A biodiverse rainforest on a sacred mountain is in peril. Slash-and-burn agriculture has stripped Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa of almost half its trees in the last fifty years, threatening the watershed that sustains the wildlife of Gorongosa National Park, and the people living around it. But a passionate team of scientists, development experts, and local farmers is working together to save this precious wilderness by trying something new: encouraging people to plant a cash crop—shade-grown coffee—that actually depends on restoring the forest to thrive. To make the program work, the park is providing free saplings, training, and support, planting the seeds for a more sustainable and prosperous future for humans and wildlife alike. Wild Hope is a series that highlights the conservation changemakers who are sparking new hope for the future of our planet.
- Year2023
- Runtime00:28:00
- LanguagePortuguese, English
- CountryMozambique
- PremiereIndia Premiere
- Social Media
- ScreenwriterRakhi Varma
- ProducerField Producers: Danny Schmidt, Augusto Bila; Line Producer: Daisy Placeres
- Executive ProducerJared Lipworth, Sean B. Carroll, David Shadrack Smith, Fay Yu, Elissa Johnson, Geoff Luck, Whitney Beer-Kerr, Nikki Eslami. Co-Executive Producer: Matt Hill
- CinematographerRick Smith
- EditorSalvatore F. Vecchio
- MusicCleod9 Music, APM Music
A biodiverse rainforest on a sacred mountain is in peril. Slash-and-burn agriculture has stripped Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa of almost half its trees in the last fifty years, threatening the watershed that sustains the wildlife of Gorongosa National Park, and the people living around it. But a passionate team of scientists, development experts, and local farmers is working together to save this precious wilderness by trying something new: encouraging people to plant a cash crop—shade-grown coffee—that actually depends on restoring the forest to thrive. To make the program work, the park is providing free saplings, training, and support, planting the seeds for a more sustainable and prosperous future for humans and wildlife alike. Wild Hope is a series that highlights the conservation changemakers who are sparking new hope for the future of our planet.
- Year2023
- Runtime00:28:00
- LanguagePortuguese, English
- CountryMozambique
- PremiereIndia Premiere
- Social Media
- ScreenwriterRakhi Varma
- ProducerField Producers: Danny Schmidt, Augusto Bila; Line Producer: Daisy Placeres
- Executive ProducerJared Lipworth, Sean B. Carroll, David Shadrack Smith, Fay Yu, Elissa Johnson, Geoff Luck, Whitney Beer-Kerr, Nikki Eslami. Co-Executive Producer: Matt Hill
- CinematographerRick Smith
- EditorSalvatore F. Vecchio
- MusicCleod9 Music, APM Music