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Fate Of The Forest
Production Co: TVE for WWF Year: 1996
Genre: Documentary Region: Guyana, Indonesia, Peru, Uganda Duration: 30' Language: English |
For over several decades now, the shrinkage of the world’s tropical forests
has been at the forefront of environmental concerns. Yet, the forests
continue to be cleared. The key word is `cleared' for - as “Fate Of The
Forest” finds - while commercial logging contributes to deforestation in the
tropics, terms like ` destruction' and `devastation' are too simple.
Forests have always been used by local people. Stories from Peru and
Indonesia show how forest `farmers' ingeniously imitate the natural
productivity of the rainforest. In Uganda, agro-forestry techniques are
helping to keep a watershed reserve intact. Nor is there any lack of
awareness in the developing world of the significance of preserving
forests. Guyana's president argues that timber concessions have been made
to Asian timber companies to pay off Guyana's huge national debt. First Prize, Nature and Landscape Protection Category, 3rd International Festival of Films and Video Programmes ENVIROFILM '97 (1997, Slovak Republic) |
