Using a technique called DNA barcoding, conservation geneticist George Amato is able to detect whether commercial goods — a leather handbag or a crocodile skin boot -- contain materials from endangered species. He hopes regulators will adopt the simple technique to monitor wildlife traffic...
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This episode features interviews with renowned scientist Dr. Edward O. Wilson and Dr. David Suzuki about how to preserve life on Planet Earth. Coming from the 2007 Environmental Film Festival, held in Washington D.C., this episode also includes excerpts from featured films and interviews with f...
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Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson interviews Dr. Wilson, esteemed entomologist and leading expert on evolution, ecology, and conservation about the current problems facing our planet, and his ideas for possible solutions. An extensive author, Dr. Wilson has won two Pulitzer Prizes and writt...
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(June 11, 2007) Segment 1: Public Transportation Latin America, caught between increasing productivity and trade, and having to move people to and from work more efficiently. As pressure increases for energy conservation and a cleaner environment. As demand for labor goes up, so does demand for...
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In this episode of UN 21st Century coca leaf crops in Peru are dwindling as farmers are convinced to start producing legal crops like coffee and palm oil; families in Kenya are facing food shortages and drought this sumer; and low mortality rates in Japan are baffling scientists searching for the...
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In a byproduct of modern transportation, Kelly Cobiella reports that foreign species, such as the python, are invading and harming the Florida Everglades and other ecological systems throughout the US
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A Hawaiian teacher and Captain Charles Moore talk about the marine debris that litters the Pacific ocean and the dangers it poses to the albatross. Great video from BBC show Hawaii - Message in the Waves. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide YouTube channel here: http:...
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