http://www.engagemedia.org Channel for Biodiversity on EngageMedia daily 1 2008-11-12T00:06:38Z http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/chitoo/videos/whatrainforest.mp4/view When bulldozers mowed over the ancestral farmlands of Kampung Lebor, Segan Anak Degon stood his ground and defended his land. Now, he is the only person out of 101 families whose land is left intact and unaffected by the oil palm plantation. However, Segan is the rare few who managed to halt the feverish onslaught of oil palm advancement that threatens to devastate the embattled Sarawak forested landscape. Wake up and smell the palm oil! EngageMedia chitoo human rights sarawak NCR indigenous malaysia featured land rights iban rainforest palm oil 2008-10-21T07:50:06Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/zoe/videos/ifiwatchtv-promo.mpg/view IfIWatch.TV - Whose Story Do I See? This site networks critical documentary, meeting and protest reports, animations, feature films, music videos, expert interviews and more about what massive and opaque public bodies really do with our money, our neighbours and our planet. EngageMedia zoe International Financial Institution video World Bank resistance IMF 2008-09-02T17:04:23Z Video video/mpeg http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/theweathergroup_U/videos/Jeffrey02_Mining-desktop.m4v/view Jeffrey Lee is the last of the Djok clan and the senior custodian of the Koongarra uranium deposit, talks about mining inside Kakadu National Park, NT. EngageMedia theweathergroup_U Nourlangie Lightning Areva Narmagon Jeffrey Lee Koongarra Kakadu 2008-08-19T12:12:27Z Video application/octet-stream http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/shivanii/videos/The_Place_that_got_it_Right.divx/view An overview of the economic and environmental consequences of woodchipping Tasmania. EngageMedia shivanii wood clearfell shingle woodchip craft forest timberworker Tasmania waste tourism furniture economy 2008-07-10T08:49:47Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/shivanii/videos/one_tree.divx/view A documentary outlining some of the issues about Tasmanian forestry. One tree that was to be woodchipped for export is given to over 30 artists and craftspeople. The exhibition of the art works and furniture toured Australia for over three years. An on-line auction of the pieces after the exhibition raised over $10,000. As woodchips, the tree was valued at $350-$450 if that. What is the value of one tree ? EngageMedia shivanii forestry art stringybark wood industry woodchip guitar sustainability featured craft music forest Tasmania furniture exhibition 2008-07-07T15:57:08Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/c2kai/videos/629tokaction_mp4_02.mp4/view 629Anti-G8 Action in Japan. EngageMedia c2kai Tokyo Hokkaido G8 2008-07-05T08:14:20Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/sam/videos/in_the_name_of_oil_palm.mp4/view The impact of oil palm in the Oro Province and the challenges faced by landowners and organisations who are trying to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations in the region. EngageMedia sam featured 2008-06-26T08:58:14Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/WildFilms/videos/Franklin-part1.avi/view On December 14th, 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an onsight blockade of the construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam. EngageMedia WildFilms Blockade Tasmania Franklin Wilderness 2008-02-12T20:39:01Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/WildFilms/videos/Franklin-part2.avi/view On December 14th, 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an on sight blockade of the construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam. Part two of the film follows the intensification of the protests against the dam. EngageMedia WildFilms blockade Tasmania Franklin wilderness 2008-02-11T23:43:38Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/WildFilms/videos/GordonSplits.avi/view Wilderness photographer Peter Dombrovskis visits the Gordon Splits in Tasmania's Southwest during the time of the Franklin dam controversy in the early 1980s. EngageMedia WildFilms Tasmania featured Dombrovskis Franklin 2008-02-11T23:45:31Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/IPTsecretariat/videos/bruce.mp4/view Bruce Rich's initial findings of the Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India that took place in Delhi at the end of September 2007. EngageMedia IPTsecretariat Bruce Rich IMF India International Institutions World Bank WTO 2008-02-02T06:02:02Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/edvagg/videos/man-the-menace.mov/view A poem recited by the Author and Producer of Man's role in destroying his environment. EngageMedia edvagg Mother Nature 2007-12-22T00:52:29Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/davidconnell/videos/nib_preview.mov/view Marine protected areas can contribute to poverty reduction. In a preview of this documentary, a local leader from Waiqanake, Fiji tells in his own words how marine protected areas have improved his community's wellbeing and helped reduce poverty. "Nature's Investment Bank" is a companion to a quantitative and qualitative analysis of more than 1,000 interviews and group discussions in four countries that show how specific marine protected areas have contributed to local poverty reduction. EngageMedia davidconnell endangered ecosystem services animals habitat nature science fish oceans asia pacific coral reefs marine protected areas environment sustainability conservation scientists study 2008-01-19T16:05:11Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/shivanii/videos/when-the-plantations-came.divx/view A moving 30 minute documentary produced in 2001, showing how people's lives are affected by the woodchipping plantation industry in Tasmania. Interviews with those living on the land - organic farmers, retirees and others - about how the clearing and poisoning of land affects them directly, and with people such as eco-tourism operators who tell how sustainable industries are put under threat by the destructive practices of large forestry corporations. Images of the incredible beauty of wild forests in Tasmania are contrasted by the devastation and plantation monocultures that threaten the bio-diversity of this region. EngageMedia shivanii Lens woodchip forestry featured Productions Moving forest plantations Tasmania woodchipping 2007-11-28T10:27:18Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/edvagg/videos/cattle-to-slaughter.mov/view A farmer pressured by having to cull his herd because of the drought. Laments the shrinking of the long paddock. EngageMedia edvagg drought 2007-12-18T23:26:55Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/edvagg/videos/daddy-cool-faded-video.mov/view An Audio/Video view of the symbiotic relationship of arachnid and humans. EngageMedia edvagg animistic harmonic 2007-12-18T23:28:41Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/AnarchiaFilms/videos/happy-valley-court.avi/view In late April 2007, two Save Happy Valley activists locked on to train tracks in Christchurch to stop a coal train from reaching Lytellton Port. After several hours, they were removed and arrested, and a third activist was also arrested and charged with "communicating with a prisoner". On Friday September 14th they appeared in court, and this is what happened. EngageMedia AnarchiaFilms blockade protest 2007-10-22T04:21:38Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/AnarchiaFilms/videos/save-happy-valley.mp4/view Happy Valley is a beautiful area of native bush, fragile wetlands and a thriving ecosystem of native birds and animals located on the West Coast of New Zealand, just North East of Westport. It is home to many threatened species including the Great Spotted Kiwi and the large native Patrickensis land snail.... and it is under attack from state-owned enterprise Solid Energy! EngageMedia AnarchiaFilms coal featured occupation 2007-08-29T02:33:14Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/shivanii/videos/forest-gardeners.divx/view A seven minute documentary about two guys in Brisbane who create forests using the 'chunky pizza' technology. EngageMedia shivanii soil recycling biomass community permaculture urbanForest timber living micro-organisms harvest swayle compost forest life garden food mulch fungus fruit cardboard chips grow renewable Brisbane tree fungi post-consumer sustainable biological decompose 2007-08-16T09:28:40Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/heidid/videos/tas_pulpmill_tws_01.mov/view Gunns Ltd’s proposed pulp mill will affect the future of all Tasmanian families. This film explains the environmental, economic and health impacts of the proposed pulp mill that Gunns, the Tasmanian State Government and the Federal Government have so far ignored. EngageMedia heidid pulp mill wilderness wilderness society forests featured tasmania destruction 2007-06-21T06:06:31Z Video video/quicktime