The Numbers Game

Man Builds, Man Destroys: A major UN series of 30 films dealing with our global environment and what man is doing to it.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / Man Builds, Man Destroys
• Video Length: 00:27:03
• Production Date: 1 January 1975
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: CHARLES DE GAULLE
• Subject Topical: CANCER; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUTH HEALTH
• Geographic Subject: FRANCE; JAPAN; UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 2643420
• Parent Id: 837833

Description

The discovery of vast shoals of fish in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru has led to the development of a large industry which processes fish meal for use as cattlefeed and fertilizer. However, the vigorous exploitation of this resource has done its damage; a whole species of fish, the anchoveta, is in danger of extinction because of overfishing. Further, little of the protein being won from the sea is being used to improve the diet of people in South America, who need it badly. The film shows how market demands in one country can damage the environment thousands of miles away.