How to Save the Earth: The Monk, the Trees, and the Concrete Jungle

"How to Save the Earth" is a series of six television programmes
that go beyond the usual 'doom and gloom' about the state of the
Earth today. By concentrating on the life and work of twelve
'green warriors', each programme demonstrates that answers exist
to the problems we now face.

• Categories: News & Features / Features
• Video Length: 00:25:56
• Production Date: 1 January 1992
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP; WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TROPICAL FORESTS
• Geographic Subject: JAPAN; THAILAND
• MAMS Id: 1984943
• Parent Id: 839556

Description

The tropical forests form the Earth's richest environment, home to around 70 per cent of the millions of species with which we share this planet. In just a few decades, over half the world's tropical forests have been destroyed. If nothing is done, most of the rest will vanish within our lifetimes. Phra Ajaan Pongsak is a Buddhist monk who has devoted his life to restoring the watershed forests of the Mac Soi Valley in northern Thailand. Joichi Kuroda runs the Japanese Tropical Forest Action
Network, one of the most effective and outspoken environmental organisations in Japan.

• Scripts: File; DOC HTSTE 02 MONK TREES CONCRETE JUNGLE 1992 EN 837 SCRIPT EN 01 JAN 92.pdf (526.74 KB); File; DOC HTSTE 01-06 837 EN 1992 SYNOPSIS.pdf (129.51 KB)