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Red Grouse: A Case Study (1986 Video)

Producer

Stuart Carter

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

A long-term investigation into factors affecting the number of red grouse on Scottish heather moors. Dr Adam Watson of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, who has studied the grouse since 1956 describes...

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Moving Image Gateway: Recent updates

Date

18 Feb 2015, 09:44

Author

Andrew Ormsby

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,650 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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Desert Ecology (1986 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Filmed in 1984 at the Chihuahuan Desert field station at Mapimi in Northern Mexico in collaboration with members of the Institute of Ecology (Mexico). Shows the main features of the desert environment and...

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Tropical Forest: The Conundrum of Co-Existence (1996 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the biodiversity, structure and function of a tropical forest and advances three current ideas to explain how so many species of plants and animals can co-exist in such remarkable profusion. Filmed...

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Life in a Tropical Forest (1971 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows aspects of life in a tropical rain forest on Barro Colorado in Panama which is used as a base for scientific investigation under the Smithsonian Institute. Illustrates the diversity of animals and...

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Uncanny Strangers: Catering for Nature Conservation in Southwest Madagascar (2009)

Director

David Picard

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 46 minutes), £50.00

Filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar, UNCANNY STRANGERS provides insight into the relationships between the villagers and various human and non-human ‘strangers’ - ancestor and...

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Three Films from Eastern Indonesia (2006)

Director

James J Fox; Patsy Asch; Timothy Asch

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £50.00

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Chomskian Abstract

Director

Cornelia Parker

Subject

Art; Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 42 minutes), £9.99

Environmental disaster is something that particularly concerns Cornelia Parker. Parker’s work explores the idea that humankind is subject to unstoppable natural forces, with the idea that the world is now...

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Tropical Rain Forest (1986 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Shows some important ecological features of a tropical evergreen rain forest in Mexico. Filmed at Los Tuxtlas, Southern Veracruz, Mexico, at the forest reserve of the University of Mexico Institute of...

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Kayapo, The (1987 Video)

Director

Michael Beckham

Producer

Michael Beckham

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The lives of the Kayapo tribe of Brazil changed dramatically in 1982 when gold was found on their land and 3000 Brazilians invaded their territory to excavate one of the largest gold mines in the world. The...

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