Learning on ScreenTo Dam or Not to Dam
- Synopsis
- Focuses on the findings of the World Commission on Dams, launched by Nelson Mandela in November 2000. Visits three countries to investigate the effects of the dams built there. In Brazil and Thailand local people were found not to have been consulted, and not to have benefited from the dams, which destroyed their livelihoods. Norway, by contrast, has been successfully building dams with minimal adverse effects for the last hundred years. This seems to be due to a combination of full accountability on decisions made, public participation in policy-making and innovative solutions to the threat of environmental degradation.
- Series
- Earth Report, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. min.
- Year of production
- 2000
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) UK education
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC World from 13/11/00.
- Subjects
- Development studies; Environmental science
- Keywords
- dams; environmental issues
Production Company
- Name
Television Trust for the Environment
- Notes
- Now known as TVE
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
TVE
- General email: tve@tve.org.uk.Sales and outreach: distribution@tve.org.uk
- Web
- http://tve.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 91 (11) 26 410 684
- Address
- 46 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QJ - Notes
- TVE works with partners globally to produce films on environment and development issues, as well as health and human rights. Most of the 600 films are available for sale on DVD for educational use. Previously known as Television Trust for the Environment.
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