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IBOY: Biodiversity Showcase
Project descriptions:
Antarctic Film: An exploratory
underwater expedition using SCUBA diving and Remote Operated
Vehicles along the coast of Terre Adélie.
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ARKIVE: A digital library
of global images and recordings of endangered species, accessible
to all, developed by WWF International, IUCN, World Conservation
Monitoring Center and the Smithsonian Institute.
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- BIODIVERSITY FILMS FOR BBC
WORLD: Four twenty-five minute films on biodiversity
exploration will be broadcast by BBC World. They will be translated
into thirty languages and distributed to land based stations
around the world to a global audience approaching two billion
people. The films will include features on IBOY research and
exploration projects.
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IMAX FILM, "LIFE IN THE BALANCE".
The producers of the Academy Award Nominated IMAX film Cosmic
Voyage have joined forces with the American Museum of Natural
History to produce this film and educational support program
on biodiversity. The overriding goal of the film is to convey
to the public how humanity is dependent upon biological diversity
and the services derived from ecosystems.
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OUTREACH BIODIVERSITY SERIES:
INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS AND COMMUNICATORS:
- Educational packs on species and ecosystem diversity are
being developed for the IBOY. They will be distributed to educators
and curriculum developers, journalists, broadcasters, and community
and NGO workers, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, that can
pass messages on to a broader audience. They will look at the
diversity of living species, the ability of species to adapt
to their environments, the goods and services that ecosystems
provide and the direct and indirect threats to species diversity.
The information is people-centered with emphasis on the practical
importance of biodiversity and practical ways individuals and
communities can work towards conserving it.
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SACRED GIFTS FOR A LIVING PLANET:
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Alliance of
Religion and Conservation will lead a summit in Kathmandu in
November 2000 at which the leaders of the world's 10 major faiths
will examine their influence on, and responsibilities for, the
preservation of a living planet and launch "Sacred Gifts
for a Living Planet" part of "The Living Planet Campaign"
of the WWF.
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TRAVELLING MUSEUM EXHIBITION WITH
ANIMATED FILM FROM AARDMAN ANIMATIONS: This exhibit
and animated film on the importance of biodiversity for ecosystems
and society, initiated by WWF-US, WWF-UK, International Television
Trust for the Environment and the multiple Academy Award winning
Aardman Animations will travel around the USA, Canada and Europe
in 2001 and 2002. The film will also be broadcast on television
internationally.
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WOMAD TOUR: The World
Music and Dance global concert tour 2001-2002 will have the theme
of biodiversity for IBOY. The tour will examine the influence
of biodiversity on culture through music and dance, and invited
lecturers will speak on key biodiversity issues. The tour will
reach a young global audience that are not traditionally exposed
to information on biodiversity.
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