Learning on ScreenDecade of Destruction: Storms of the Amazon
- Synopsis
- 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 jungle causes runoff which washes away the top soil and leads to desertification. Includes satellite pictures and time-lapse footage of storms.
- 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 from the DECADES OF DESTRUCTION series.
- Uses
- Discussion primer for courses on ecology or conservation. Geographers and climatologists may find it useful as background material.*
- 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
- 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.
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