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MEXICO: GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES TO PROTECT BUTTERFLIES
Spanish/Nat
Every year millions of butterflies fly across the North American continent from Canada to reach the warmer climes of Mexico before winter.
The spectacle has become a popular attraction for nature lovers and tourists visiting...
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Scientists are still digging for Ice Age fossils in the heart of Los Angeles after a century of discoveries. So much has been uncovered from the La Brea Tar Pits that crews have a backlog of bones to clean and sort through. (Oct. 28)
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SOUNDBITE (English): John Harris, Chief Curator, Page Museum "The sabre toothed cats, the dire wolves, the giant jaguars, and the short-faced bears..."
NATSOUND Harris grunts as he pulls...
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RUSSIA: ECOLOGY IMPLICATIONS OF LOST SUBMARINE
Russian/Nat
Russian ecologists have expressed concern over the ecological implications of the submarine accident in the Barents Sea.
The submarine "Kursk" has two nuclear reactors on board.
Ecologists in Murmansk say there is no...
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Ukraine - Silkworm Plague
Tens of thousands of tiny but energetic silkworms are gobbling up
everything in sight along the wooded, southwest coast of the
Crimean peninsula. State forresters say the plague is
unprecedented, an ecological disaster comparable to a...
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INDONESIA: RAINFOREST AREAS BEING CUT DOWN AT AN ALARMING RATE
East Kalimantan, Indonesia - March 7th and 8th - 1996
1. tree being cut down and falls
2. logging truck carrying logs
3. wider shot
4. various forest burning in Brazil file
5. various of conference in Jakarta
6. Indigenous...
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WHO Rep, EU Environment Commissioner speak at Climate Change meeting
1. Wide of exterior of EU building where meeting is being held
2. Wide of interior of meeting room
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bettina Menne, World Health Organisation delegate and one of the report authors:
"First of all I think the IPCC...
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EL SALVADOR: INCREASING PROBLEM OF DEFORESTATION
Spanish/Nat
Baker's in El Salvador are being encouraged by environmentalists to switch their baking methods in an effort to cut down on the increasing problem of deforestation in the country.
The new style uses butane gas instead of wood...
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Reduction in number of water snakes causes concern
Tonle Sap Lake -1 August 2006
1. Water snake fisherman Ly Vy paddling small boat through sunken forest on Tonle Sap lake
2. Reflection of Ly Vy paddling
3. Ly Vy and family in boat
4. Close-up of water snake entangled in a gill net
5....
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Delegates to climate conference s'bites, Greenpeace
1. Wide pan of interior of meeting room
2. Wide of delegates
3. Mid of US delegation
4. Mid of Australian delegation
5. Wide of delegates applauding
6. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas talking to Australian delegate
7. Dimas...
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Climate change monitoring station opens atop of the Chacaltaya glacier
1. Wide of Chacaltaya glacier monitoring station located on side of mountain
2. Wide of Chacaltaya glacier
3. Pan of exposed mountainside where glacier used to be
4. Mid of exposed mountainside where glacier used to be
5. Mid of...
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WRAP Comments of various delegates; ADDS EU Environment Commissioner bites
1. Wide pan of interior of meeting room
2. Various of delegates
3. Mid of US delegation
4. Mid of Australian delegation
5. Wide of meeting room
6. Wide of delegates applauding
7. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas talking to...
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NEW ZEALAND : ALBATROSS ENDANGERED BY TUNA FISHING
English/Nat
Spanish-built fishing boats operating under South American flags of convenience are being blamed for helping drive the world's largest sea bird - the wandering albatross - towards extinction.
Vessels laying lines to catch...
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Scientists look at the Gulf Stream for climate change answers
Torshavn, Faeroe Islands - 22 May, 2007
1. Aerial shots of the Faeroe islands
2. Wide pan of Torshavn (capital city)
3. Mid of research boat 'Magnus Heinason'
4. Close of ship bell
5. Mid of captain
6. Wide of Torshavn harbour
7. Close...
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EL SALVADOR: GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME TO DESTROY WEAPONS CONDEMNED
Spanish/Nat
Environmentalists in El Salvador have condemned a government programme to destroy weapons left over from the civil war.
It will take the army 13 days to get rid of the weapons - donated by the U-S government.
But...
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Levels in Lake Victoria dropping alarmingly
1. Various of fishermen bringing their catch from Lake Victoria to shore
2. Boat on dry ground by pier
3. Various of piers showing low water levels
4. Set up of hydroelectric dam operation official
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Mayanja,...
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Cool fridge made of clay
Wankaner, Gujarat, India - 14 April 2013
1. Various of clay refrigerator with vegetables on kitchen counter
2. Various of woman taking vegetables from fridge
3. Various of Mansukhbhai Prajapati, inventor of clay refrigerator, examining...
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Conservationists hope to spread India's lions
The Asiatic lion lives on in the dry forest in India's Gujarat state.
Rescued from near extinction by a hunting ban at the turn of the 20th century, there are now more than 400 lions at the Gir sanctuary. But conservationists say some of...
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Cuba and US to continue marine conservation work
Cuban and American scientists will continue to work together on the marine environment, in spite of US President Donald Trump's pledge to roll back relations with the island nation.Scientists from both countries recently concluded a...
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Scientists use massive river model to fight erosion
LEADIN:
US Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River.
The multi-million US dollar...
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Climate change experts: the science is 'scary'
Two authors of a landmark U.N. report on the relationship between climate change and land say the science behind global warming is "scary" and warned that food insecurity is a growing problem.