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Mangroves : The Roots of the Sea
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There aren't too many happy stories when it comes to restoring damaged ecosystems, but southern Thailand's Trang Province is home to one of them. This science bulletin spotlights an innovative gras...
There aren't too many happy stories when it comes to restoring damaged ecosystems, but southern Thailand's Trang Province is home to one of them. This science bulletin spotlights an innovative grassroots organization called Yad Fon. Founded in 1984, Yad Fon set out to restore the healthy mangrove ecosystems that had sustained the region's families for thousands of years - and to pull it off by getting the villagers to manage their own natural resources.
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- Creator
- American Museum of Natural History
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (6 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn802298215
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 11, 2012.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Interdependence of Mangroves and Other Life Forms (1:30) -- Mangrove Habitats (1:13) -- Mangrove Ecosystem Destroyed (2:30) -- Shrimp Aquaculture Destroys Mangroves (1:21) -- Mangrove Preservation Projects (3:21) -- More Mangroves, More Food (1:18)