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Manatee sea cows are nature's graceful giants
AP Television
Sarasota, Florida, US - April 5, 2012
1. Close manatee taking treats from hand of trainer and eating, second manatee in background
2. Wide manatee with snout to training board
3. Close of trainer feeding manatee fruit
4....
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A museum dedicated to green themes
San Francisco, recent
1. California Academy of Sciences Exterior
2. California Academy of Sciences Sign
3. Aquarium Wide
4. Aquarium Close
5. Jellyfish Wide
6. Jellyfish Close
7. Aquarium Tunnel
8. Large Freshwater Fish
9....
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Fishermen build concrete reefs to replace dead coral
AP Television
Waters near Tumpaan village, North Sulawesi, 7 May 2011
1. Wide of ocean with healthy coral reefs
2. Close up of fish around reefs
3. Mid of healthy coral
4. Close up of fish
AP Television
Tumpaan, North Sulawesi, 8 May...
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INDIA: WORLD BANK FINANCING PROJECTS WHICH CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
English/Nat
As the world climate conference continues in Berlin, environmental groups in India have attacked the World Bank for financing projects which cause climate change.
They've cited two examples in particular: a power station on...
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Whale shark in Atlanta gets checkup from team of doctors
HEADLINE: 'World's Largest Fish' Gets Physical
CAPTION: Scientists got their closest look ever at one of the world's biggest fish - with about 50 staffers, a stretcher that could hold a small bus and a hose pumping liquid anesthetic....
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MEXICO: MEXICO CITY: STAR OF FREE WILLY IS FINALLY RESCUED
Spanish/Nat
Biologists are making last-minute preparations to whisk Keiko, the killer whale star of "Free Willy", out of a cramped tank in Mexico City to a new life in the United States.
A team of whale experts are getting the 21-foot,...
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Experts along the Gulf are concerned that oil may kill off an essential type of algae that fish rely on for shelter and food. One biologist says sargassum, which is commonly known as algae or sea holly, has been washing up on Alabama beaches, making it unavailable to marine life.
HEADLINE: Biologist: Gulf oil threatens fish shelter, food source
CAPTION: Experts along the Gulf are concerned that oil may kill off an essential type of algae that fish rely on for shelter and food. One biologist says sargassum,...
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Zoo studies the way dolphins navigate by listening
Vancouver Aquarium - 23rd October 2008
1. Dolphin trainers turn dolphin on its side, remove eye cup, whistle, and gesture to the animal.
2. Dolphin on its side, trainer removes eye cup, feeds fish to animal.
3. Visitors to the aquarium...
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USA: WASHINGTON: 31ST SMITHSONIAN KITE FESTIVAL
English/Nat
It's springtime in Washington and one of the best ways to celebrate fly a kite.
The 31st annual Smithsonian kite festival took place on the Mall of the Nation's Capital Saturday.
People came from all over the country, even...
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The biologically diverse Barataria Bay in Louisiana has become the epicenter of the oil spill. Local fisherman are upset and fear that the wildlife and fisheries will be wiped out altogether threatening the livelihood of all who depend on this already endangered estuary.
HEADLINE: Barataria estuary now ground zero in oil spill
CAPTION: The biologically diverse Barataria Bay in Louisiana has become the epicenter of the oil spill. Local fisherman are upset and fear that the wildlife and fisheries will...
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About 600,000 people per year now visit Boulders Beach which boasts that it is the only place in the world where people can swim with penguins.
HEADLINE: Can man-made homes save Africa's penguins?
CAPTION: Africa's penguin population has plummeted from around 3 million in the 1930s to just 120,000 because of excessive, heat overfishing and pollution. Now park rangers are trying...
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Museum presents natural history exhibition alongside major art works
This week, Madrid's Prado Museum presents a curious series of installations juxtaposing the museum's major art works with the original idea for the building's use as a natural history museum.
When it was commissioned by Charles III in...
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Smart design to help the poor and the environment
Pahang - 4 October, 2012
1. Close up of a pumpkin flower
2. Various shots of Norlailawati Yusof, working inside green house
3. SOUNDBITE: (Malay) Norlailawati Yusof, villager working in greenhouse:
" I am very happy here because my...
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Polar bears threatening by retreating sea ice
West-coast of Svalbard, Norway (within Arctic Circle) June 12 -15, 2008
1. Wide ship sails through thin ice
2. Mid ship's antennae
3. Mid ship's captain
4. Wide ship approaches ice
5. Wide cruise ship sails past
6. Mid same
7. Mid set...
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MALAYSIA: FRESHWATER FISHERIES DEVELOP NEW BREED OF FISH
English/Nat
Scientists in Malaysia are trying to come up with a bigger, tastier freshwater fish.
Dwindling marine fish stocks and pollution have seen many Malaysian's adding freshwater fish to their diet.
And they look set to remain on...
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A museum dedicated to green themes
United States, San Francisco, recent
1.California Academy of Sciences Exterior
2.California Academy of Sciences Sign
3.Wide of aquarium
4.Close of aquarium tank
5.Close of .Jellyfish
6.Wide of aquarium tunnel
7. Close up of...
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BLACK PEARL FARMING IN THE SEYCHELLES
Black pearl cultivation is a family business for the Seychelles' only pearl farm.
The rarity of the marine gems make them a prize worth diving.
The rare black pearl is one of the ocean's most-prized jewels.
Pristine waters are an...
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Asia's first artificial wetland park opens in Hong Kong
1. Various shots of Victoria Harbour
2. Exterior of Hong Kong Wetland Park
3. Close up lotus flower
4. Wide of lake
5. Bird landing on grass
6. Close up mudflat
7. Close up fiddler crabs
8. Close up of white bird
9. SOUNDBITE:...
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ANTARCTICA: FROZEN CONTINENT CONFERENCE UPDATE
English/Nat
Ministers from 24 of the Antarctica Treaty's 43 member countries are continuing their informal summit in the frozen wasteland, seeing some of the work carried out there by the resident scientists and environmentalists.
During...
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Plans for a wetland corridor to protect migratory birds
Guaymas - recent
1. Mid of bird on tree branch
2. Various of birds in swamp
3. Wide of town of Guaymas
4. Wide shot of Mauricio Cervantes, Director of Conservation International's northwest Mexico office, walking up the steps outside...
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Aggressive zebra mussels damaging Spanish waterways
Flix - November 2006
1. Pan of River Ebro near Flix
2. Ebro River
3. Small fishing boat
4. Pan from river to warning sign
5. Sign reading (in Spanish): "Warning Zebra Mussel. Navigation Rules."
6. Sign reading (in Spanish): "Protocol...
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Senegal villagers replanting their devastated mangrove forests
Creeping into the water with their tangled roots, mangrove trees provide a lifeline for animal and human alike.
But use of the mangroves for firewood and housing has led to a decrease in the number.
Now, groups of villagers such as...
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Counting the animals at London zoo
London, January 8 2009
1. Wide shot lion
2. Close up lion
3. Mid shot lion
4. Pan from keep to bearded pigs
5. Close up bearded pigs
6. Various set up David Field, Zoological Director, London Zoo
7. Various meerkats
8. SOUNDBITE...
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Parched Australian wetlands being rehabilitated
Southern New South Wales - 24 November 2008
1. Tracking aerial shot of irrigation channel
2. Tracking aerial shot of landscape, shadow of helicopter in vision
3. Wide aerial of landscape
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Deborah Nias, Wetlands...