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  1. Watermark (2013)

    Director
    Jennifer Baichwal; Edward Burtynsky
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £19.99

    Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky team to co-direct Watermark, an environmentally conscious documentary that examines the relationship between mankind and water. The filmmakers travel to various...

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  2. Waking the Green Tiger (2012)

    Director
    Gary Marcuse
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 78 minutes), C$250.00

    Seen through the eyes of activists, farmers, and journalists Waking the Green Tiger follows an extraordinary campaign to stop a huge dam project on the upper Yangtze river in southwestern China. Featuring...

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  3. Up the Yangtze (2008)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 93 minutes), £14.99

    The Three Gorges Dam, the largest engineering project since the Great Wall and hotly contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle, provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for UP THE YANGTZE, a dramatic...

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  4. Harvesting Water: The Permaculture Way (2007)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £29.95

    Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and swale system on a client’s small acre farm. Every detail is covered as Geoff and his students build a water harvesting system using the design principles of...

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  5. Between Two Villages (2006)

    aka: Entre Deux Villages Entre Duas Terras

    Director
    Muriel Jaquerod; Eduardo Saraiva Pereira
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £50.00

    The film tells the story of the village of Aldeia da Luz, population 330, which is due to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few...

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  6. Niger, The: A Lifeline (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), £8.39

    This documentary examines the consequences of large scale dam construction on biodiversity, hydrological regimes, livelihoods and traditional cultures in the Inner Niger Delta, Mali.

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  7. Damming the Euphrates (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Environmental science

    In June 2000, the world media gave extensive coverage to the flooding of the Euphrates River behind a dam in southeast Turkey. As the waters rose, Zeugma, an important Roman city containing high quality...

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  8. Drowned out (2004)

    Director
    Fanny Armstrong
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes + over 240 minutes of extras), £100.00

    Shot over three years with no budget or electricity, DROWNED OUT tells the true story of one family’s inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. The people of Jalsindhi in...

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  9. To Dam or Not to Dam (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) UK education

    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...

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  10. World Water Resources (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 2000 sale: £47.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Examines global issues surrounding the world’s water resources - availability, distribution, access, consumption and challenges for the future - and uses three case studies to explore them: 1) China: the...

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