Bio-diversity under threat : the Sundarbans & the Bengal Tiger /
Bangladesh's Sundarban Mangroves is one of the world's most bio-diverse areas and home to the endangered Bengal Tiger. This interactive DVD resource bank looks at why the Sundarbans is so important: as a bio-diversity hotspot, as a carbon bank and as protection against the impacts of tropi...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Bristol, England :
Pumpkin TV,
2011.
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| Series: | Online access: Alexander Street Press Environmental Studies In Video Outside North America.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Bangladesh's Sundarban Mangroves is one of the world's most bio-diverse areas and home to the endangered Bengal Tiger. This interactive DVD resource bank looks at why the Sundarbans is so important: as a bio-diversity hotspot, as a carbon bank and as protection against the impacts of tropical cyclones. It examines the threats, including climate change, shrimp farming, poaching and tiger killings. It then explores how they can be sustainably managed and by whom. Case studies include; a tiger conservation project, eco-tourism and government initiatives to control resource exploitation. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 28, 2015). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (41 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:40:28 |