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The Disappearing of Tuvalu: Trouble In Paradise
written by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 and Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; directed by Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; produced by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 1 hour 13 mins
A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhatta...
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written by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 and Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; directed by Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; produced by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 1 hour 13 mins
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A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhattan – spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millennia. A detailed o...
A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhattan – spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millennia. A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhattan – spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millenia. The warm-spirited and highly community-oriented people of this ex-British colony struggle to survive economically while confronting the likelihood of having to evacuate their homeland en masse within the next 50 years. As the industrial world just begins to address the threat and causes of global warming, rising seas and increasingly violent changes in climate have already left their marks on this poor island nation. The government of Tuvalu and other concerned organizations are directing their pleas for solutions to the wealthy countries whose high pollution emissions could be the central human contribution to this phenomenon. Observation, narration, and interviews with Tuvalu citizens from various walks of life flesh out a full portrait of a unique community confronting a dubious future on the front lines of a global environmental assault.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004, Christopher Horner, fl. 1983, Hilia Vavae, Dr. Sarah Hemstock, Sir Tauripi Lauti, Enele Sopoaga, Lambert Wilson, 1958-
Author / Creator
Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004, Christopher Horner, fl. 1983
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Lambert Wilson, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Tuvaluan, Islands, Floods, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Pollution, Environment, Climate, Ocean waves, Climate change, Waste disposal, Kyoto Protocol, December 11, 1997, Ethnography, Tuvaluans
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A Model for Conservation
written by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; directed by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; produced by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 18 mins
Operation Wallacea is a UK based group of scientists who have established a conservation strategy with outposts in 6 areas of the world which they consider to be 'biodiversity hotspots'. A rainforest area of the Island of Buton, off the south coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the locus of this video. Operation Wal...
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written by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; directed by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; produced by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 18 mins
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Operation Wallacea is a UK based group of scientists who have established a conservation strategy with outposts in 6 areas of the world which they consider to be 'biodiversity hotspots'. A rainforest area of the Island of Buton, off the south coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the locus of this video. Operation Wallacea's scientists have been active here for a number of years, operating by a 4 stage process in which they survey the level of biolog...
Operation Wallacea is a UK based group of scientists who have established a conservation strategy with outposts in 6 areas of the world which they consider to be 'biodiversity hotspots'. A rainforest area of the Island of Buton, off the south coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the locus of this video. Operation Wallacea's scientists have been active here for a number of years, operating by a 4 stage process in which they survey the level of biological diversity, plan ways to maintain it, help the local people develop strategies to maintain income without harming the ecology and work to obtain grants to help development in the local area.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-, Maria Liston
Author / Creator
Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Maria Liston
Topic / Theme
British, Indonesian, Planting, Flowers, Wild animals, Biological anthropology, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Scientific research, Forests, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Monkeys, Ethnography, Indonesians
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Sastun: My Apprenticeship With A Maya Healer
written by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; directed by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; produced by Eva Langsdorff, 1977- and Guido Verweyen, 1972- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2002), 20 mins
Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti.
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written by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; directed by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; produced by Eva Langsdorff, 1977- and Guido Verweyen, 1972- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2002), 20 mins
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Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti. Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio P...
Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti. Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti. While learning his secrets during her apprenticeship she unearthed her lifes work: to preserve Don Elijio's ancient healing knowledge and to bridge the gap between science and traditional healer's wisdom. Funded by the National Cancer Institute in New York, Rosita Arvigo is in a race against time, scouring the tropical rain-forests of Central America in search of cures for many deadly diseases like AIDS and Cancer, before they are wiped out by deforestation.
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Date Written / Recorded
2001
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Guido Verweyen, 1972-, Dr. Michael Balick, Dr. Greg Shropshire, Don Elijio Panti, 1893-1996, Dr. Rosita Arvigo, Eva Langsdorff, 1977-, Julie Adams
Author / Creator
Guido Verweyen, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Julie Adams
Person Discussed
Dr. Rosita Arvigo, Don Elijio Panti, 1893-1996
Topic / Theme
Maya, Forests, Alternative medicine, Shamanism, Herbalism, Botany, Maya people, Conservation of natural resources, Rainforests, Ethnobotany, Ethnography, Mayan
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