Journey to planet Earth. The state of the planet's wildlife

DVD

Journey to planet Earth. The state of the planet's wildlife / A Film by Marilyn & Hal Weiner ; Producer, Marilyn Weiner ; Director-Writer, Hal Weiner ; A Screenscope Production in Association with South Carolina ETV.

Weiner, Marilyn, (producer.). Weiner, Hal, (director,, screenwriter.). Quesada, Virginia, (editor of moving image work.). Boni, Dennis, (cinematographer.). Mills, Bill, 1952- (cinematographer.). Ferrucci, Frank, (composer.). Damon, Matt, (narrator.). Screenscope, inc., (production company.). South Carolina Educational Television Network, (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (broadcaster.).

Summary:

Speculates that almost half of the world's wildlife species may become extinct in the next fifty years as a result of loss of habitat, climate change, predation by humans, and other human activities. Suggests possible strategies for averting such a catastrophe. Examines the situations of lowland gorillas in Africa and in the Bronx Zoo, grizzly bears in the Blackfoot River valley of Montana, migrating birds and wetlands habitat in the Florida everglades, and elephants in Zambia.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Screenscope, [2006]
Copyright: �2006

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the television program Journey to planet Earth, Apr. 18, 2006.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Editor, Virginia Quesada ; Cinematographer, Dennis Boni, Bill Mills ; original music, Frank Ferrucci.
Participant or Performer Note:: Narrator, Matt Damon.
System Details Note:: DVD-R; region 1, NTSC; wide screen presentation; stereo.
Language Note:: Closed-captioned.