Environmental Studies
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SAVING THE LARGEST BIRD IN THE WORLD (wild refuge series)
The High Sierras are the last refuge of the California Condor, with less than 100 birds left, they are one off the most threatened birds in the world.
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THE GREAT BISON HERDS AND THE OLD WEST (wild refuge series)
In Arizona, the great, shaggy buffalo are closely observed, once more numerous than any other game animal in the world, their numbers are now greatly diminished.
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COME FLY WITH THE HAWK (wild refuge series)
At Cape May in the New Jersey shore the great hawk migration has started down the Atlantic fly-way.
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LONG DISTANCE COMMUTING WITH THE GREY WHALE (wild refuge series)
From the Arctic, a herd of California grey whales is followed as it moves down the Pacific coast, 7,000 miles to breeding lagoons on the coast of Baja, Mexico.
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THE ETERNAL MYSTERIES OF MIGRATION (wild refuge series)
With the advent of autumn in the northern tundra, a Caribou herd begins its 300 mile fall trek led by a wise old female.
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THE RAIN FOREST'S GREEN HELL (wild refuge series)
In a departure from North America, this film visits the Amazon rain forest - home of monkeys, tapirs and Indians who still use poison darts and blow guns to hunt.
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EXPLORING THE KINGDOM OF THE REPTILE (wild refuge series)
Focuses on two kinds of reptiles--snakes and alligators.
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THE OCEANS: GOING UNDER IN THE BAHAMAS (wild refuge series)
Using a mini-submarine, this film accompanies an underwater expedition to a luxuriant Atlantic reef, teeming with life.
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NATURAL ENEMIES: THE DEER AND THE WOLF (wild refuge series)
Throughout each year, in the woods and grasslands, grazing animals and their predators are bound together in a constant cycle of life and death.
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IN SEARCH OF THE RARE EVERGLADES KITE (wild refuge series)
Every year, twenty million tourists fly into Florida looking for sun and water and an easy living--the very same reasons the ibis, heron and four hundred and seventy one other species make Florida their permanent home.
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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES (wild refuge series)
Describes the life styles and natural habitat of three groups of mountain animals. One is that controversial renegade, the mustang.
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WILD REFUGE (series)
This thirteen-part series draws viewers into the excitement of the North American
wilderness with true life adventures.
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PROFITS FROM POISONAsian Studies Environmental Studies
Shows how pesticides and other man-made chemicals which have been found harmful and
therefore banned from use in developed countries are still being sold and used in Third
World nations.
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JUNGLE PHARMACYBiology Environmental Studies Health Latin-American Studies Science
Focuses on the work of dedicated physicians, scientists and environmentalists who hope
to heighten awareness of the ongoing destruction of one of the world's largest medicine
chests, the Amazon rainforest.
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CAN POLAR BEARS TREAD WATER
Examines global warming trends caused by the burning of fossil fuels, reveals the
underlying causes of these climactic changes ("the greenhouse effect") and their likely
consequences, and outlines measures which could be adopted by world leaders to stave
off ecological catastrophe.
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PROTECTING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTBiology Environmental Studies Science
This series highlights the urgent need for international cooperation to deal with crucial
threats to the world's basic ecosystems.
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AMAZON: A VANISHING RAINFOREST, THEBiology Environmental Studies Latin-American Studies
Filmed in the heart of Brazil's Amazon River Basin, this video focuses on the work of the
National Institute of Amazon Research, and shows how encroaching development poses a
threat to the region's fragile eco-system.
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EPISODE 8: THE FUTURE OF TREES
A visit to the ancient Redwoods in the Giant Sequoia National Park in California inspires a discussion with a Native American ecologist of how a true respect for trees must be handed on to the next generation.
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EPISODE 7: HISTORY FROM TREES
Examines both the history of trees--including once relatively abundant species which today are very rare and some of the oldest trees in the world--as well as the importance of trees in human history.
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EPISODE 6: CONSERVATION OF RARE TREES
Examines the threatened survival of rare trees, the importance of preserving them, techniques (such as grafting) to do so, and the activities of botanists in several species recovery programs.
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