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Biodiversity and the natural environment
Ailuk Atoll - Marshall
Islands
- A presentation on the pristine environment of Ailuk, her beauty
and her people. Images accompaned by music from Brother C.
Alega Bay: American
Samoa marine reserve
- Marine conservation in Alega Bay, American Samoa. Alega Bay is located
on a tiny isle in the south pacific called American Samoa. Tisa, local
land & business owner, dedicates her life to the preservation of her
world, as it should be.
Arnavon Islands, Solomon
Islands
- The Arnavons are part of the Solomon Islands of the south Pacific
Ocean. While relatively small islands, they host an array of distinct
habitats and rare species incl. megapode birds.
Baby sea turtle hatches
- This little guy struggled for over 20 minutes to get out of his
egg. Usually the hatchlings are able to get out while they are buried
in the sand. This little one was on the sand when we found him. Great
close up filming of a baby sea turtel hatching.
The Big Sea
- Off the coast of the Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia,
second oldest declared national park after Yellowstone, USA, is the Tasman
Sea, South Pacific. Here is a representation of the abundant sea life
to be found in this tranquil water world that is far way from the wars
of mankind.
Biodiversity in
Fiji
- Extraordinary images of Fiji's marine biodiversity set to some
pretty cool music.
Biodiversity in
Papua New Guinea: threats to biodiversity ; what
does it mean to you? ; what
does it mean to papua New Guineans?
- Papua New Guinea is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet,
with hundreds if not thousands of new species left to be discovered and
described. It still has many areas untouched by man that are examples
of the richness and diversity of nature at its best. We asked residents
of Papua New Guinea what they think are the major threats to the biodiversity
in their country. Here are their answers..
Biodiversity in
Timor-Leste
- short video feature on the biodiverstiy in Timor-Leste, with a focus
on the oceans and the need to protect the oceans through looking after
the environment. Tetun Language
Birds of paradise
[Papua New Guinea]
- Beautiful footage from Papua New Guinea of birds of paradise.
Video: ChallengeCoralReef,
St Josephs Tenaru School, Solomon Islands.
- SPREP with key partners, is pleased to announce challengecoralreef,
a regional competition for schools to develop and implement plans to protect
reefs in their local community. Saint Joseph Catholic Secondary School
Tenaru from Solomon Islands out-conserved 10 other school groups from
around the Pacific region to become the ChallengeCoralReef champion.
Cleaner Shrimp In Papua
New Guinea
- "This is a video of my Masters research project for I did for
Marine Biology degree while in Papua New Guinea. There were hundreds of
cleaner shrimp living on anemones, and many fish visited the shrimp to
be cleaned. The shrimp remove parasites and keep the fish healthy."
Coral paradise - Majuro
- Majuro Atoll is one of the most beautiful coral paradise in the
Pacific. Beautiful images set to music.
Coral triangle initiative
[WWF]
- a short video about the coral triange and the coral triangle initiative
Corals at low tide -
Fiji
- This video was shot outside of Lautoka, Viti Levu in the Fiji islands
of the corals at low tide out of the water. Informative look at a coral
reef at low tide.
Dancing Fish
- The Georgia Aquarium and The Nature Conservancy are working with
the people of the Solomon Islands to help protect their coral reefs. There
is no better way to convey the magic of the islands than to combine the
music of the islanders with the rhythms of the fish. Beautiful images
set to music.
Dugong in Vanuatu
- This sea creature is a dugong, which we filmed underwater while
it fed on sea grass in a remote bay in Vanuatu. Images of dugong set to
music.
Fruitbats
of American Samoa
- Educational Video made by the National Parks Service (U.S.)
Glimpses of a pristine
ocean [Tedtalks]
- Enric Sala shares glorious images -- and surprising insights and
data -- from some of the most pristine areas of the ocean. He shows how
we can restore more of our oceans to this healthy, balanced state, and
the powerful ecological and economic benefits of doing so.
Humpback Ballet - Cousteau
divers film close encounter
- In the warm protected waters of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
National Marine Sanctuary, two thirds of the North Pacific humpback whale
population come to compete and mate. In this short film, Cousteau divers
use rebreathers to quietly film a pod of humpback whales. Beautiful images
set to music.
Kingman Reef pristine
coral wilderness [Kiribati]
- Kingman reef in the remote Line Islands provide a glimpse into the
past, what coral reefs were like before human intervention. EDF scientist
Rod Fujita narrates.
Invasive Ants: Threat
to Pacific Livelihoods & Biodiversity
- Invasive ant species, including the red imported fire ant, have
caused biological and economic damage ecosystems around the world. Many
island ecosystems are threatened by the arrival of this invasive species
of ant, but established learning networks are working to prevent their
invasion by sharing management expertise and prevention techniques.
Island Invaders
- the story of seabird islands, their importance, and the invaders that
threaten them. Shot over a period of three years (with much of the footage
captured by SEAPRE scientists in the field), ISLAND INVADERS describes
•The importance of seabird islands
•The impacts of predators on seabirds and their islands
•Predator eradication
•Island recolonization and restoration
•The importance of community involvement to seabird island conservation
Produced by the independent production company Scientific Outreach
Media for the SEAPRE Research Coordination Network with support from the
National Science Foundation and the Institute of Arctic Biology at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Jellyfish Creature Feature
- visit to a marine lake in Palau. This is part of an educational
series for kids of all ages.
Jellyfish Lake in Palau
- Beautiful images of jellyfish lake set to music.
Kimbe [PNG]
- The coral reefs around Walindi are extraordinarily rich. A recent
coral count of Kimbe Bay revealed an incredible 413 species of hard coral.
This is over half the total world species in one Bay, a truly remarkable
statistic which makes Kimbe Bay the "Coral Capital of the World".
Over 900 species of fish have been recorded and this number will continue
to grow as more research is done.
Kuhl's Lorikeet
Conservation: 'Ura: The Spirit of the Queen Pt 1, Pt
2, Pt 3
- In three parts, 'Ura: The Spirit of the Queen walks us through the
conservation of the Kuhl's Lorikeet and recent efforts to save this species
by moving it among spectacular South Pacific islands.
Leatherback Research Project
Leatherback Research
Project ; Leatherbacks:
Pacific upwelling and jellyfish (1/3), Leatherbacks:
variable Pacific ecosystems (2/3); Leatherbacks:
New Pacific questions (3/3);
- Leatherback Research Project. The absence of leatherbacks in Monterey
Bay for the first time since the studies began in 2000 raises questions
about the patterns of ocean processes, effects of climate change and the
fate of the leatherback in the Pacific.
Leatherback Research and Conservation
1/4 - Solomon Islands
Leatherback Turtles (1/4)
- The Solomon Islands leatherback turtle expedition begins at Sasakolo
Beach on Santa Isabel Island. Team members explain the purpose of the
research, meet local colleagues, and discuss the leatherback turtle conservation
and monitoring initiative in the Solomon Islands.
2/4 - Leatherbacks:
Litoghahira, Solomon Islands (2/4)
-The team prepares to attach a satellite-linked transmitter to a leatherback
turtle at Litoghahira Beach on Santa Isabel Island. Several of the leatherbacks
nesting on this beach are unusually large, highlighting the importance
of beach monitoring data.
3/4 - Leatherback: Satellite
Tracking Solomon Islands (3/4)
- The team attaches a satellite-linked transmitter and a Passive Integrated
Transponder (PIT tag) to a leatherback turtle at Litoghahira Beach on
Santa Isabel Island. A Solomon Islands biologist expresses the benefits
of collaboration with NOAA scientists.
4/4 - Leatherbacks:
Solomon Islands Conservation (4/4)
-The team visits Baniata Village at Rendova Island. Beaches adjacent
to this village once supported a large leatherback nesting population.
Today, a community-based conservation and monitoring program is working
to restore leatherbacks to these beaches.
Lessons
Learned in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, by Conservation International
The 10-minute video presents conservation experiences in protected
areas management, research and community engagement, patrolling, tourism,
and sustainable business in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Conservation
International invites you to watch the video "Lessons Learned in
the Eastern Tropical Pacific" available on YouTube (in Spanish with
English sub-titles):
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDTjRjYyhKg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1t9xTsuljY
The video presents conservation experiences in protected areas management,
research and community engagement, patrolling, tourism, and sustainable
business in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, which includes national waters
of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Costa Rica and is one of the most productive
oceans in the world.
New Caledonia; a
biodiversity gem of the South Pacific
- New Caledonian biodiversity and WWF's efforts to protect it.
New Caledonia: protecting
coral reefs [CRISP]
- With 20% of the ocean coral reefs already destroyed, almost all of the
world's lagoons are now endangered. Coral reefs are particularly sensitive
to global warming, overfishing and pollution but, in New Caledonia, they
are also threatened by industrial waste from a local nickel-mining complex.
Once I counted birds
[Cook Islands]
- This new film incorporates old footage taken on a biodiversity research
trip to Suwarrow; a remote, un-peopled atoll in the Cook Islands, South
Pacific, in 2000. Suwarrow is an important breeding place for seabirds
of all types including the rare and very large Masked Booby.
Our
mangroves our future pt 1 / pt
2 [Palau]
- This is the first video on mangroves in Palau and is a valuable
means of conveying information to people about the value of mangrove forests
and the need for sustainable use and management in the future.
Overview of the Nguna-Pele
Marine Protected Area [Vanuatu]
This video describes the local creation of a novel marine governance institution
in Vanuatu which strengthens local initiatives, but has the ability to
deal with larger-scale threats and marine resource challenges.
The Pacific in Cold
Blood - The Loggerhead Turtle
- A personal account that is both interesting and informative. "Loggerhead
Turtles feed mainly off jellyfish. Because of this, they are very suceptible
to rubbish (ie plastic bags) that are thrown into the ocean. I saw one
turtle behaving oddly and feared the worse (they usually die if they consume
a bag) but infact this guy just had some fishing line wrapped round him
and I was able to free him successfully."
Paradise Found: the Phoenix
Islands [Kiribati]
- Watch this amazing movie about the prisitine ecology of Kiribati's
Phoenix Islands. This is the story of two scientific expeditions to survey
the Phoenix Islands. Excellent movie also available on DVD [25 mins.]
* not YouTube.
Paradise in Palau
- Green mounds only a few metres apart rise out of the glassy, blue
sea. Under the water, fluorescent fish dart through strands of orange
corral. The island of Palau is a paradise on earth. It has been voted
number one wonder of the underwater world. But all this beauty faces the
threat of rampant tourism. Since independence in 1994, the people of Palau
are seeking to rePlace US funding with revenue from an ever expanding
tourist trade. Although, such economic growth will generate jobs, there
is great concern for the environment. Palau's second industry, fishing,
is also making an impact. As giant tunas are lifted by cranes from the
fishing boats, conservationist Noah Idechong is acting to safeguard fishing
stock. He has persuaded local chiefs to reinstate the "bul",
an ancient law which bans fishing in major breeding grounds. In revitalising
traditional customs, he has the support of Palau's vice president, Tommy
Remengesau. There is hope that this young nation will mature with its
environment and its cultural identity in tact. Informative.
Paradise Redefined Pt.1
; Paradise Redefined
Pt.2
- A journey to the Line Islands, a coral reef chain hidden in the
Central Pacific, forces scientists to revisit the definition of a pristine
environment . Informative.
Sea Turtle Tagging
on Nguna and Pele [Vanuatu]
- Describes how sea turtles are caught, tagged and released by the
Vanua'Tai monitors on Nguna and Pele islands in Vanuatu.
Seabirds
of the Pacific islands
- Educational video made by the National Parks Service (U.S.). Focus
on American Samoa and Hawaii.
Voyage of the lonely
turtle / monster jellies
- Giant 20-foot-long jellies are just one of the remarkable species
that share the vast Pacific Ocean with the loggerhead turtle. Excerpt
from PBS documentary.
War Wrecks of the Coral
Seas
- Sheltered in a quiet inlet, resting in less than 50 feet of water,
the Kasi Maru, a Japanese ship destroyed in World War II, has undergone
an extraordinary transformation. WAR WRECKS OF THE CORAL SEAS
reveals the unique ecosystems that evolved in war debris in the South
Pacific. Excerpt from PBS documentary.
Wild pacific - Fiji
- The Pacific Ocean is unimaginably vast. You could fit the whole of the
world’s landmasses into it with room left over for another Africa.
It stretches from the heat of the tropics to the sub-Antarctic - coral
gardens thrive in its warmest waters - and icebergs float in its coldest.
The distance between its islands can be huge, literally hundreds, even
thousands of miles. And yet, life made it there. This July, BBC Earth
brings to Blu-ray and DVD a stunning, high definition voyage of discovery
through this unique and fascinating oceanscape - Wild Pacific
Climate change
350 Islands for
Change
- In Auckland, Pacific Islanders wade out into the sea and hang up
350 T-shirts on a giant washing line, signifying that the Pacific Islands
are being hung out to dry. Each shirt has the name of a different island
printed on it. The event is part of the 350 International Day of Climate
Action, a global call to bring greenhouse gas pollution back down to a
level that is safe for survival.
Ad Jolet: our heritage
[Marshall Islands]
- Ad Jolet concerned individuals discuss how climate change is impacting
their Pacific homeland: The Marshall Islands.
Climate
change: our century’s challenge, our Pacific response [SPREP]
- 10 short films looking at climate change issues and impacts in the
Pacific
Climate
change: Pacific calling
- Maria Timon from Kiribati discusses how climate change is not only
a major environmental issue, but also an issue of human rights. Maria
is part of the Pacific Calling Project run by the Edmond Rice Centre,
which aims to build awareness within Australian communities about what
is happening to our pacific neighbours.
Climate Justice Tour
2005
- Friends of the Earth Australia invited Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria),
Fui Mataese (S'amoa) and Suila Tolua (Tuvalu) to tour the country telling
people how climate change and fossil fuel abuse was affecting their lives
and homes.
COP15 - UNFCCC Conference
of the Parties 15 - Pacific team updates
- Many videos posted by the Pacific tean present at the Conference of
the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
at Copengahen in December 2009.
Every
drop counts [Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea]
- Impacts of climate change on water resources in Carteret islands.
Global warming effects
on Carteret Island - pt. 1 ; Global
warming effects on Carteret Island - pt. 2
- Carteret Islands in the South Pacific are sinking. Is it due to
climate change or is global warming causing sea levels to rise? - excerpts
from That sinking feeling [PNG] (see link below).
Islands and climate
change (1/2); Islands
and climate change (2/2)
- Climate change is one of the most serious environmental problems
threatening our planet today. These videos examine its impacts on the
small and isolated island countries in the South Pacific of Kiribati and
Fiji. In this DVD, learn about the pioneering initiative in Fiji's Coral
Coast where coastal communities, environmentalists and the tourist sector
industry bonded together to protect the water resources and save the fringing
reef.
Islands going under
- The Carteret Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea are drowning
as a result of climate change related sea level rise. Informative illustration
of the effect of climate change on the Carteret Islands.
Kiribati
- Impacts of climate change on Kiribati. Striking images of high tides
in Kiribati. Personal accounts from those affected. Informative.
Kiribati faces doom
from rising sea levels
- ABC News documentary on the impact of climate change on Kiribati.
Many strong voices join
forces on climate change
- Driven by the need to protect the cultures and economies of countries
and regions most affected by climate change, representatives of Arctic
communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from the Caribbean,
and Pacific have formed an alliance called Many Strong Voices to press
for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Comments from
Taito Nakalevum, Pacific Regional Environment Programme, after the Many
Strong Voices workshop in Belize 27 - 30 may 2007.
Messages from Kiribat
- The AYCC talks with young people from Kiribati, in the central Pacific,
about how climate change is affecting their islands. This short video
sends a powerful message to all people to take greater action to ensure
people in the Pacific don't lose their cultures, land and way of life
due to climate change.
mmm...missing taro
[Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea]
- Jerryanne Hugo lives in the Carterets group of islands north of
Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. She talks about her and her community's
struggle with lack of fresh water and food caused by the impacts of rising
sea levels .
Modern
Day Uab
- A film combining animation and interviews about traditions and local
beliefs about climate change, and actual local actions for climate change
adaptation. The video shows how an ancient folktale from Palau is unfolding
again in today's world of GHG emissions and changing climate.
PACIFIC ISLANDS,
RISING SEA, CLIMATE CHANGE
- Tuvalu & Kiribati - Two of the smallest countries in the world,
Tuvalu and Kiribati could become the first victims of global warming as
these low-lying nations with ever increasing high tides are causing villagers
to abandon their homes. With total land area of 26 sq km and a population
of 12,000, this is one of the smallest countries in the world and its
average elevation of two meters makes Tuvalu extremely vulnerable to storms
and sea- level rise.
Pacific Politics
and Climate Change
- First screened on Fiji's Close Up programme, the film looks at the
politics behind the regional and global submissions and negotiations on
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Pacific Pulse -
talking climate change in Samoa
In this episode of Pacific Pulse, Bernadette Nunn talks to villagers from
Saoluafata on Samoas main island of Upolo about how theyre working together
to tackle the global problem of climate change at a very local level.
Pacific Pulse -
talking climate change in Tonga
- In this episode of Pacific Pulse, Tania Nugent is in Tonga as high
school students tell climate change scientists and international media
about their fears for the future as the changing climate impacts on the
Pacific. Bernadette Nunn talks to people from the low lying atolls
of Kiribati where rising sea levels are strengthening a commitment to
culture.
Paradise Lost
- For many island nations like Kiribati and Niue in the South Pacific,
climate change is already more than just a theory -- it is a pressing,
menacing reality. PBS video.
Paradise lost
[Niue excerpt]
- how the island nation Niue -- the smallest democracy in the world
-- is relying on techniques new and old to save itself from climate change.
This is a companion to the full NOW program "Paradise Lost,"
about global warming's effect on tiny islands in the South Pacific, an
effect that is not hypothetical, but a catastrophic reality.
Paradise under threat [Carteret islands, Papua New Guinea]
- A short personal story about the impacts of sea level rising on
a tiny atoll in the Pacific
Pohnpei, Micronesia
- Experiences of Global Warming
- Ben Namakin from Pohnpeii, Micronesia documents impacts of climate
change on his island home in the South Pacific. Ben is a WWF Climate Witness.
The President's
Dilemma
- The Pacific islands of Kiribati were among the last places to be
colonized by Man. But now rising sea levels mean they may be the first
to be abandoned. Should Kiribatis President Anote give in to climate change?
Or can he persuade his people to tough it out?
Protecting Micronesia
- It's the small island-nations in the Pacific Ocean that suffer most
from climate change: On the Marshall Islands, on Palau and other Micronesian
islands, people are faced with steadily rising sea levels. Coasts are
eroding and drinking water is becoming scarce. But the world is barely
aware of the problem. In this island paradise, a fight against time has
begun.
The Rising Tide:
Kiribati
- An excellent short documentary about the effects of global warming
on Kiribati, a nation of 33 coral atolls in the central Pacific.
That sinking feeling
[PNG]
- The Carterets in the Pacific will be the first islands in the world
to disappear because of global warming. Sea levels are rising at a phenomenal
rate and sea walls, have vanished under the tide. "The island's sinking",
laments one woman. "We see it with our own eyes". It's estimated
that by 2015, the Carteret Islands will disappear under the sea. Already,
the beaches are littered with fallen trees, their roots eroded by the
tide. Rising sea levels have made it impossible for the islanders to grow
anything apart from coconuts. They are now dependent on aid from PNG.
"Our houses are getting closer and closer to the sea", complains
one woman. "Maybe one day, a tidal wave will sweep everyone away".
The government plans to relocate people but many islanders refuse to move.
As one states; "If the island is lost, I'm lost too".
Submerged islands
- it has already begun
- As the climate continues to warm, entire islands are sinking below rising
waters caused from melting glaciers. Indeed there are many island nations
who are doomed already now, condemned if you want to disappear..
TOFIGA O PILI AAU - Part
1 , Part 2
[Community based climate change adaptation]
- Video features the initiatives of vulnerable communities to mitigate
the impacts of climate change on their environment, livelihoods and infrastructure.
The film was devised, planned, filmed, directed and in all other ways
undertaken by a group of 12 community representatives during a workshop
held in the villages of Fasito'otai and Fagamalo. amalo.
There once was an
Island
- This is a trailer for the climate change documentary "There
Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho". Four years in the making,
this film is the story of a Pacific Island community in Papua New Guinea
– their unique way of life and their fight to preserve what really
matters in the face of climate change, including a terrifying flood.
Tokelau:
Still Afloat on the High Seas (part 1) / (part
2)
- Tokelau - one of the most remote and beautiful islands of the Pacific
-- their want, their determination, is to be a living breathing example
of climate change adaptation rather than become a case-study of catastrophe.
Tonga grapples with
forces of man and nature
- Tonga, a remote chain of 176 lush islands spread over 500 miles
of the Pacific Ocean, faces potentially devastating effects from climate
change. As part of her series on small islands and climate change, Worldfocus
producer Megan Thompson visited Tonga and documented the government's
campaign to get the word out about the issue -- both at home and abroad.
Truth talking: voices
from the waves
- Global warming will raise sea levels, wreaking havoc on the small
island nations in the South Pacific. Some low-lying islands will be submerged
completely while others will suffer massive amage. These impacts will
change forever the Pacific islanders' natural environment, culture, livelihoods
and lifestyles -- all of which are intricately linked. The impact upon
Kiribati is examined. Informative.
Tuvalu - Islands on the frontline
of Climate Change
- With photography by Robin Hammond of Panos Pictures, this multimedia
piece looks at the island nation of Tuvalu, as the Tuvaluan people become
some of the first environmental refugees, a direct result of man-made
climate change.
Pollution, exploitation and mankinds adverse
impact upon the environment and ecosystems
After the Gold Rush
- As world leaders debate the causes and effects of global warming,
we take a look at yet another example of man's damaging behaviour on the
environment. In the light of BHP's decision to exit the giant Ok Tedi
gold and copper mine in Papua New Guinea, this weeks Journeyman documentary
asks what happens when a foreign mining company bails out of a big project
in a developing country? Who wins? Who loses? Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Picture
Collateral
Damage: Atomic Testing in the Marshall Islands
- Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. detonated 67 nuclear devices in
and around the Marshall Islands. The impact of these tests on the Marshallese
people was profound - in terms of both actual radioactive exposure and
the displacement of people from their home islands due to contamination
and to accommodate the U.S. military. This clip is excerpted from Episode
6 of "UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?", a ground-breaking
documentary series that looks at how the social, economic and physical
environments in which we are born, live, and work profoundly affect our
longevity and health.
Coral
reef fish danger
- BBC 'Blue Planet - Deep Trouble' team explain the environmental dangers
facing the world's shallow waters. With high demands for rare species
of fish, coral reefs are in danger of being fished out and deserted. Brilliant
natural world video.
The Dall's Porpoise
(The Largest Hunt Of Cetacean Species)
- The Dall's Porpoise is a uniquely marked black and white cetacean
species of marine mammal and is believed to be the fastest swimmer of
all the small cetacean species of marine mammals. They are only found
in the oceans of the North Pacific and travel in small groups of ten to
twenty animals. Unfortunately they are victims of the largest hunt of
any cetacean marine mammal pecies in the world.
Fifty ways to save
the Ocean
- Oceans cover approximately 75% of the world's surface and without
them the earth would die. The oceans sustain the life on this planet and
are essential to our health. The health of our oceans is being compromised
by accelerated human disturbances such as over fishing, pollution, global
warming and other environmental factors making the health of our oceans
a very serious cause for concern. "politicians respond to money"
"and they respond to votes" Eco journalist David Helvarg of
the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute, explains parts
of his written book '50 Ways to Save the Ocean' and how we can all make
small but significant actions to make sure they're preserved for our future
generations to enjoy.
The Great Pacific Garbage
Patch
An action-packed, web-based, animated show that inspires kids to take
real-world steps towards a healthier planet. The pilot episode, entitled
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which launched on Earth Day 2008, follows
the kids as they face a demented plot by Dr. Morton Huffelbot to create
an island of plastic bags in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In the show,
the kids travel to the island to observe the situation, go undercover
into the plastic bag factory and then foil the plot though multiple actions:
they spread their green message through their social networks, rally cities
to ban plastic bags, design a new eco-friendly bag and create awareness
through their original song “Bag the Bag (The Gyre Song).”
Runtime 7:42
view video - http://www.greengorilla.com/?p=3
Logging
in the Solomon Islands / pt2
- 101 East explores the dangers of logging in the Solomon Islands.
Managing Change:
Population Pressure in American Samoa
- A movie about population pressure in American Samoa .
Nguna
Pele MPA Battery Project [Vanuatu]
- This documentary highlights the Rechargeable Battery project undertaken
by the MPA to remove toxic waste from our local reefs in Nguna [Vanuatu]
Oasis of the Pacific:
Time is Running Out
- One of the world's most unique ecosystems is in danger of being
lost forever. Oasis of the Pacific is that takes viewers on a revealing
journey through the stunning yet endangered undersea world of the Hawaiian
Islands. Striking imagery of this underwater realm is juxtaposed with
the harsh and ugly realities caused by three major anthropogenic impacts
currently overwhelming marine life: shoreline sprawl, pollution and overfishing.
Over-fishing threatens
Guam tuna
- Over-fishing and climate change are being blamed for the world's
diminishing fish stocks. One of the most graphic examples is the decreasing
numbers of tuna. Experts met in Mexico in 2007 to discuss ways of protecting
tuna stocks, as environmentalists warn that some species could be extinct
in just three years. Tony Birtley reports from the western Pacific island
of Guam to see how the local fishing industry is being hit hard.
Papua New Guinea: Land
of the Unexpected
- Profile of the Papua New guinea environment and discussion of logging
and its impact upon the environment. Informative.
Paradise for sale
- The ecological devastation on the island of Nauru as a result of
decades of phosphate mining.
Edited by Lazarina Todorova. Conceived and narrated by Carl N. McDaniel,
Professor of Biology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY. 3 minute
excerpt.
Persistent Organic
Pollutants
- This ABC Landline report provides an overview of the chemicals referred
to as Persistent Organic Pollutants (aka POPs) such as polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) that are taken from Pacific Islands. These pollutants
are residuals from the 1960s that are left in decomposing containers where
they are releasing extremely harmful contaminants into the environment
that are measurably polluting the local ecosystems and every man, woman
and child with dire consequences if they accumulate sufficiently in an
individuals body tissues.
Plastic and marine debris
- The Algalita Marine Research Foundation chronicles the problem of
marine debris in our ecosystem in this video entitled "Plastic Debris,
Rivers to Sea". 80% of marine debris is land-based and 90% of floating
marine debris is plastics.
Plastic
waste pollution risk [BBC]
- Millions of tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide every year, but
they can take hundreds of years to degrade.
see also (i)
How plastic is endangering Midways' rare birds ; (ii)
Efforts to protect the ocean's marine life
Reality
of whaling pt 1 / pt
2
- Japan hunts 1000's of whales a year under a loophole
in the IWC system. Japan has been accused of using aid money to bribe
Pacific nations including the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu,
Palau and the Marshall Islands in exchange for support at IWC meetings.
Save the dugongs
- Dugongs living on the coast of Japan's Okinawa island are threatened
by the proposed expansion of a U.S. military base there. Beautiful
images of dugong. Narration in Japanese but with English subtitles.
Saving Nemo - Vanuatu
- Since the success of the film 'Finding Nemo', demand for tropical
fish has soared. But the seas of the Pacific are literally being emptied
to feed this frenzy. Tropical fish are now virtually worth their weight
in gold. "Everybody wants one because of this Nemo film," explains
SRS Manager Larry Dacles. His company has a monopoly on tropical fishing
in Vanuato, home to some of most popular tropical fish in the world. Former
workers claim it got this monopoly by bribing government officials. In
just three years, SRS has alienated local tourism operators, who depend
on the tropical fish as an attraction, scientists, fear an ecological
disaster in the making, and the traditional owners of the reefs. "They
take anything and everything," complains one local. "It's out
of control." Already there has been a 50% fall in tropical fish from
the reefs. Now, it's not so much a case of finding Nemo as saving him.
Secrets
of the deep: the great Pacific garbage patch
- ABC news focus on 'the great Pacific garbage dump that stretches
from California to China. The world's largest trash dump doesn't sit on
some barren field outside an urban center. It resides thousands of miles
from any land — in the Pacific Ocean.
Solomon's stolen fish
- Tuna stocks in the Pacific Ocean are under serious threat from overfishing
by foreign industrial fishing fleets. The Solomon Islands - as one of
the countries affected - is planning to take the control over these resources
in their own hands.
Synthetic Sea - Plastic
in the open Ocean
- Research findings of impact of plastics on marine ecosystems in
the North Pacific Ocean
Vanuatu - Tropical
Aquarium Fish Harvest Pt 1 , Pt
2, Pt 3
- Vanuatu is a haven for snorkelling, reef and wreck diving, and sport
fishing. Since the success of the film 'Finding Nemo', demand for tropical
fish has soared. But the seas of the Pacific are literally being emptied
to feed this frenzy. Tropical fish are now virtually worth their weight
in gold. "Everybody wants one because of this Nemo film," explains
SRS Manager Larry Dacles. His company has a monopoly on tropical fishing
in Vanuatu, home to some of most popular tropical fish in the world. SRS
has alienated local tourism operators, who depend on the tropical fish
as an attraction, and the traditional owners of the reefs, and scientists
who are fearing an ecological disaster in the making. "They take
anything and everything," complains one local. "It's out of
control." Already there has been a 50% fall in tropical fish from
the reefs. Now, it's not so much a case of finding Nemo as saving him.
Water Challenges in the Marshall
Islands
- The Republic of the Marshall Islands are series of atolls in the
northern Pacific. These atolls have small freshwater lenses and access
to fresh water is limited. Currently on the main island of Majuro, the
government is only able to supply water one day a week, the rest of the
time the inhabitants have to fend for themselves. This video looks at
the threats to water in RMI, government efforts to supply water and moving
interviews showing the hardships faced by individuals to get clean water.
Water tomorrow: ADB
Water Voices Documentary Series (1/3) ; Water
Tomorrow: ADB Water Voices Documentary Series (2/3) ; Water
Tomorrow: ADB Water Voices Documentary Series (3/3) - The remote
island countries of Kiribati and Tonga in the Pacific rely mainly on fragile
groundwater aquifers for fresh water. But groundwater sources just below
the surface are highly vulnerable to pollution and salt water intrusion,
as populations grow and concentrate in urban areas. Community organizers
are working to change peoples' behavior to safeguard water supplies and
the environment. Informative.
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