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Amazon (2008)

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

In this series, anthropologist and adventurer Bruce Parry journeys the length and breadth of the largest river in the world - the Amazon. Tracing the giant river from its origins high in the Andes to its...

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Columbia rainforest expedition (1977)

Genre

Interview

Captain John Saunders is interviewed about an expedition (beginning June 1977) rafting down the Rio Caqueta, a tributary of the Amazon, to conduct scientific projects in the border area of Columbia and...

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The Tribe that Hid from Man

Date

25 Jun 2014, 08:06

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Adrian Cowell’s award-winning 1970 documentary The Tribe That Hides From Man about the Kreen-Akrore Indians is now available on DVD. Dr Elizabeth Ewart of the University of Oxford has gone to Brazil to...

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Life in the Amazon (1992 Video)

aka: Vivre en Amazonie

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Looks at the Huni Kui people who live deep in the Amazonian rainforest in harmony with their environment - a free society who follow the rhythm of the seasons, the rain, the river, the feasts and the farming.

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Amazon Abyss (2010)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

out of distribution

Five-part series of 30-minute programmes in which Mike deGruy and Kate Humble lead an international team of scientists and divers as they search for species new to science in the Amazon River. They discover...

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Jack Temple on Columbia rainforest expedition (1977)

Genre

Interview

Jack Temple is interviewed about his forthcoming Columbia rainforest expedition and its archaeological, ecological and medical aims. The interviewer is Chris Hourmouzious.

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Amazon, The: A Living Forest (1996 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Geography

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 2001 sale: £21.00 (inc VAT +p&p)

Looks at the importance of the Amazon region in Brazil and what development means for the region. The four section of the video focus on: the forest - the eco-system of the Amazon; human occupation; the...

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Amazon Rainforest (1993 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £28.75 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the changes that the Amazon rainforest is undergoing. Oil companies and settlers are upsetting the delicate balance in the forest, home to indigenous people for ten thousands years. The Huaorani...

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Impact of Tourism 5, The: Ecotourism in the Amazon (2002)

Subject

Development studies; Economics

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 min), £120 + VAT +p&p

In the past tourism in Brazil was all about sun and sand. Now Brazil is actively promoting the Amazon as an attraction with the aim of bringing money and jobs to the locals. Asks how tourism will affect one...

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Amazon Crude (2009)

Subject

Environmental science; Law

Scott Pelley reports on a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over oil drilling pollution. Chevron is America’s third largest company behind ExxonMobil and WalMart. One way it became that big was by buying Texaco...

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