Hope in a changing climate - for iPad/Mac/PC

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Hope in a changing climate

2009-12-0801:22

A short introduction to this album.

Academic introduction to the 'Hope in a changing climate' film

2009-12-0804:25

Leading academics Joe Smith and Vince Gauci discuss some of the key issues highlighted in the film.

China's Loess Plateau

2009-12-0812:07

Loess is a thin soil. When it is dry it is whisked up into great sand storms, which blight Beijing and other cities. As part of the restoration project farmers were paid to keep their cattle off the hillsides. The results are astounding, the farmers now grow high value cash crops and the air is cleaner.

Ethiopia's re-vegetation

2009-12-0806:25

The land of Tigrai a village in Ethiopia has been degraded by centuries of subsistence farming. Eroded gulley's of dry mud show the force of floods that poured down the hillside when the rain came. Once the floods had gone, drought followed. Now after five years these once barren gulley's are green and rich with vegetation.

Rwanda's environmental restoration

2009-12-0810:36

Rwanda is the watershed for the White Nile and Congo river, but until now the rain water ran straight off the hillsides, eroding soil and famine became a possibility. Because the government intervened early, little serious erosion occurred, the hydro-electric dams are filling up and the hillside is revegetated.

Rwanda's water source

2009-12-0803:38

Alex Mulisa from the Poverty Environment Initiative talks about the significance of Rwanda to the survival of the river Nile and how acting locally has given Rwandans hope.

Loess Plateau's success: The Wang Family

2009-12-0802:47

Three generations of the Wang family have harvested peanuts, which grown among their carrots. Their income has risen four fold. They grow nine different fruits, vegetables and cereals. It's no longer a matter of survival, as they now make money from their produce.

An interview with the Rwandan President H.E. Paul Kagame

2009-12-0805:13

President Kagame's looks at the way forward, 'there is no excuse for anybody to continue to cause damage to our planet'. Presidents Kagame's message is that people are the solution and that people who pollute more, pay more, and people who pollute less are rewarded.

Ethiopia: Trees for life

2009-12-0804:03

Professor Legesse Negash reveals how restoring Ethiopia's mountains is of regional, national and international importance.

Ethiopia: all in the soil

2009-12-0804:55

Professor Legesse Negash shows John Liu how in five years he has managed to turn an old tarmaced highway into rich fertile land with organic soil and natural vegetation.

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Hope in a changing climate - for iPad/Mac/PC