Banking Nature

Banking Nature investigates the commercialization of the natural world. Protecting our planet has become big business with companies promoting new environmental markets. This involves species banking, where investors buy up vast swathes of land, full of endangered species, to enable them to sell ‘nature credits’. Companies whose actions destroy the environment are now obliged to buy these credits and new financial centres have sprung up, specializing in this trade. Many respected economists believe that the best way to protect nature is to put a price on it.

Director Bio
Denis Delestrac is one of Europe’s most bankable non‐fiction directors.  His films unstitch the hidden mechanics of our society. His exposure of controversial issues has sparked public debate and influenced political decision‐making, positioning him as one of the most influential investigative filmmakers of this decade. His master‐classes have been imparted in festivals and universities across Europe, Latin America, the U.S., and Africa. Delestrac resides in Barcelona.

Sandrine Feydel works as a journalist for France 3. Her previous film The Mermaids’ Tears: Oceans of Plastic toured at numerous festivals and was broadcast on 30 channels. She has spent the past two years researching eco‐markets and working on her new film Banking Nature which she is co‐directing with Denis Delestrac.