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A Forest Worth Fighting For Growing Back Beirut
Tucked away on the border of Poland and Belarus Eco Architect Adid Dada and the ‘guerrilla foresters’
lies an old-growth forest with a unique diversity of are trying the bring green spaces back to Beirut
fungi and invertebrates and a cradle of the rebirth through their project Beirut’s Riverless Forest. By
of European bison. Under the warrant of fighting planting minature urban forests using a method
a bark beetle infestation, Poland’s Minster of the invented by a Japanese botanist they’re helping to
Environment ordered a three-fold increase of logging build a better future.
this protected forest. Concerned citizens from Poland
and Europe have flocked to an activist camp set up
in the heart of the forest. While activists protected
the forest on the ground, a group of environmental
NGOs took it to the courts.
Genre: WaterBear Impact Productions Genre: WaterBear Impact Productions
Format: 1 x 6’ / HD / 2021 Format: 1 x 6’ / HD / 2021
Credits: WaterBear Network Credits: WaterBear Network
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