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  1. Vanishing Earth (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Andrews
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

    Two-part documentary about the importance of soil and water. Part 1: Shows how mismanagement of land can lead to soil erosion and drought. Part 2: Shows methods of alleviating the problem and demonstrates...

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  2. Soils (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Adrian Bayley of the Field Studies Coucil takes three students on a field investigation of soils on the Ercall, a hill containing four of the five distinctive soil types to be found in the UK: ranker,...

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  3. Tropical Rainforests: The Impact of Roads (2018)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £45.00

    This programme follows indigenous environmental campaigner as he introduces you to his rainforest world and explores the threats facing it. The programme considers the value of rainforests, both locally and...

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  4. Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, The (2016)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £49.00

    This DVD takes the viewer on a visual journey through the extraordinary biodiversity of the amazon rainforest, providing examples of adaptation, stratification and competition. From the forest floor to high...

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  5. Big River/King Corn (Classroom Version) (2010)

    Director
    Aaron Woolf
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 27 + 50 minutes), $295.00

    BIG RIVER is a companion film to KING CORN about the ecological consequences of industrial agriculture. This DVD contains a shortened (50 minute) classroom version of KING CORN (the full version is available...

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  6. From Ashes to Forest (1984)

    Director
    Tony Lanzelo
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), on application

    For centuries the idea of the forest fire as a destructive force has been perpetuated and, where possible, fires have been suppressed in order to protect the environment, the populace and the economy. Filmed...

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  7. Decomposition (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    What happens to the leaves which fall in an oak woodland? The decomposition of leaves, and the recycling of the mineral nutrients back to the trees, is a complex process carried out by millions of tiny...

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  8. No Place to Hide (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Filmed in Sudbury, Ontario, this programme illustrates the effects of mineral extraction and processing on the environment. The example used is nickel, and contrasts are drawn between two periods. In the...

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  9. Trees of Plenty (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    Neil McKee
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Nepal, the Central American rain forests of Costa Rica and in Nigeria, slash-and-burn farming methods are showing long-term harmful effects. Where trees have been cleared the top soil becomes eroded and...

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  10. Decade of Destruction: Storms of the Amazon (1986 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Roger James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Argues that deforestation will change the climate of the Amazonia and its surrounding regions. Trees push moisture into the atmosphere, thus generating rainfall, which can be used by all plants. Cutting the...

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