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Posted: 30-Nov-2008 Video duration : 4 minutes 40 seconds
Protests at BHP Billiton AGM - 27 November 2008
Shareholders arriving at Melbourne Park Function Centre for the AGM of BHP Billiton were met by environmentalists and Indigenous activists protesting at the company's activities at Roxby Downs. Read more…
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Posted: 26-Nov-2008 Video duration : 4 minutes 0 seconds
Logging Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain on the Errinundra Plateau has some of the largest remaining old-growth forest in Victoria. The ancient trees which grow there are up to 15 metres in diameter. The Victorian government has sent in loggers to clear-fell the area after promising before the last state election to protect it as part of a network of "iconic forests walks" to be developed in high conservation value forests across Victoria. Read more…
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Posted: 20-Nov-2008 Video duration : 1 minute 0 seconds
Walk against Woodchips - Melbourne leg
Keri James and her 6-year-old daughter Clover stopped by today at the Victorian Parliament with a letter for Environment Minister Gavin Jennings. They are on a 'Walk against Woodchipping' from Canberra to Tasmania, raising awareness of the continuing destructive practice of woodchipping native forests ... Read more…
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Posted: 16-Nov-2008 Video duration : 5 minutes 17 seconds
Walk against Warming 2008 - Melbourne
Some highlights from the rally and march in Melbourne on 15 November 2008, beginning with stalls and speakers at Federation, continuing with a march along Flinders Street and up Spring Street to Parliament House, where the crowd sent a wake-up call to any politicians within earshot ... Read more…
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Posted: 10-Oct-2008 Video duration : 35 minutes 46 seconds
What Rainforest?
When bulldozers mowed over the ancestral farmlands of Kampung Lebor, Segan Anak Degon stood his ground and defended his land. Now, he is the only person out of 101 families whose land is left intact and unaffected by the oil palm plantation. However, Segan is the rare few who managed to halt the feverish onslaught of oil palm advancement that threatens to devastate the embattled Sarawak forested landscape. Wake up and smell the palm oil! Read more…
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Posted: 01-Oct-2008 Video duration : 36 minutes 53 seconds
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific
This film documents the challenges and work of 9 environmental and social justice campaigners who come from different Asia Pacific countries. All campaigners belong to different organisations who are members of the Friends of the Earth International network. Read more…
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Posted: 18-Sep-2008 Video duration : 12 minutes 0 seconds
Prey Lang | One Forest, One Future
Prey Lang is the largest primary lowland dry evergreen forest remaining in both Cambodia and the Indochinese Peninsula. With an estimated 600,000 people relying on the forest for survival, logging and mining interests have the potential to destroy this critical, fragile and ancient forest habitat. This 12 minute short documents the struggle of locals against the logging and the remarkable Prey Lang forest. Read more…
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Posted: 02-Sep-2008 Video duration : 1 minute 30 seconds
IfIWatch.TV Promo
IfIWatch.TV - Whose Story Do I See? This site networks critical documentary, meeting and protest reports, animations, feature films, music videos, expert interviews and more about what massive and opaque public bodies really do with our money, our neighbours and our planet. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Sep-2008 Video duration : 12 minutes 0 seconds
Pommahakan - People of the Fort
A short documentary by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions about a small community in Bangkok resisting the threat of forced eviction Read more…
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Posted: 18-Aug-2008 Video duration : 3 minutes 25 seconds
The GetUp Climate Torch Relay comes to Camp Florentine, Southern Tasmania
A short film showing the GetUp climate torch arriving at Camp Florentine, a long-term forest blockade in the Upper Florentine Valley, Tasmania. The torch is run through the ancient forests of the valley, which are under immediate threat from powerful woodchipping interests, and travels 50 metres up an old growth eucalypt to be handed over on one of Camp Florentine's many tree-sits. Read more…
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Posted: 29-Jul-2008 Video duration : 7 minutes 12 seconds
State of Emergency: Tasmania's Southern Forests
Tasmania's publicly owned ancient forests are still being destroyed by Forestry Tasmania and Gunns Ltd. This short film shows 6 months of non violent direct action in Tasmania's Southern Forests between November 07 and April 08. Read more…
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Posted: 28-Jul-2008 Video duration : 4 minutes 0 seconds
Giant Garrett and his Giant Friends visit Southern Tasmania
Giant Garrett, Giant Wong and Giant Rudd go on tour through Southern Tasmania's threatened old growth forests. Read more…
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Posted: 10-Jul-2008 Video duration : 25 minutes 20 seconds
The Place That Got It Right
An overview of the economic and environmental consequences of woodchipping Tasmania. Read more…
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Posted: 07-Jul-2008 Video duration : 24 minutes 5 seconds
The One Tree Project
A documentary outlining some of the issues about Tasmanian forestry. One tree that was to be woodchipped for export is given to over 30 artists and craftspeople. The exhibition of the art works and furniture toured Australia for over three years. An on-line auction of the pieces after the exhibition raised over $10,000. As woodchips, the tree was valued at $350-$450 if that. What is the value of one tree ? Read more…
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Posted: 19-Jun-2008 Video duration : 12 minutes 0 seconds
In the name of oil palm
The impact of oil palm in the Oro Province and the challenges faced by landowners and organisations who are trying to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations in the region. Read more…
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Posted: 17-Jun-2008 Video duration : 2 minutes 20 seconds
I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons
ICAN's latest short video highlights that nuclear weapons abolition is both wanted and possible. It's not a "green" or "left" issue - it's simply one of survival and sanity. Read more…
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Posted: 14-Feb-2008 Video duration : 14 minutes 58 seconds
Bankrupt - part 2
Part 2 of a documentary about Gerhard Wiedmann, a German forester, and his battles with NSW State Forestry over local destruction impacting on his private land. Read more…
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Posted: 14-Feb-2008 Video duration : 15 minutes 0 seconds
Bankrupt - part 1
A documentary about Gerhard Wiedmann, a German forester, and his battles with NSW State Forestry over local destruction impacting on his private land. Read more…
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Posted: 11-Feb-2008 Video duration : 9 minutes 14 seconds
The Franklin River Blockade - Part 1
On December 14th, 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an onsight blockade of the construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam. Read more…
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Posted: 11-Feb-2008 Video duration : 11 minutes 4 seconds
The Franklin River Blockade - Part 2
On December 14th, 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an on sight blockade of the construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam. Part two of the film follows the intensification of the protests against the dam. Read more…
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