AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Pesticides threaten birds and bees alike: study
Neurotoxic pesticides blamed for the worlds bee collapse are also harming butterflies worms fish and birds said a scientific review that called Tuesday for tighter regulation to curb their use
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : EU: Protesters call for a ban of weed killer chemical glyphosate
Protesters outside the European Commission called for the banning of glyphosate on Wednesday as member states inside debated whether to renew the European licence for the herbicide used in the Monsanto weed killer Roundup
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Heated debate over pesticide referendums in Switzerland
Switzerland is tearing itself apart ahead of a referendum on June 13 on two pesticide texts that deeply divide the farming world (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Anti-pesticide campaigners lobby French government after gathering more than 1.1 million signatures
France's "we want poppies" movement aims to end the use of synthetic pesticides in the country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
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STORY: Costa Rica is on course to overtake Ecuador as the world's largest
exporter of bananas - news which has delighted the country's bankers
but has been greeted less enthusiastically by the nation's
conservationists; banana-growing is...
Curated Video
Three leading candidates debate controversial issues
1. Wide exterior of Sciences Po Political University
2. Wide of lecture hall, applause as Conservative presidential candidate (UMP), Nicolas Sarkozy, walks on stage
3. Tilt up from audience to Sarkozy
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Nicolas...
Bloomberg
Bayer, Monsanto Move Closer to Sealing Deal
Sept. 9 -- Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. are said to be close to an agreement on a deal that would create the world's largest producer of seeds and pesticides. Bloomberg's Aaron Kirchfeld reports on "Bloomberg Markets."
AFP News Agency
VOICED: City of Lights is nectar for the bees
VOICED: City of Lights is nectar for the bees
Curated Video
Activists all abuzz over use of pesticides in Europe
Environmental campaigners gathered outside the European Commission on Wednesday asking for an end to the usage of bee killing pesticides.
Curated Video
Kenya mobilises youth to tackle locust problem
Kenya has begun mobilising its National Youth Service to try to contain the worst locust outbreak that parts of east Africa have seen in 70 years.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Asbestos victims in France hope for justice before they die
A quarter of a century after France banned asbestos, victims of poisoning from the highly toxic product hope to take those who have shunned responsibility to trial (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
Preserving China's Great Wall
August 2, 2009 - Beijing, China
1. Wide tilt up of the Great Wall near Mutianyu Village
2. Mid of Great Wall
3. Mid of tourists climbing stairs
4. Mid of two tourists walking on the Great Wall
5. Mid of Li Fengquan, a peasant from...
Curated Video
First conference on increasing problem of bed bugs
1. Wide interior of National Bed Bug Summit
2. Mid shot of audience
3. Various photos of bedbugs being projected onto screen
4. Wide of speaker
5. Mid shot of audience
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lois Rossi, director of the registration...
Curated Video
Lions deliberately poisoned to stop them eating cattle
Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Maasai Mara, Kenya, 5 May 2006.
1. Close up shot of lioness
2. Close up shot of lion yawning
3. Mid shot of lions
4. Various lion
5. Wide shot of Maasai Mara game reserve
AP Television
Maasai Mara Game Reserve,...
Curated Video
UN report shows fall in Colombia's coca cultivation
Bogota - 19 June 2009
1. Mid shot of UN (United Nations) delegates entering conference room
2. Mid shot of reporters at news conference
3. Mid shot of UN delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Aldo Lale-Demoz, Representative of the United...
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Miles of shimmering greenhouses in El Ejido, Spain symbolise a social revolution that has brought farmers great wealth very quickly. But the new-found riches have brought pain as well as prosperity.
Shows:
barren landscape and goatherd...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Paris chefs hit the roof for gastro gardens
CLEAN : Paris chefs hit the roof for gastro gardens
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Passionate about natural wine, Vanessa Massé is France's Sommelier of the Year
Natural wines are my life," explains Vanessa Massé, after receiving a star in the Michelin guide in 2020, and being named best sommelier in France by the prestigious institution (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
How Bowery Farming Uses Tech to Feed an Increasingly Urban Population
Jun.14 -- Irving Fain, Bowery Farming chief executive officer, explains how the company is using technological innovation to feed an increasingly urban population in a sustainable way. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Cesar Chavez Day
Scholars learn how Cesar Chavez and his labor union organized boycotts to promote changes for migrant farm workers. In video clips, Chavez also speaks on how the boycott can promote change and efforts people can take to help. The...
TED-Ed
How One Scientist Took on the Chemical Industry
Rachel Carson's exposure to the dangers of chemical pesticides in Silent Spring not only lead to the development of the Environment Protection Agency, but also to her being accused of being a mass murderer due to the ban on DDT....
California Academy of Science
Why Protect Pollinators?
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...
Amoeba Sisters
Biomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins
Our relationship with toxins is, well, a little toxic. Explore how harmful substances work their way throughout the environment with a video from an expansive biology playlist. Topics include DDT and mercury, trophic levels, and water...