Why does biodiversity loss matter?
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About the video: ‘Why does biodiversity loss matter?’
Dr. Shiva talks about the damaging ecological effects of agricultural monoculture – the large-scale production of single crops. She goes on to warn that the loss of biodiversity represents not only an environmental threat, but a destabilizing economic and political threat as well. Livelihoods are at stake across the planet as small producers loose out to agri-business. She points to the dangers of biotechnology and explains how the world’s powerful military-industrial complex also helps facilitate the corporate takeover of natural resources.
Total views: 7,704
Filmed: Oxford, UK on 12 September 2004
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera - Petica Watson Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2004 Big Picture TV
About Vandana Shiva
Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist and environmental activist. She is the founding director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in India and is a leader in the International Forum on Globalization. Vandana appeared in the film The Corporation (2003) and is also featured in the documentary “Fed up!:Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture and Sustainable Alternatives.”
She’s author of several books; her latest publication is “Soil not Oil” (2008).
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