Chopping Down Trees To Save The Forest

Papua New Guinea (or PNG) contains much tropical rainforest and like everywhere else in the world it is under threat. This is the story of an attempt to save forest by reaching land-holders BEFORE the logging companies and offering them a sustainable forestry management plan and low impact portable sawmills (the walkabout or wokabout sawmill). The result- a small area of forest is sustainably harvested and thousands of hectares are protected. Featuring John Seed, Chris Holt, Mark Broomhall, Penny Young & Sasa Zibe.

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• sustainable
• forestry
• practise
• wokabout
• somill
• walkabout
• sawmill
• png

[bbagginz]

Superb work. Well done guys.

[olahenri]

Aaah, there is enough trees in the forest, what can i hurt to take some of them ^^

[crylo2000]

Trees = Oxygen (that stuff we breath)

Simple enough!

[MaxSafeheaD]

Great idea, shame it didn't come 50 years ago.

I'd like a hit list of all the heads of the logging companies that have caused such devastation to the planet in that time. If only there was a hell =(

[jasperz87]

fantastic case study on how economic,social and environmental benefits are blended together for the benefits of the local population!a great video for nature lovers.

[billyramirez]

Well done guys. Would this work in africa and south america?

[billyramirez]

is there a website with more info on this?