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Return to the Amazon, Public Broadcasting Service ; KQED Broadcasting ; Ocean Futures Society

eng

videorecording

Return to the Amazon

videorecording

226227034

Public Broadcasting Service ; KQED Broadcasting ; Ocean Futures Society

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After twenty-five years Jean-Michel Cousteau returns to the Amazon and revisited areas he'd explored with his father, Jacques Cousteau. Deforestation, population shifts and burgeoning cities have taken their toll on the area but so have numerous efforts to protect the rainforests, wildlife and indigenous people. The ecology of this one river has global consequences

Manaus, Brazil, beginning the journey -- Xixuau Reserve -- Traditional medicines -- The most important reptile -- 17 percent -- Valuable lessons -- Soya, a recent arrival -- Eco tourism -- Benefiting nature -- Economically viable -- Legend of the pink dolphin -- The abundance of the Amazon -- Weeks of investigation --- Vale Do Javari : deep into the valley -- A rewarding experience -- Illegal animal trafficking -- Ornamental fish -- High in the treetops -- Global warming, disappearing glaciers of the Andes -- Everything is connected

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