Decade of Destruction: Mechanics of the Forest

Synopsis

A tenth of the world’s species live in Amazonia, feeding off each other, pollinating each other, dependent in a web of life. A botanist and a zoologist explain and show the delicate balance between plant and animal life in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon. To survive a forest must be of a certain minimum size. If the present rate of tree felling continues, it will have a major effect on the balance of nature. Shows the experimental forest patches (islands) of different size in a developing expanse of farmland.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

Sale

Notes

Available also for sale from Central Independent Television on a tape with other programmes in the DECADE OF DESTRUCTION series.

Uses

Courses on tropical biology; courses on ecology dealing with island biogeography*

Subjects

Environmental science; Geography

Keywords

Amazon river; ecosystems; rain forests; South America; tropical rain forest ecosystems

Credits

Director

Adrian Cowell

Producer

Roger James

Production Company

Name

Central Independent Television

Notes

use Carlton UK Television

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.