Forbidden forest

The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of Crown land to six multinational corporations. In Forbidden Forest, we meet two very different men united by a passion to save the forest and to bring some of this public land under community control. Jean Guy Comeau is an Acadian woodlot owner who fought his way out of poverty and retired after nearly 40 years in a pulp mill. Born to a wealthy family, Francis Wishart is a painter and winemaker with homes in France and New Brunswick. Together, they travel to Finland--home of UPM-Kymmene, one of the largest licence holders of New Brunswick Crown lands--to urge company officials to practise responsible forestry. And they go head-to-head with the New Brunswick government in an effort to secure a new, community-based forestry policy--one that is environmentally sustainable and that produces more jobs than the highly capital-intensive, mechanized techniques used today. Forbidden Forest is a tale of corporate greed, lax government oversight and people passionate about the places they love. The DVD features a French and English language option.

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"The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of Crown land to six multinational corporations. In Forbidden Forest, we meet two very different men united by a passion to save the forest and to bring some of this public land under community control. Jean Guy Comeau is an Acadian woodlot owner who fought his way out of poverty and retired after nearly 40 years in a pulp mill. Born to a wealthy family, Francis Wishart is a painter and winemaker with homes in France and New Brunswick. Together, they travel to Finland--home of UPM-Kymmene, one of the largest licence holders of New Brunswick Crown lands--to urge company officials to practise responsible forestry. And they go head-to-head with the New Brunswick government in an effort to secure a new, community-based forestry policy--one that is environmentally sustainable and that produces more jobs than the highly capital-intensive, mechanized techniques used today. Forbidden Forest is a tale of corporate greed, lax government oversight and people passionate about the places they love. The DVD features a French and English language option."@en
"The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of Crown land to six multinational corporations. In Forbidden Forest, we meet two very different men united by a passion to save the forest and to bring some of this public land under community control. Jean Guy Comeau is an Acadian woodlot owner who fought his way out of poverty and retired after nearly 40 years in a pulp mill. Born to a wealthy family, Francis Wishart is a painter and winemaker with homes in France and New Brunswick. Together, they travel to Finland--home of UPM-Kymmene, one of the largest licence holders of New Brunswick Crown lands--to urge company officials to practise responsible forestry. And they go head-to-head with the New Brunswick government in an effort to secure a new, community-based forestry policy--one that is environmentally sustainable and that produces more jobs than the highly capital-intensive, mechanized techniques used today. Forbidden Forest is a tale of corporate greed, lax government oversight and people passionate about the places they love. The DVD features a French and English language option."
"Documentaire. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, une poignée de multinationales régissent la coupe de millions d'acres de terres publiques. La forêt interdite suit Jean-Guy Comeau et Francis Whishart, deux hommes très différents ayant en commun leur détermination à sauver la forêt acadienne des ravages de la coupe à blanc. [http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/collection/film/?id=53015]."
""The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of Crown land to six multinational corporations. In 'Forbidden Forest" we meet two very different men united by a passion to save the forest and to bring some of this public land under community control. ... Together, they travel to Finland -- home of UPM-Kymmene, one of the largest licence holders of New Brunswick Crown lands -- to urge company officials to practice responsible forestry. And they go head-to-head with the New Brunswick government in an effort to secure a new, community-based forestry policy -- one that is environmentally sustainable and that produces more jobs than the highly capital-intensive, mechanized techniques used today. 'Forbidden Forest' is a tale of corporate greed, lax government oversight and people passionate about the places they love.""@en
"Jean Guy Comeau and Francis Wishart travel to Finland, home of UPM-Kymmene, one of the six multinational corporations that control cutting on New Brunswick's Crown lands, to urge company officials to practise responsible forestry and to warn them that they may one day be held liable for the damage done by clear-cutting. They also go head-to-head with the New Brunswick government in an effort to secure a new, community-based forestry policy."
"Jean Guy Comeau and Francis Wishart attempt to get multinational corporations who have been handed the management responsibilities of millions of acres of New Brunswick crown lands to practice responsible forestry."@en