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"Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs" An investigative video into the Thailand shrimp industry. Thailand is the world's largest exporter of shrimp. Here over 60% of the mangroves have been cleared for shrimp farms, reefs have been turned into underwater wastelands, and reports of forced labor are prevelant. View the video at International Reporting.

"Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR)". This photo story explains the implementation process of MAP's Ecological Resource Restoration (EMR) demonstration site in Talay Nok Village in Ranong Province, Thailand. MAP staff worked closely with community members to restore by hand digging an abandoned shrimp pond back to mangroves including some Nypa Palm seedling planting.
Running time: 10 min / 2009

"Education in the Mangroves". Photographer and videographer Sean Gallagher, travels to South-East China to report on a project aiming to save the remaining pockets of mangroves in China, on assignment for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

"Hope in a Changing Climate" by John Dennis Liu.

"It's All A Lie!" A film on the shrimp farm industry in Brazil and its negative effects on local communities. Portugeuse with English subtitles.

"Mangroves: The Roots of the Sea". This film can be found online on
the Science Bulletins website.
To obtain a copy of the film or for additional information, contact the Science Bulletins department directly via email at:
http://www.amnh.org/sciencebulletins/contact_us.php

"Mangrove Rebirth" A short video on the rehabilitation programme in one of the most scenic and remote corners of Indonesia's vast archipelago. The Mangrove Action Project is working to restore some of the 70 per cent of mangrove forests that have been lost to pollution, shrimp farming, and logging.

"Murky Waters - Shrimp Farming in Bangladesh"
The corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degredation caused by the shrimp industy exposed.
http://www.linktv.org/video/7119

"Selling Indonesia's Coast for Cheap Prawns and Profit". The Ecologist Film Unit (Jim Wickens) article now online via The Ecologist.

The "Story of Cap & Trade" is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution - emissions trading - on the negotiating table at Copenhagen and in other capitals. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what's really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you've heard about Cap & Trade, but aren't sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

"Swamp Tigers From the Sundarbans" is a 6 part film series on youtube. The Tiger (Panthera tigris), a member of the Felidae family. Native to much of eastern and southern Asia, the tiger is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. Reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in total length, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds), and having canines up to 4 inches long, the larger tiger subspecies are comparable in size to the biggest extinct felids. Aside from their great bulk and power, their most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes that overlays near-white to reddish-orange fur, with lighter underparts.

"Threatened Waters" A video series on China's wetlands by Sean Gallagher. China’s wetlands cover some 65 million hectares, ranking first in Asia and representing ten percent of the world’s total wetlands. A quiet crisis is occurring however as these important waters are quickly disappearing.

"Young Voices on Climate Change" is a film series featuring young people who are making a difference! They are shrinking the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities. You, too, can do something about global warming!