Every year deliberately lit fires rage across Indonesia. They destroy pristine rainforest, endanger orang-utans and contribute to climate change by producing hundreds of millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. In a new feature-length documentary, a young entrepreneur looks for solutions...
Our review:
The film follows Dorjee Sun, an Australian environmental entrepreneur, as he tries to create a commercial solution based on carbon credits for preventing deforestation in Indonesia. But it also shows the related issues and players that help and hinder him – from world politics to the Indonesian smallholder, and from animal conservationists to the commercial perspective of major investment banks.
It shows very well how complex environmental issues usually are and how difficult they are to resolve. But at the same time it's very encouraging to see the progress a small number of passionate people can make, and the footage from inside the Bali COP is tremendously encouraging - really showing that the vast majority of nations are absolutely committed to fighting climate change. If you are familiar with all the issues then there is plenty to identify with, and if you are not then there is much to learn from it.
Jon Anwyl
carbonpositive
The Burning Season made the Official Selection in the World Documentary Feature section at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and won Best Documentary at the 2008 Inside Film Awards.
The film is
screening in Australia in July and wider international release is expected soon. International screening details will published here when available.
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