How to Save the Earth: Loaves and Fishes

"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: 00:26:02
• Production Date: 1 January 1992
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: AGRICULTURE; FISHING; FOOD SUPPLY; HUNGER
• Geographic Subject: DENMARK; ETHIOPIA
• MAMS Id: 1985349
• Parent Id: 839594

Description

Since the late 1980's, food production in many parts of the world has failed to match population growth. Every year, there are 90 million additional people to feed. But every year, about 20 billion tonnes of topsoil are lost. More than a billion people are permanently under-nourished. Jens Ole-Hojmann was once a fisherman on a Danish North Sea trawler, he is now the Fisheries Campaigner for Greenpeace in Denmark. Dr. Melaku Worede is Director of the Plant Genetic Resources Centre in Ethiopia. He has devoted his life to protecting Ethiopia's genetic diversity, building up "strategic seed reserves" of traditional varieties, and working with local farmers.

• Scripts: File; DOC HTSTE 05 LOAVES AND FISHES 1992 EN 841 SCRIPT EN 01 JAN 92.pdf (544.68 KB); File; DOC HTSTE 01-06 1992 EN 841 SYNOPSIS.pdf (129.51 KB)