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  1. Molecule Mine, The (1990 Video)

    Director
    Chris Warren
    Producer
    Jenny Ranson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how Western scientists are drawing on the knowledge of the native inhabitants of tropical rain forests to examine new species of plants previously unknown to them - plants that could provide new...

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  2. Green Animation Video (199 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. ?? min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    A compilation of 25 short animated films on environmental topics, including pollution, waste, acid rain, forests and urban development.

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  3. Mountains of Gold (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Economics; Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1993 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the role of the EEC, the World Bank, and multinational mining companies in the destruction of the Amazon forest and how it is related to Brazil’s national debt? Filmed over four years at Sossego,...

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  4. Battle for the Planet (7 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bo Landin
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. Standard formats. col. 208, 156 min. Tape 1 contains programmes 1-4; tape 2 contains programmes 5-7.

    A seven-part series with each programme presenting a personal view of a major issue, followed by responses from grass-roots groups in different countries, and concluded with discussion relating the issue to...

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  5. Baka, People of the Rain Forest (4 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Phil Agland
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 104 min.

    About the Baka ('Pygmy’) people and their life in the tropical rainforest. Offers no analysis but sets out to show the Baka through the strong personalities of three central characters: Licano, a man in...

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  6. 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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  7. Price of Progress, The (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

    Documents the effects of World Bank-funded projects on the environment and tribal peoples worldwide. These projects include the Poloroeste project in South America (building a road through a Brazilian rain...

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  8. Extremadura: Spain’s Forgotten Forest (1986 Film)

    Producer
    Jeremy Bradshaw
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Extremadura is a 200-square-mile region in western Spain near the Portuguese border and one of the few remaining areas in Western Europe which is a refuge for the Imperial eagle and the wolf. The region is...

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  9. 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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  10. 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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