Outback Resilience: Australia's Ancient Solutions to Modern Desertification | SLICE EARTH | FULL DOC

Australia is struck on two fronts by numerous hardships: the areas bordering the desert are huge meat factories, the heart of the desert is consumed by a dramatic proliferation of animals introduced by the colonists, and are now left to their own devices.

The country is experiencing an increase of all the extremes: sand storms, bush fires, droughts, flash floods, extreme temperatures, poor soil, lack of drinking water ... With a 0.9°C temperature increase since 1910, the continent fights daily with climate change.

The inhabitants arm themselves against the elements: important ocean water desalination factories to produce drinking water and thus fight against drought, the reintroduction of burning methods practised by the First Nations people in the past, and livestock farmers’ methods aiming at being more environmentally friendly.

Faced with urgency, the government sends scientists to converse with the aborigines for a sharing of know-how. They discover some of their secrets.

Documentary: Planet Sand – Episode 4: Australia, The Desert Continent (2016)
Directed by Thierry Berrod & Quincy Russell
Production: Mona Lisa Productions

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