What motivates a doctor or an artist to chain themselves to trees and risk jail time?
Hundreds of ordinary citizens are volunteering in a battle to protect an ancient rainforest in the Australian state of Tasmania. They are determined to stop the construction of a tailings dam by a Chinese mining company, saying it threatens endangered wildlife and 500-year-old trees.
Despite tough new penalties for protesters, they are prepared to break the law for their beliefs.
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