Nickel Island (The)
details
- Production
- 2007, France
- Original language
- French
- Running time
- 00:52:00
- Genre
- documentary
- Topic
- future, environment
- Directed by
- Patrick Desenne
- Written by
- Patrick Desenne
- Produced by
- Europimages / France 5 / Institut de la Recherche pour le Développement
Jewel of the marine and terrestrial biodiversity, New Caledonia, is home to rare species. And one of the largest world reserves of nickel, the first resource of the island, where extraction and processing can have a significant environmental impact.
Between protection of a unique and economic windfall, populations, communities, industries are turning to scientists ... This film demonstrates, in beautiful landscapes, the role of science, facing sustainable development.
Selected at Pariscience 2007
See the showing : Saturday 13th October 2007 from 13h15 to 15h00