Social justice and environmental video from the Asia Pacific

TVE Asia Pacific

  • If a picture is worth a thousands words, video packs 24 images per second. TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) taps the enormous power of television, film and new media to communicate sustainable development and social justice. It tells journalistic stories about how individuals and communities are pursuing better lives in the world’s largest region, the Asia Pacific. Set up in 1996, TVEAP is a regionally operating, non-profit media foundation anchored in Sri Lanka and governed by an international Board. Its educational work receives support from development donors, corporate sponsors and foundations.

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    Saving the Planet TV series trailer

    Can ordinary people help save our planet under siege from environmental crises? What does it take to change attitudes and li...

    International January 07, 2010
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    Saving the Planet: Smile Again!

    A programme that links schools with their local community helps Thai children learn about Nature through exposure and experi...

    Thailand January 07, 2010
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    Saving the Planet: Rising from the Ashes

    Displaced from traditional homelands by a natural calamity, an indigenous group is preserving their culture through theater....

    Philippines January 07, 2010
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    Saving the Planet: Voice of a Valley

    By inspiring discussion and debate, a community radio station helps Nepali communities to find the best solutions or comprom...

    Nepal January 07, 2010
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    Saving the Planet: It's alive!

    A small group is trying to transform learning in Laos by introducing play-and-learn activities in schools. ...

    Lao People's Democratic Republic January 07, 2010
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    Saving the Planet: Living the Change

    For people in Dindigul in India's Tamil Nadu state, waste isn't really a problem - it's just a resource in the wrong place. ...

    India January 06, 2010
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    Saving the Planet: Floating the Future

    People living on and around Tonlé Sap lake, the largest in Cambodia, discover how to harvest fish and other sources within l...

    Cambodia January 06, 2010
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    Small Islands, Big Impact

    Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives, sees climate change as both a human rights issue and a security threat. On the e...

    Maldives October 26, 2009
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    South Asia: Crowded Land, Drying Rivers

    This film captures the highlights of a 2008 study, Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change,...

    India October 14, 2009
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    Return of the Ozone Layer: Are We There Yet?

    This video produced by TVE Asia Pacific for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of UNEP's work programme...

    International October 14, 2009
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    Truth Talking: Voices from the Waves

    This programme sees complex survival issues through the eyes of two teenagers -- Dilagi, a Fijian girl, and Bernard, a boy f...

    International October 12, 2009
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    Yellow River Blues

    This film captures the highlights of a 2008 study, Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change,...

    Mongolia September 30, 2009
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    Mekong: Watch that river!

    This film captures the highlights of a 2008 study, Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change,...

    International September 30, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Surround Sand

    Sand dunes can protect coastal villages from cyclones and wave action. In two Indian states, efforts are underway to strengt...

    India September 02, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Trees of Life

    Returning 18 months later to the first point on Sri Lanka the Asian Tsunami hit, we find local people busy building a coasta...

    Sri Lanka September 02, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Live and Let Live

    Protecting mangroves need not always mean banning local people from deriving benefits. Different approaches to community-man...

    India September 02, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Mangroves Are Forever

    Shrimp farming damaged and degraded mangroves around the Kalpitiya lagoon. After the industry collapsed, the community joine...

    Sri Lanka September 02, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Reef Relief

    Human and natural factors exert many pressures on coral reefs. A group of young divers is regenerating one damaged reef, giv...

    Sri Lanka September 02, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Love Thy Mangrove

    The indigenous Moken people -- or sea gypsies - have always looked after mangroves on the Pra Thong island in southern Thail...

    Thailand September 02, 2009
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    The Greenbelt Reports: Claudio's Century

    An Italian scientist was studying a pristine mangrove forest, but the Asian Tsunami damaged it heavily. He is now working on...

    Thailand September 02, 2009
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