tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159207698202045412023-11-15T10:05:10.820-08:00Films 4 Forests: Sumatra Project“establishing collaboration and dialogue between forest people and industry in sumatra”Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-16522179924867908532008-06-19T15:41:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:42:38.228-07:00Tumenggung Majid in the Palm Oil<div><object width="420" height="257"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5sg5q&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5sg5q&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="257" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5sg5q_tumenggung-majid-in-the-palm-oil_news">Tumenggung Majid in the palm oil</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Films4">Films4</a></i></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-40811727390716184722008-06-19T15:39:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:40:34.222-07:00Nangkus speaks of the different generations appreciation of the Forest<div><object width="420" height="257"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5sf3w&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5sf3w&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="257" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5sf3w_nangkus-talks-about-his-feelings-fo_news">Nangkus talks about his feelings for the forest</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Films4">Films4</a></i></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-42591098533112385032008-06-19T15:32:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:39:14.767-07:00Tummenggung Tarib in the Rubber Plantation<div><object width="420" height="257"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5s7ir&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5s7ir&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="257" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5s7ir_tumenggung-tarib-interview-in-rubbe_news">Tumenggung Tarib interview in Rubber Plantation</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Films4">Films4</a></i></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-66374106965973666852008-06-19T15:26:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:30:51.542-07:00Tummenggung Tarib in the Palm Oil<div><object width="420" height="257"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5s7ee&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5s7ee&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="257" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5s7ee_tumenggung-tarib-interview-in-palm_news">Tumenggung Tarib interview in Palm Oi Plantation</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Films4">Films4</a></i></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-3403195543655675392008-06-19T15:24:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:25:53.435-07:00Mangku Basemen<div><object width="420" height="257"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5s76u&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5s76u&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="257" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5s76u_mangku-basemen_news">Mangku Basemen</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Films4">Films4</a></i></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-26919548091672977312008-06-18T03:24:00.000-07:002008-06-18T03:28:41.877-07:00Launch of the dedicated Films4Forests project websiteWell, it has been a long time in the making. but we're almost ready to launch the first two parts of the Films4Forests project. In anticipation of the launch we have created a dedicated project website that gives the background to the project and lots of extra information from selected quotes from the film, additional un-edited interviews with the Orang Rimba forest nomads, interactive Google Maps - if you know you're stuff you'll be able to open these in Google Earth too.<br /><br />Take a look - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://www.films4.org/forests" target="_blank">www.films4.org/FORESTS</a></span>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-46910002842266101782008-02-26T06:29:00.000-08:002008-02-26T06:33:05.035-08:00Edit Complete: Orang Rimba, Happiness Lies in the ForestWe have just finished the edit of the first film - Orang Rimba, Happiness Lies in the Forest - and now preparing for its release. The current running time is at 23 minutes in total - which is 8 minutes longer than the cut we prepared for RSPO RT5. We will keep you posted on the launch date, but it looks likely to be in the next month, with its release being in 3 parts, and going straight online in High Definition with the help of our partners at Dailymotion.Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-65603709396704014652008-02-05T03:11:00.000-08:002008-02-26T06:29:00.731-08:00More shooting today: Ecosystem Services<div style="text-align: justify;">Our friends at Gekko are shooting one of the final interviews today for the <a href="http://films4forests.blogspot.com/search/label/film%205" target="_blank">Forests4Indonesia</a> project. This interview looks at the value of the ecosystem services provided by natural forest - and highlights the economic value of standing forest, over simple calculations of timber value and plantation expansion. Ecosystem services include: providing clean water and fresh food; supporting a wider area of land through the nutrient cycle (e.g. leaf litter being dispersed by rivers to flood plains) and essential habitat for pollinating species (keeping our crops reproducing); cultural values (forest and flowers are essential to our friends the <a href="http://films4forests.blogspot.com/2007/10/life-with-orang-rimba.html" target="_blank">Orang Rimba</a>); and the maintenance of rich biodiversity - with Sumatra's lowland forest being the most biodiverse in the world (ref. RSPB Harapan Project).<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is worth noting that pest problems, such as rats and locusts are often associated with largescale monoculture, where the natural balance of predators and prey, and the lack of diversity of animals reflects the lack of diversity of plants - on the other hand natural forest is a highly complex system that works against plague proportions, and thus doesn't require the use of intensive fertilisers and pesticides which are used in mono-cultures, further damaging the ecosystem and clean water supplies for humans.</div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-19249032444413879332007-11-20T02:40:00.000-08:002007-12-12T13:35:43.661-08:00Voices4Forests screens @ RSPO RT5<object width="400" height="449" align="middle"><param name="FlashVars" VALUE="ids=72157603439669505&names=RSPO Screening&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets&titles=on&displayNotes=on&thumbAutoHide=off&imageSize=medium&vAlign=mid&displayZoom=on&vertOffset=0&initialScale=off&bgAlpha=80"></param><param name="PictoBrowser" value="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf"></param><param name="scale" value="noscale"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#DDDDDD"></param><embed src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf" FlashVars="ids=72157603439669505&names=RSPO Screening&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets&titles=on&displayNotes=on&thumbAutoHide=off&imageSize=medium&vAlign=mid&displayZoom=on&vertOffset=0&initialScale=off&bgAlpha=80" loop="false" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" width="400" height="449" name="PictoBrowser" align="middle"></embed></object><br /><br />With an audience of over 500 delegates from 28 countries, Oxfam presented Films4Conservation's Orang Rimba story to the heads of the palm oil industry, including growers, refiners, traders, banks, goods manufacturers, supermarket retailers and biofuel investors.Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-20394236642247406182007-10-16T22:54:00.001-07:002007-10-16T22:57:49.441-07:00Life with the Orang RimbaHere are some of our first photos from forest life with the Orang Rimba.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="400" align="middle"><param name="FlashVars" VALUE="ids=72157601610729580&names=films4forests&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets"></param><param name="PictoBrowser" value="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf"></param><param name="scale" value="noscale"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"></param><embed src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf" FlashVars="ids=72157601610729580&names=films4forests&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets" loop="false" quality="best" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" name="PictoBrowser" align="middle"></embed></object>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-79994387338529727362007-08-23T14:51:00.000-07:002007-10-16T22:59:11.903-07:00Films4Forests First Team Meeting<div style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/1213997203_347e81096c.jpg" alt="First Team Meeting" height="320" width="400" /></a><br />Sawit Watch Office, Bogor, Indonesia, August 2007<br /><br />Our first meeting between Films4Conservation, Sawit Watch, Telapak and Cockroach Indonesia to discuss preliminary logistics for the Films4Forests Project</div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-51877559139408296442007-07-18T16:42:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:43:08.630-07:00Background to the Films 4 Forests Project<div style="text-align: justify;">As international demand for palm oil increases, Indonesian rainforest is being cleared at an ever-increasing rate to make way for plantation expansion. Many plantations in Indonesia are subject to conflict over land rights disputes. Thousands of indigenous people who rely on natural forests for their home and survival are finding that they are powerless to stop the conversion of their land. The new demand for palm oil as a biofuel (perversely an “environmentally friendly” alternative to fossil fuels) is a further reason for urgent action. The escalation of these problems is imminent.<br /><br />There is, however, reason for hope – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is an industry and NGO forum that is making great steps forward in the regulation of this industry. Last year our “Orangutan and human: Conflict mitigation training video” was adopted by many RSPO members both on the production side and in the NGO sectors, this film in turn was funded by the UK supermarket ASDA. This project provided a great insight into how better communications between the often vocally opposed sectors could bring benefit to all. It is with this in mind that we formulated the Films4Forests project concept and believe it will prove a valuable addition to dialogue at RSPO RT5.</div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-88628335580750666242007-07-18T16:41:00.001-07:002007-08-23T15:01:06.002-07:00Sumatra's Forests<object align="middle" height="400" width="400"><param name="FlashVars" value="ids=72157594473148936&names=Aerial: Indonesian Forest and Palm Oil&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets"><param name="PictoBrowser" value="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><embed src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf" flashvars="ids=72157594473148936&names=Aerial: Indonesian Forest and Palm Oil&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets" loop="false" quality="best" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="PictoBrowser" align="middle" height="400" width="400"></embed></object>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-55083467891398357412007-07-18T16:41:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:42:19.158-07:00Films 4 Forests: Project Objectives<div style="text-align: justify;">The aim of this project is produce at least 5 short films which are a medium for, and part of the process in, establishing dialogue and understanding between forest people, NGOs, industry and government. Both local people and industry will benefit from constructive dialogue and developing a better understanding of each sector’s motivations and dilemmas. The final films, made available to RSPO as case studies, will also provide examples of best practice and successful partnership.<br /><br />Our production and ground support teams will be crewed by Indonesians. This approach will help facilitate Indonesian involvement in the project and provide media training and capacity building. The crew of each film will include two interns from an NGO background (one from an environmental NGO plus one from a social NGO), who will be trained throughout the course of the production. This will also help ensure Indonesian authorship of the films. The training the interns receive will enable them to become part of the pilot scheme for the SENAN network (Social and Environmental News Advocates Network – a multi-NGO partnership concept, currently in development). Through their employment in the production of the films, local people develop skills which can be imparted to the rest of the community, encouraging community development. Our core staff will act as facilitators – overseeing production and distribution of the films. We have successfully worked in partnership with Indonesian education and ground support teams in previous projects. Their input was essential in guiding an anthropologically informed and culturally sensitive perspective.<br /><br /></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-30863111956223044562007-07-18T16:40:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:41:19.315-07:00Film 1: Voices 4 Forests<div style="text-align: justify;">This short film will be comprised of oral testimonies collected within the forest communities living in Jambi and Riau provinces. The testimonies will focus on the impact and effect of palm oil expansion on the quality of daily life, income, health and experience, and their hopes and fears for the future. We will endeavour to ensure that all the many voices within the forest community are represented – so not just the community leaders and elders but also the opinions, experiences, and voices of women, and children, if possible. We anticipate that this film will be approximately 10 minutes in length.<br /></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-49304187171662509042007-07-18T16:39:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:40:34.210-07:00Film 2: Conversations 4 Conservation<div style="text-align: justify;">This film will involve three stages. The initial stage will be the screening of Voices4Forests to palm oil plantation managers. Their reactions to the testimonies given by the forest communities will be filmed and documented. The plantation managers will then have the opportunity to respond on camera, and answer any issues, criticisms, or questions raised by those speaking in Voices4Forests. The responses of the plantation managers will then be shown to the forest people, and their responses and reactions will also be filmed. Finally, an edited final film will be produced which is a synopsis of every stage in this process – a filmed conversation or dialogue, in a sense. This version will be made available to the RSPO, local and national government officials, and to representatives from environmental and social NGOs. It will also be made available globally through our online library of conservation films at www.films4.org. We anticipate that this final film will be approximately 15 – 20 minutes in length. <br /></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-77789659783999407682007-07-18T16:38:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:39:38.859-07:00Film 3: Evidence 4 Conservation<div style="text-align: justify;">This film will be comprised of largely unedited versions of the interviews carried out for films 1 & 2. Amongst nomadic forest people where oral tradition and history are very strong, film is the perfect medium with which to document opinion and record testimony – it draws upon a means of communication that is both comfortable and familiar. In areas where very little is written down or documented, a filmed documentary record can be an invaluable asset when it comes to engaging in legal processes. For this reason we believe that it will be useful to produce a longer uncut version of the interviews shot with the forest people and those from the plantations and make this available for use by NGOs, forest communities, and the RSPO. Each interview will include the interviewee’s name, position / occupation, location and the date. We plan to make this set of full interviews available on a DVD and as a separate page on www.films4.org (obviously dependent on receiving the consent of the interviewees).<br /></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-15581735293183181442007-07-18T16:37:00.000-07:002007-07-23T05:11:01.789-07:00Film 4: Collaborate 4 Conservation<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Sumatran Tiger Conservation Project (STCP) as a Case Study for Success</span><br /><br />This film will focus predominantly on the work of the Sumatran Tiger Conservation Project, based in Taman Nasional Bukit Tigapuluh. STCP has, over the years, adopted a successful model of conservation in the national park which has not only seen the amount of tiger poaching decrease, but has also helped maintain and improve the traditional way of life for those forest people living within the park’s boundaries. STCP have achieved their success by pursuing a conservation model that focuses on community development, local collaboration, and industry communication.<br /><br /><object align="middle" height="580" width="500"><param name="FlashVars" value="ids=72057594073978965&names=Working with STCP&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets"><param name="PictoBrowser" value="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><embed src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf" flashvars="ids=72057594073978965&names=Working with STCP&userName=films4conservation&userId=90122657@N00&titles=on&source=sets" loop="false" quality="best" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="PictoBrowser" align="middle" height="400" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />The film will be comprised of footage shot with the staff manager at STCP, members of the STCP Tiger Protection Unit (recruited from within the local communities), and ex-poachers who are now collaborating with the team in an advisory role. It will potentially also include excerpts from the interviews shot for films 1 &2. We envisage that this film will be approximately 15 – 20 minutes in length. It will be made available for screening at RSPO (as a document of some of the successes occurring in the region and as a model for positive collaboration between local people, NGOs, and industry), and again will be available online at www.films4.org.<br /></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-73346006096467139012007-07-18T16:36:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:37:59.012-07:00Film 5: Forests 4 Indonesia<div style="text-align: justify;">This film will be a scripted film focusing on the benefits of sustainable forest management in Indonesia and explaining some of the long-term consequences of unchecked deforestation. It will explain the ways in which sustainable land management relates to the basic priorities of ensuring the legal and traditional rights of people, the protection of high conservation value (HCV) forest and endangered species, and the provision of clean air and clean water. The film will also include some of the processes involved in procuring sustainably produced non-timber forest products (e.g. fishing, rattan, honey). It will be translated into both Indonesian and English, and we anticipate that it will be approximately 5-10 minutes in length. This film will be used as a flagship film for the films4conservation website initiative.<br /></div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615920769820204541.post-22311656070758781142007-07-18T12:01:00.000-07:002007-07-18T16:36:43.920-07:00The Importance of Film<div style="text-align: justify;">The final films will be a valuable addition to the Films4Conservation online film library (which will be available to all those with internet connection), as well as to existing education projects and outreach initiatives through the production of DVDs/VCDs.<br /><br />In terms of using films as a means of establishing and developing knowledge and dialogue, UNEP/UNESCO GAFI have carried out research which shows that film is one of the most effective toosl in affecting both policy and opinion change for Indonesian audiences. Film is an especially powerful tool to achieve this in forest areas where literacy levels are low – even a short film can enable communication of complex issues and ideas effectively and often with more poignancy than the written word. Whereas a busy politician or plantation manager might not take the time to read a long written report, a film can convey the same information in a more accessible and less time consuming format. Amongst nomadic forest people where oral tradition and history are very strong, film is the perfect medium with which to document their opinions and gather testimony – it draws upon a means of communication with which they are comfortable and familiar. In areas where very little is written down or documented, a filmed documentary record can be an invaluable asset when it comes to engaging in legal processes. </div>Films4Conservationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207896610463904988noreply@blogger.com0