{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"121 | Michael Greene: Carbon Cowboy or Lone Ranger Part 2 \u2013 The $200 Million Land Heist in the Amazon","description":"In this episode of Bionic Planet, we finally catch up with Michael Greene \u2014 the carbon developer branded a \u201cland grabber of epic proportions\u201d in The Washington Post, and now at the center of an unfolding saga that feels more like a political thriller than a conservation story. When Greene began building carbon projects in the Brazilian Amazon, he didn\u2019t expect to end up battling organized crime, corrupt officials, and a $220 million land grab. But that\u2019s exactly where the trail has led. You\u2019ll hear how a businessman who thought he was protecting forests found himself targeted by powerful interests \u2014 his properties invaded using forged documents, his bank accounts frozen, and his reputation attacked by the very institutions meant to enforce the law. Along the way, Greene describes the human cost of the fight \u2014 from schools he built that became flashpoints for local politics to community programs twisted by rumor and manipulation. This is a story about how conservation collides with corruption \u2014 and how one man\u2019s attempt to save forests spiraled into a struggle for survival in one of the most dangerous frontiers on earth.   ","author_name":"Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature","author_url":"http:\/\/www.bionic-planet.com\/","html":"