David Attenborough a vědec Johan Rockström zkoumají rozvrat biodiverzity na planetě Zemi a hledají způsob, jak odvrátit krizi.
Podle sdělení mezivládního panelu OSN hrozí vyhynutí zhruba milionu živočišných a rostlinných druhů. Britský dokument provázený Sirem Davidem Attenboroughem... Naše planeta je domovem zdánlivě nekonečného množství živočišných druhů. Od mořských obrů až po drobný hmyz. Neuvěřitelná rozmanitost života na Zemi se nazývá biodiverzita. A právě ta je teď ohrožena měrou, jaká v lidských dějinách nemá obdoby. Je zřejmé, že pokud co nejdříve nepodnikneme potřebné kroky, vzniklá krize bude mít dalekosáhlé důsledky pro nás všechny. Epidemie covidu-19 má podle vědců přímou souvislost s destruktivním přístupem člověka ke své planetě. Každým dnem zasahujeme dál do divočiny, kde ještě volně žijí zvířata. Ohrožuje nás nejen nedostatek potravin či změna klimatu. Právě teď, víc než kdykoli dříve, je pro nás důležité porozumět dopadům ztráty biodiverzity a pochopit, nakolik za ni neseme vinu. Jedině tak máme naději, že se nám podaří odvrátit katastrofu.
From infinitely small to super-predator, from the earthworm to the whale, from the blade of grass to the giant tree, Vibrant takes you on a journey to discover the biodiversity one country can host. Through the breathtaking natural environments of France, it is an exploration of the pyramid of life. It is also, and above all, an opportunity to marvel at these species capable of a thousand feats, subtly connected to each other and of which the human being is an integral part. A link that we have too often forgotten and that it is time to reweave.
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru's Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle. What will be the fate of this critical region of priceless biodiversity as these extraordinarily beautiful forests are turned into a hellish wasteland?
Jane Goodall-Reasons For hope is an uplifting journey with stories to inspire people to make a difference in the world. Three different conservation stories illustrate Jane's pillars of hope.
Increase of chronic diseases, loss of biodiversity, extinction of bees... for a few years, the consequences of pesticides mass use are compelling public opinion. How to explain their effects on human health and biodiversity, whereas EU regulations forbid the spread of every harmful product ?
A young man pens a deeply personal letter to his "mother," expressing gratitude and seeking forgiveness. Yet, this isn't just any mother, she's the one we all share, the one we can't live without.
'Behind The Garden Gate' is a documentary film about homegrown biodiversity and the challenges that come with it. In the 1970s Guus Lieberwerth and friends cleared a patch of agricultural wasteland in order to take care of rare and endangered plants and animals. Now, 50 years later nature is thriving within a hidden paradise just five minutes away from a city centre, but even closer to systemic pressures and land developers.
Nóouhàh-Toka’na, known as swift fox in English, once roamed the North American Great Plains from Canada to Texas. Like bison, pronghorn and other plains animals, Nóouhàh-Toka’na held cultural significance for the Native Americans who lived alongside them. But predator control programs in the mid-1900s reduced the foxes to just 10 percent of their native range. At the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana, members of the Aaniiih and Nakoda tribes are working with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and other conservation partners to restore biodiversity and return Nóouhàh-Toka’na to the land.
One day, a tree like any other jumps into a pair of boots and goes off for a walk inviting everyone it meets to follow.
Salango is a small parish south of Manabí. What this land means to Ecuador, however, is huge. Its name is associated with the pre-Columbian legacy of the Manta Wancavilca cultures, the humpback whales that arrive each year to mate, the homonymous island and its coral reefs, the great wealth of marine fauna. It is there, in one of the places with the greatest archeological and environmental heritage of our country, where the Polar fishmeal processor has been operating for 35 years. What does not emerge from the idyllic postcards of the area is the foul smell that pollutes the air, the portrait of people sick from the factory's toxic wastes, the disgusting black smoke that flows into the sea directly from the processor pipeline. That is why it is the struggle of the few members of the community who have not given up and demand that Polar leave.
Shot at two cutting-edge research labs which specialize in the evolution of butterflies and moths, BIopixels is an animated short film exploring the world of evolutionary biology on the microscopic scale. The images - rendered from collections containing over 50,000 specimens - were take by microscopists over three years to create the animated shorts Nanoscapes and Biopixels. Both the animation and the score play with concepts of pattern, time, density and other means of development common to biological evolution.
Vandana Shiva discusses biodiversity at the World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet in Miami, Nov. 1991 in advance of the Earth Summit. In a follow up workshop women devise policy. Wangari Maathai reads the final platform. At a concluding press conference, Peggy Antrobus underscores that the real issues were discussed by women in Miami, and will not be put forth in Rio.
