“Flames of Dispossession.” Fires caused by the plantation business in Chile

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A documentary produced by the audiovisual collective, Ojo de Treile, shows how industrial monoculture plantations in southern Chile have been causing mega-droughts and voracious forest fires.

The industrial model of monculture brings with it a legacy of violence, dispossession and destruction.

The plantation and pulp industries have been supported by government policies in Chile, and they continue to expand their detrimental impacts. Watch the video in Spanish here.