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The documentary film explores the diverse species that rely on forests as habitat and the forest's role in regulating the climate and water cycle. It examines several forests around the world including the boreal forest, redwood forest, and forests in Madagascar and Chernobyl, and how climate change and human activity threaten forests.

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The documentary film explores the diverse species that rely on forests as habitat and the forest's role in regulating the climate and water cycle. It examines several forests around the world including the boreal forest, redwood forest, and forests in Madagascar and Chernobyl, and how climate change and human activity threaten forests.

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A Netflix Original
Series Name: Our planet
Episode: Forest
Type: Short Documentary Film
Director: Jeff Wilson
Narrator: David Attenborough
IMDB Rating: 9.1/10

Storyline
Study the fragile interdependence that exists
among the forest's diverse occupants, which
include bald eagles, hunting dogs, Siberian
tigers and 28 more.
The Film is included different several
Chapter
i. Introduction
ii. Forest as Habitat
iii. The Water Cycle
iv. Climate Change
v. The Future of Foret

Details
Release Date on Netflix: April 5, 2019
Release Date on Netflix YouTube: April 17,
2020
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Subtitles: In Different Languages
Production Company: SilverBack Movies
Technical Specs
Runtime: 49 Minutes
Video Quality: 4K on Netflix and 1080p on
YouTube (Color)
Sound Quality: Dolby Atoms (Netflix) Dolby
Digital
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (UHD)
Camera: Sony CineAlta PMW-F55, Sony
CineAlta Venice
Total Number of Cinematography: 14

Key Moments
i. Forest
More than half of the world's trees, both
evergreen and deciduous, are represented in
these massive gatherings.
They are vital to our climate and home to a
plethora of interesting species. Forests have an
amazing capacity to rebound.

ii. Siberian Tiger


There are just about 600 of them.
A male Siberian Tiger monitors a nearly 2,000
square kilometre area.
The Pine Cone. Throughout the winter, pine
nuts supply essential energy.
Poaching has driven the Siberian tiger to the
verge of extinction, although their numbers
have gradually increased since the 1980s.

iii. The Boreal Forest


Extends from Russia in the east through Europe
and then to North America. It includes 750
billion trees and stores more than 40% of the
world's carbon, making it an essential
component in the fight against climate change.
The days are so short and the temperatures so
cold during the winter that growth comes to a
halt.
Bald Eagles build their nests along the river.
Juvenile eagles without white heads spend their
first years in the wild looking for food. Females
are bigger than males, even when they are
young.

iv. The Great Redwood Forest


The massive trees flourished all across the
Pacific Northwest. Just 5% of them are still alive.
Winds blow in warm, humid air from the Pacific
Ocean, allowing the trees to flourish all year.

Every spring, he was a male rough-skinned newt


driven by an inexplicable yearning to return to
the pool where he hatched as a tadpole.
By the end of the summer, the heat has
scorched the woodland to the point that it is as
dry as tinder. The flames are propelled by
strong winds, and temperatures reach 700
degrees Celsius.

The aftermath appears to be devastation. The


earth looks to be lifeless. Nonetheless, the
forest is far from dead. Yet, flowers and tree
seedlings will emerge from the soil in just a few
months. Older, more established redwoods
have survived because of their thick, fire-
resistant bark.

Most forests, cannot recover on their own


many are helped to recover by animals.

v. Lion-Tailed Macaques
They feast on the fruits of many plants,
dispersing seeds that will emerge unharmed
with their droppings.
Great hornbills have about two-meter-wide
wings that allow them to fly large distances in
search of food. Hornbills feast on the fruit of 40
or so different types of trees and transport the
indigestible seeds they contain all over the
Western Ghats.

vi. Largest Forest


The Miombo Forest, Africa's biggest forest, is
called for one of its most frequent trees. It runs
over a thousand kilometres from Angola in the
west to Mozambique in the east. The Miombo
attracts wildlife from all over southern Africa
during the dry season.

vii. Malpani Worms


Malpani worms are, of course, caterpillars
rather than worms. They hatch in large
numbers all at once. They launch their attack
just as the woodland begins to sprout fresh
leaves. They consume so voraciously that they
grow 40 times their original size in six weeks.

But, the Miombo recovers. The trees create a


second crop of leaves now that the caterpillars
have died.

Elephants are drawn to this new feast. They are


not as picky as caterpillars. They will consume
the entire tree. A hungry elephant may
consume 200 kg of grass in a single day.

Hunting Canines They are most commonly and


easily observed in grasslands. These open
woodlands, though, are their preferred
environment.
The Miombo woodland is an ideal hunting
territory for dogs. It's also a wonderful site for
raising puppies. The puppies are ecstatic when
the adults return from a hunt. The puppies
spend the first three months of their life
underground.
Madagascar has a forest that is dominated by
one of the strangest trees. ‘Baobabs’. For
almost 80 million years, the island has been
isolated.

A lemur, of which there are at least 40 distinct


species, all of which are endemic to Madagascar
and all of which are endangered. The woodland
relies on lemurs. Certain tree species cannot
thrive without them.

The existence of Madagascar's top predator is a


reason for concern.
It may grow to be one and a half metres long
and is extremely rare in the wild.
viii. Leaf Bugs
Leaf bugs are a unique species found exclusively
in Madagascar. Nobody knows why they have
such an unusual form. They feed on tree sap,
absorbing what they require and excreting the
excess as a pleasant liquid frequently referred
to as honeydew, perhaps flatteringly.

The grey mouse lemur is one of the world's


tiniest primates, measuring about 15
centimetres in length. It is extremely active and
requires food that is high in energy. And, while
the sugar drops are tasty, they aren't filling.

A third of Madagascar's fossas have vanished in


the last 20 years as a result of human-caused
forest devastation. Just 3% of Madagascar's dry
woodland has survived. We have already
destroyed more than half of the woods that
previously thrived on our globe. We are losing
the species that formerly lived in them, and we
are also changing the temperature of the entire
planet.

ix. Chernobyl
One of the four reactors at the Chornobyl
nuclear power facility detonated in 1986. It
rendered this futuristic utopia a ghost town.
Nearly 100,000 individuals were evacuated
instantly and will never return. For the next
20,000 years, the fallout zone has been
designated uninhabitable.

During a decade, greenery began to sprout in


the ruins of the city. Animals started to arrive as
the forest re-established itself. Throughout the
last 20 years, research has documented
populations of creatures identical to those
found in Europe's wilder regions.
No unprotected human being can stay here for
an extended period without being killed.
Nevertheless, by forcing us away, the radiation
has made room for animals to return. The
remarkable recolonization of Chornobyl in
barely 30 years demonstrates the forests'
incredible endurance.

With enough time and space, forests have the


potential to replenish the world with many of
the rich and diverse groups of animals and
plants that we have lately depleted.

A future with more forests is key to the


resilience of our planet.

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