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Footprints of war : nature under fire /

Military attacks have alarming consequences on our ecosystem. The military footprint is huge, with contaminated radioactive landscapes, millions of tons of ammunition filling our oceans, and toxic land heaps. Modern warfare accounts for ten percent of global carbon emissions - From the First World W...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mönch, Max (Director, Screenwriter), Streiber, Gregor (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
French
German
Language Notes:In English, French, and German with English subtitles.
Published: Zürich, Switzerland : First Hand Films, 2013.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Environmental health.
Environmental protection.
War > Environmental aspects.
Environnement > Protection.
Guerre > Aspect de l'environnement.
Environmental health
Environmental protection
War > Environmental aspects
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Military attacks have alarming consequences on our ecosystem. The military footprint is huge, with contaminated radioactive landscapes, millions of tons of ammunition filling our oceans, and toxic land heaps. Modern warfare accounts for ten percent of global carbon emissions - From the First World War until today, nature has come under fire. FOOTPRINTS OF WAR presents a search around the globe and through history to uncover the extent of this modern ecocide.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 30, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 minutes)
Playing Time:00:52:32
Awards:CinemAmbiente - 2014 Best Short Feature (Miglior Mediometraggio)