Across Thirty Hills: Film Premiere and Panel Discussion
Students from the Princeton Sunda Rainforest Project will host a virtual premiere and panel discussion for their film, “Across Thirty Hills,” which explores the vanishing rainforests of Sumatra and the fight to protect critical habitat for endangered species by empowering local communities. David Wilcove, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, will moderate the event.
Six students gained exclusive access to the World Wildlife Fund’s Thirty Hills Restoration Concession where Indigenous peoples protect their homeland by cultivating a sustainable economy from traditional ways of life. Through extensive interviews and startling footage of Sumatra’s rampant deforestation, the film provides a compelling case for making conservation profitable for local communities.
Students from the Princeton Sunda Rainforest Project will host a virtual premiere and panel discussion for their film, “Across Thirty Hills,” which explores the vanishing rainforests of Sumatra and the fight to protect critical habitat for endangered species by empowering local communities. David Wilcove, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, will moderate the event.
Six students gained exclusive access to the World Wildlife Fund’s Thirty Hills Restoration Concession where Indigenous peoples protect their homeland by cultivating a sustainable economy from traditional ways of life. Through extensive interviews and startling footage of Sumatra’s rampant deforestation, the film provides a compelling case for making conservation profitable for local communities.
