One-off
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Director(s):
ARGILLET (NICOS), GUTIERREZ (Rafael)
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Producer(s):
ARTE FRANCE, BACKSTORY MEDIA
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2023
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
At a time when two hectares of Amazon rainforest are being razed every minute and climate change is accelerating relentlessly, Ecuador has banked on the knowledge economy to exploit its natural resources. Follow the work and innovations of a unique international research center, located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest and inspired by the animal and plant world, as its teams are trying to find concrete solutions to local and global problems such as: major pollution, water treatment, energy, medicine of the future..
The 90,000 hectares National Biological Reserve Colonso-Chalupas, which hosts the IKIAM research center, is home to 10% of the world's biodiversity and is an ecosystem as rich as it is fragile. For IKIAM’s researchers and students, the answers to the planet's ills can be found in the forest, and it only takes a few steps to go from the laboratory to the study field. By combining their strengths and knowledge in synergy with local populations, these scouts will establish new outposts deep in the Amazon rainforest in search of invaluable scientific treasures.
This documentary with splendid images in 4K highlights the emergence of new models that bring hope, combining solidarity and valorization of indigenous peoples and their ancestral culture, protection of the forest against the logic of production, and innovation to meet current challenges.