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The Amazon is a vast laboratory for sustainable experiments that are unveiling new rela­tionships among human beings, corporations, and this natu­ral heritage that is crucial for life on the planet. This is where the guidelines are being drawn up for a new global eco­nomic model: the green economy. With astonishing cinematography and soundtrack, Eternal Amazon presents a critical analysis of how the world’s largest tropi­cal rainforest is understood and utilized. Exploring the Amazon’s five million square kilometers–home to 20% of the world’s freshwater reserves–the film asks whether it is possible for humans to make sustainable use of the rainforest, fea­turing nine successful proj­ects for sustainable forest use that directly benefits the local population and fosters good economic partnerships. Activities such as agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry and extraction are unraveled under the support of experts, includ­ing economist Sergio Besser­man, ecologists Bertha Becker and Virgilio Viana, as well as testimony of Amazonians. It portrays the daily lives of the forest people as the guardians of this great natural heritage that could last into eternity, if properly managed.