changing.
But this isn’t just doom. It’s a gritty, hopeful account of building Junglekeepers, securing over 110,000 acres, and proving that real protection is possible—if people choose to act.
