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Aamakaar : the turtle people /

A people of a village in North Kerala fight to preserve their village, and their livelihoods, threatened by sand mining on their estuary. For the last ten years they have been conserving Olive Ridley Turtles that come to their beach to nest. They see the preservation of a species on the verge of ext...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Green Planet Films
Other Authors: Sharma, Surabhi (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Corte Madera, CA : Green Planet Films, 2002.
Series:Online access: Alexander Street Press Environmental Studies In Video Outside North America.
Online access: Kanopy Kanopy PDA United Kingdom.
Subjects:
Olive ridley turtle > India > Malabar Coast.
Sea turtles > Ecology > India.
Ethnoecology > India > Malabar Coast.
Sand and gravel mines and mining > India > Malabar Coast.
India.
Tortue bâtarde > Inde > Malabar, Côte de.
Tortues marines > Écologie > Inde.
Ethnoécologie > Inde > Malabar, Côte de.
Ethnoecology
Olive ridley turtle
Sand and gravel mines and mining
Sea turtles > Ecology
India
India > Malabar Coast
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documentary film.
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Documentaires.
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Summary:A people of a village in North Kerala fight to preserve their village, and their livelihoods, threatened by sand mining on their estuary. For the last ten years they have been conserving Olive Ridley Turtles that come to their beach to nest. They see the preservation of a species on the verge of extinction as an extension of their fight against the destruction of their estuary, their village, and their lives. The film follows the rhythm of work in the village to unfold this struggle for existence of a species, of a people.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 09, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (77 min.).
Playing Time:01:16:46