Visit: https://youtu.be/wC4zp0jdo9Q for a video of this episode! "Forest Keepers: Science, Spirituality & Conservation among the Batak Tribe" given by J. Scott Dodds, filmmaker & ethnographer at the Bryant Lake Bowl on February 21th, 2017. "Scott Dodds is an award-winning ethnographic filmmaker. For the past 20 years, he has worked with anthropologists and environmentalists in following the Batak, a gather-hunter group in the Philippines. Batak live in fear of vengeful forest spirits who take retribution on anyone who doesn't respect the forest or wastes its resources. As a result, they have developed not only a highly detailed knowledge of the natural environment but also techniques for harvesting forest products sustainably. This has not been lost on environmental scientists, who are working with the Batak to conserve the forest while protecting them from commercial forest harvesters and encroaching farmers."