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The Environment in 1995

A review of the major environmental events of 1995 with Robin Pellew and Alex Kirby

• 13 mins

The Montreal Protocol

From 1996, methyl chloroform and CFCs were banned to protect the ozone layer

• 13 mins

Driftnet Fishing is Killing Dolphins

Illegal fishing in the Mediterranean is killing dolphins and whales off the coast of Italy

• 13 mins

Preserving Oceanic Ecosystems

"We are taking fish from the ocean faster than they can reproduce"

• 13 mins

Halocarbons

Using a balloon to gather data about halocarbons between the troposphere and statosphere

• 13 mins

Safeguarding Rhino

How the poaching of black rhino has declined in Zimbabwe

• 13 mins

Micropropagation

A method to mass producing plants to build up numbers of endangered species in Belize

• 13 mins

Oil Spills

The risks of dealing with oil pollution by containment, collection and dispersal

• 14 mins

Transport of Radioactive Materials by Sea

The rules governing the transport of plutonium and high level nuclear waste by sea

• 13 mins

More Rainfall, Less Rainfall

How increased evaporation over land and sea due to climate change affects rainfall

• 13 mins

Wildlife and Wetfowl Trust

A review of 50 years of the charity that protects ducks, geese and swans

• 13 mins

Annual Seal Hunt

The quota for Canada's annual seal hunt of harp and hooded seals has been raised

• 14 mins

Taiwan's Pollution

What is being done about Taiwan's choking traffic, industrial pollution and smog?

• 13 mins

North Pole Ice Cap is Melting

Peter Wadhams of the Scott Polar Research Institute on research in the Arctic Sea

• 13 mins

Salmon's Sense of Smell

Male salmon sniff out their mates and all salmon migrate guided by their sense of smell

• 13 mins

The Legacy and Findings of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

What happened to the people and environment in the ten years after the accident?

• 13 mins

Conserving Fish Stocks

Restrictions on commercial fishing to save cod, haddock and plaice in the North Sea

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Impact of Commercial Mining on the Environment

How has the rapid expansion of mining companies happened?

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Sea Empress Supertanker Oil Spill

"The shore was totally contaminated... and the air was heavy with the stench of oil"

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The Effects of Leaded Petrol

Lead was added to petrol to make combustion efficient but modern engines no longer need it

• 13 mins

Food Crisis in North Korea

Floods wiped out all food crops for 1995 as well as seeds to plant for the following year

• 13 mins

Negotiating Climate Change

How governments are resisting advice from the IPCC to take action against climate change

• 13 mins

Threats to Wildlife on the Galapagos Islands

The role of population expansion, shark and sea cucumber fishing and 80,000 goats

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Bakun Dam Project in Sarawak

The building of the Malaysian dam was put on hold to take account of the views of locals

• 13 mins

Leipzig Declaration

The global plan of action to secure plants' genetic resources for future generations

• 13 mins

Prospecting in the Amazon

How oil exploration in the Peruvian Amazon will threaten 19 different indigenous peoples

• 13 mins

Kolkata's Arsenic Poisoning

Unchecked water extraction has led to 250,000 people being affected by arsenic poisoning

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Greenpeace in Hong Kong

Anne Dingwall talks about the toxic waste and fake recycling that ends up in Hong Kong

• 13 mins

Aerial Seed Bombers

Reforestation by dropping trees from airplanes in icecream cone-shaped delivery packages

• 13 mins

The Antarctic

Can one of the planet's last great wildernesses be kept clean for future generations?

• 13 mins