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  1. Last of the Hiding Tribes, The (1998 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

    Adrian Cowell traces the history of three tribes of the Amazon rainforest that are on the edge of extinction: the Panara, the Uru Eu Wau Wau, and the Ava-Canoeiro. The films focus on the dramas of...

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  2. Return from Extinction (1998 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. 60 min.

    First programme in a trilogy documenting the fight for survival of an ancient tribe agains the relentless advance of modern man. This programme concerns the various threats to the Amazonian Panara by contact...

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  3. Banking on Disaster (1987 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min., 1998 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Documents the destruction of parts of the South American rainforest as the land is opened up by new roads and the forest is cleared to make way for coffee plantations and cattle ranches. As the settlers move...

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  4. Decade of Destruction (1986 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Roger James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 52 min., 1993 sale: £40.00 (+ VAT +p&p)

    An account of the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest in Brazil. The destruction of the world’s tropical forests is the greatest single threat to the stability of environmental systems on our planet....

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  5. Decade of Destruction: Mechanics of the Forest (1986 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Roger James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    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...

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  6. Decade of Destruction: Storms of the Amazon (1986 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Roger James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    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...

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  7. Tribe That Hides from Man, The (1970 Film)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 67 minutes), £9.18

    The search for the Kreen-Akrore tribe, in the Amazon jungles of Brazil, led by Orlando and Claudio Villas Boas, famed for their pioneering expeditions into uncharted areas of the Amazon basin where, for over...

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