Gardiens de la forêt
From the ballet of trucks loaded with logs to the flames of derricks, there are many faces of deforestation which spares no continent. In fifty years, increasingly insistent cries of alarm about climate change and the collapse of biodiversity have proven powerless to stop this deadly process. However, consciences are facing the emergency, mobilizing and innovating. In local cultures in close connection with nature, the universal is at stake, as demonstrated by the indigenous leaders of this sumptuous documentary series - served by the music of Piers Faccini -, in the fight for the survival of the last five great primary forests on the globe : Twyla the Native American (Canada), Tumursukh the Mongolian, Mambongo the Gabonese, Mundiya the Papuan and Benki the Brazilian. Far from folklorizing their struggles, Guardians of the Forest invites us to make room for their vision of the world while there is still time. By listening to these strong personalities, inseparable from the ecosystems they defend, a reconnection takes place, in a radical break with the reification and commodification of nature that has become our everyday life.
- 2023-2023
- 1 season
- Documentary
From the ballet of trucks loaded with logs to the flames of derricks, there are many faces of deforestation which spares no continent. In fifty years, increasingly insistent cries of alarm about climate change and the collapse of biodiversity have proven powerless to stop this deadly process. However, consciences are facing the emergency, mobilizing and innovating. In local cultures in close connection with nature, the universal is at stake, as demonstrated by the indigenous leaders of this sumptuous documentary series - served by the music of Piers Faccini -, in the fight for the survival of the last five great primary forests on the globe : Twyla the Native American (Canada), Tumursukh the Mongolian, Mambongo the Gabonese, Mundiya the Papuan and Benki the Brazilian. Far from folklorizing their struggles, Guardians of the Forest invites us to make room for their vision of the world while there is still time. By listening to these strong personalities, inseparable from the ecosystems they defend, a reconnection takes place, in a radical break with the reification and commodification of nature that has become our everyday life.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Brésil, replanter l'Amazonie
53 mins
In Cruzeiro do Sul, in the Brazilian state of Acre, a planned road link with neighbouring Peru threatens the forest ecosystem.
Episode 2
Mongolie, le sanctuaire de la taïga
53 mins
Mongolia, the sanctuary of the taiga: Mongolia's red taiga, a forest covering some 2 million hectares on the Siberian frontier. Once polluted by industry, it has been a nature reserve since 2014. Heading a handful of rangers, Tumursukh Jal tracks poachers and illegal gold panners, to preserve the region's biodiversity, even if it doesn't please everyone.
Episode 3
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, le temps des solutions
53 mins
Papua New Guinea is home to the third largest virgin forest in the world.
Episode 4
Gabon, la forêt qui soigne
52 mins
Gabon, the forest that can cure: The forest of the Congo basin provides the planet's largest carbon reserve and, if respected, can also offer humanity a spiritual regeneration. This is the message carried by the chief Hilarion Kassa Moussavou, better known as Mambogo, an expert with a unique understanding of the medicinal virtues of tropical forests.
Episode 5
Canada, la voie des ancêtres
53 mins
Canada, the path of the ancestors: For the first nation Dene people, the forest of the Canadian North-West Territories embodies Mother Earth. It's also home to oil reserves, exploited over the last century by Imperial Oil, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil. Activist Twyla Edgi Masuzumi is battling to preserve this environment, intimately linked to her ancestral culture.