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Of the most precious rain forests around. this is up in bolivia where pollution is starting to take its toll. it's a beautiful place, amazing people. and -- >> it looks beautiful. >> tell us about the gold rush. what's being done to try to mitigate it? >> about 600 square miles of some of the most pristine rain forest in the western amazon is just been turned into this toxic wasteland, the miners go out on the los tigres, illicit taxi companies on dirt bikes, they go into the rain forest with a diesel pump and fire hoses. they wash the sandbags down and cut all the trees down until it starts t...

Amazon and turned 600 square miles of the pristine rain forest into toxic wasteland. >> that's not good. that's a tragedy. machu picchu everybody should see that. thank you for showing all of the beauty of that and thank you for "the wonder list". >> season finale. >> fantastic. watch "the wonder list" with bill weir tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. here on cnn. want to leave you with something here. first lady melania trump spoke with kate bennett in china and said about her first year as first lady. >> how are you feeling one year into this role as first lady? how has it been for you? >> it's my hon...

They're very slow animals. they like to hang out. they have always a smile on their face. here, we have the most pristine rain forest of the whole world. but sloths are facing loss of habitat in the urban area. ten years ago we started doing sloth rescues. when sloths are in trouble, all the telephone calls come to us. my biggest rescue effort was this plot of land that was going to be cleared. we rescued in total 200 animals, mostly sloths. there was sloths all over. in my living room, i was sloth-ified. i still have a lot of sloths. he came in with his nails cut.

♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. today's cnn hero has dedicated her life to saving wild animals. >> sloths are very cute because they're very slow animals. they like to hang out and they have always a smile on their face. here in suriname we have the most pristine rain forest of the whole world but sloths are facing loss of habitat in the urban area. ten years ago we started doing sloth rescues. when sloths are in trouble, all