A celebration of the sounds of the wilderness from Wild.org
Conservationists and others often report a deafening silence after venturing into a forest or national park for the first time after a war or conflict. No birds chirp. No monkeys chatter. The community within has vanished – hunted for food or trade, a casualty of human conflict. In recent years, major news publications have reported the expanding silence in Southeast Asian forests, the result of an unchecked illegal wildlife trade.
At the inception of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson wrote about the threat of a ‘silent spring’, when human interference – especially from the use of pesticides – would result in the collapse of birds and insects, and with them, a songless, hum-less, joyless quiescence.
In this short, powerful film Wild.org celebrates the cacophony of nature.
This film has been entered in the MPB Geographical Better World Video Awards. See all the entries and the winners.
