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1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 min. 59 sec.) ; 320418324 bytes |
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As part of the Future Makers series, ABC1 presents this revolutionary documentary touted as the follow-up film to Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Already making waves in environmental circles, The Burning Season is a story of contribution and hope; one that offers a solution to the frightening issue of global warming.Every year, there is a burning season in Indonesia. Rainforests are cut down and burnt every hour to clear land for crops such as palm oil, making Indonesia the third largest producer of carbon emissions in the world. Indonesian palm oil farmer Achmadi confronts the impact of his deliberately lit fires on climate change: what is he to do when this is the only income he knows?In nearby Borneo, Danish-born Lone Droscher-Nielsen rescues and cares for the hundreds of orangutans devastated by these very fires. Lone's goal is to find forest areas that are safe from logging and burning and return the rehabilitated orangutans to the wild. Meanwhile, just as another burning season is about to commence, a young Australian environmental entrepreneur, Dorjee Sun, pursues a solution: a plan to sell the carbon credits represented by large forest areas to big polluters in the West. Does his concept offer new hope to the remaining forests of the world and the earth's climate? Met with a mixture of surprise, intrigue, confusion and scepticism in a period of four months, Dorjee's proposal is rejected 203 times. Dorjee however, won't give up on his quest. He re-works his proposal and pitches it in London, the carbon capital of the world. He finally finds a receptive partner in one of the world's largest banks, Merrill Lynch. It is one week before the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali and the deal hinges on whether all the countries of the world can agree on the wording of a new climate change protocol, and whether protection of forests will be included in future carbon markets. Is Dorjee a pioneer or a profiteer? What value does his concept offer to the remaining forests of the world and to the challenges of climate change?PRODUCTION DETAILS:Hatchling Productions in association with ABC Television. Produced by Cathy Henkel and Jeff McCann. Written and directed by Cathy Henkel |
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Broadcast 2010-04-17 at 23:59:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Carbon sequestration.
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Environmental policy.
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Forest products industry -- Environmental aspects.
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Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects.
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Rain forests.
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Reforestation -- Environmental aspects.
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Indonesia.
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Streaming video
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Henkel, Cathy, director
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Jackman, Hugh, cast
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Nielsen, Lone Droscher, cast
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Sun, Dorjee, cast
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