Location: | New Britain, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea |
Subject: | Environmental issues; logging |
Length: | 53 minutes |
Format: | VHS; PAL |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1989 |
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Director: | |
Producer: | Susi Arnott |
Distributor: | The Melanesian Environment Foundation, Inc; Pazifik-Infomationsstelle |
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Description: | Documentary about the destruction of Papua New Guinea's rainforest. Interviews with villagers whose lives have been affected by the uncontrolled logging operations in various locations throughout Papua New Guinea. Also shows some alternatives: village-managed logging; a wokabout somil (portable saw mill); gathering eggs from wild birds for income, rather than cutting down the rainforest. In Tok Pisin (PNG pidgin) with English subtitles. |
Record No: | 250 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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