Multimedia Collection
Seas of Grass
DVD
57 min
1999
GE140 .J68 2007 no.5 DVD
SEAS OF GRASS investigates the serious threats to one of our most treasured natural resources. Grasslands cover almost one-third of the Earth's surface, house nearly a billion people, and are in grave danger of disappearing.
- Inner Mongolia: On the remote steppes of northeastern China, nomadic herders are caught between ancient traditions and the pressures of globalization.
- Kenya: Once-fertile grasslands have turned into seas of dust while farmers struggle to cope with the loss of precious rangelands and changing tribal customs.
- South Africa: With over eight hundred species of wild flowers carpeting the landscape, inhabitants of this delicate ecosystem strive to conserve the biodiversity of the world's oldest aboriginal prairie.
- Argentina: On the lush green Pampas, ranchers confront economic uncertainties that are threatening the heart and soul of the country.
- The American West: Modern cowboys are revitalizing parts of the Southwest to save a vanishing way of life.
Closed captioned.
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