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Wildlife photography fascinated D.K. Bhaskareven while he was studying engineering.

À visit to the Kaziranga National Park madethe difference. I photographed elephants in varioustimes and moods and they are still my favouriteanimals in the forests,' he tells K. Satyamurty.A career in scientific research did not interesthim; years later he became among the fewfrom Bangalore to have traversed nearly 6,400km of the Amazon river across South America.D.K. Bhaskar, who has completed a book onhis expedition and is looking for the rightpublisher, says wildlife photography has beenhis first passion, even as a student of engineeringin Bangalore. "A visit to the Kaziranga NationalPark made the difference. I photographedelephants in various times and moods and theyare still my favourite animals in the forests," hesays. Wildlife photography was a random pastimeto start with, but became something close to aprofession a few years later. By this time, hehad quit the job with a research institution andrealised his career had to take another direction.

For the past three years, Mr. Bhaskar has beenregularly visiting the Amazon and its environs,travelling through Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, oftenoff the beaten track and venturing deep interior."Up in the Andes mountains, it is a differentworld altogether ... I thoroughly enjoyed thetreks there, sometimes on a boat or bus butvery often just hiking," he recalls. Often ataltitudes of 6,000 metres and above there werenosebleeds and the lack of oxygen in theatmosphere to cope with.

Among the most fascinating experiences wasseeing five active volcanoes high up in themountains.

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A Newsletter from CMS ENVIS CENTRE on Environment and Media

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"The smoke from the volcanoes and the cloudformations above them at different times of theday; the wildlife, including birds of the kindyou don't see anywhere else ... I can neverforget the experience," he says. A lot of thathas been captured by his camera.

Boating down the Amazon is yet anotherexperience Mr. Bhaskar describes vividly. "Nothingaround but the rain forest and the vast expanseof water ... water so pure and calm. Occasionallyduring early mornings you see river dolphinsand then birds, including parakeets inunbelievably colourful plumage. There are alsomonkeys and large predators like jaguars andpumas," he says.

The people of the rain forests are very unlikeothers. "I visited some of the villages and learntabout their lifestyles and how they earned theirlivelihood. Many are a matriarchal family andsome have allowed modern influences to creepin. Fish is their staple diet and even smallchildren paddle a canoe with ease.

Mr. Bhaskar has given more than 100 talksabout his expeditions along the Amazon toselect gatherings in the U.S. and the U.K. andis preparing for one more visit to South Americalater this year.��

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Animal Planet and WWF (no, not the worldwrestling federation, but the global conservationorganisation) have begun an eco-reality series -Planet Action.

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The series follows an international team of sevenenthusiastic amateur environmentalists as they

work in remote locations, saving endangeredLeatherback turtles in Panama and helpingorangutans fight for survival.

Mr. Ravi Singh, SG and CEO, WWF-India,said, "Planet Action is a great example ofactive media partnership to showcase thetough work of conservation to the world. Iam hopeful that more and more people willbe sensitised about the threats to theenvironment and to its species and the urgentneed to conserve the same."

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Team members hail from Venezuela, Vietnam,Sweden, Australia, Brazil, the UK and theUS. Mr. Raja Balasubramanian, Brand Director- Animal Planet said, "Planet Action willinform and entertain viewers by presentingthem all the emotion and drama of a groupof amateur environmentalists tasked with real-life challenges."

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WWF experts are on hand as ̀ mentors' duringeach challenge, as the team learns firsthandabout the realities of conservation while at thesame time coping with extreme conditions,unfamiliar cultures and the pressures of protectingwildlife.

The six-episode series will air on Animal Planetevery Sunday at 9 p.m., from April 2.��

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Hard, fatty substances on the beach could makeyou a millionaire.

Unlike sharks, whales do not interfere withpeople and Hollywood has left them alone.


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"CALL me Ishamel!" "Thar' She blows!"Unforgettable lines from Herman Melville's novelMoby Dick, chosen by Somerset Maugham asone of the ten best novels ever written. On alighter vein, former Random House editor andhumorist, Bennett Cerf wondered if the novelwould have become so popular had it beennamed "Moby Richard".

The whale is one of God's mightiest creationsand makes news all the time. It is needed forthe world's ecology and laws have been enactedto protect it. Yet, nations like Norway andJapan vigorously protest the ban on huntingwhales because it is big business for them.

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Whales occasionally stray into shallow watersclose to the coast. The huge creatures,unfortunately, are not used to shallow watersand most of the time die. Every time a whaledies, the world loses a wonderful creature.Unlike sharks, whales do not interfere withpeople and Hollywood has left them alone. Wehave a number of shark movies, most of themon the horror side, but hardly any whale movie.Hollywood director John Huston did film Melville'sMoby Dick with Gregory Peck in the lead role,but it was a movie centred on the theme ofgood and evil.

Two whale stories, one sad and the otherhappy, were recently reported in the media.Millions watched in amazement on TV, theplight of a bottlenose whale, which was spottedin the shallow waters of the Thames River. Awhale in the Thames! If American PresidentGeorge Bush had stated he had been briefedby the CIA that the arrival of the whale wasan act of the terrorists, British Prime MinisterTony Blair would have believed it and orderedthe bombing of the whale! Ultimately, thewhale died, swaddled in blankets on a rustingsalvage barge when attempts to take it to thedeeper waters failed. That was the sad whaleepisode.

Now for the happy story. Australian fishermanLeon Wright and his wife, Loralee, came acrossan unusually solid fatty object weighing around15 kg while walking along the beach. Theyignored the object, which they found againafter some days. This time, they took it homein their truck. It turned out that the fatty objectwas a chunk of ambergris, sought after byperfume manufacturers. Ambergris, in fact, issolidified whale vomit, which is thrown up bythe huge mammals to get rid of hard objectslike squid beaks. Valued at $20 a gram, theLeon Wright discovery fetched the family around$2,95,000. What a piece of luck for thebeach walkers.

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I occasionally walk the Juhu Beach in Mumbaiand, after reading the ambergris episode, keepmy eyes open for hard substances. Of course,whales do not come anywhere near Mumbaibeaches. They are so dirty that the mammalswill die of pollution. Who knows, if one of thespecies did turn up, the pollution or the eatablesthrown into the sea could make it throw up. Ionly hope I am there when that happens.Dead or alive, in fact or in fiction, let ussalute the whale. Moby Dick is pretty seriousstuff but the true story of Leon Wright shouldinspire us to walk along the beaches andkeep our eyes open.��

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He says the other side of Green Revolution wasforgotten

Mangalore: Media is not highlightingenvironmental issues, activist and filmmaker SureshHeblikar said here on Tuesday.


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Mr. Heblikar was inaugurating a two-day seminaron "Environment, education and media" atMangalagangotri, Mangalore University.

He said the impact of industrialisation onenvironment is not properly reflected in media.The green revolution helped the country to attainself-reliance. But the use of chemical fertilizershas resulted in loss of soil fertility.

The media, which glorified the Green Revolution,did not concentrate on the ill effects of the newtechniques. He said the Government is givingimportance to urban development at the cost ofvillages.

In its budget, the Centre has set aside Rs.4,500 crores under Urban Renewal Mission.The development of infrastructure in cities isbeing given prominence at the cost of developinginfrastructure in villages.

Mr. Heblikar took objection to laying of Hubli-Ankola railway line. If the work is taken up,three lakh trees will have to be cut. The linewill pass through a thick forest, known for itsrich biodiversity.

He objected to the Government's plan to set upa thermal power plant at Tadadi near Gokarnain Utttara Kannada. If this project comes up, itwill destroy the marine life, he said.

Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor K. M.Kaveriappa said that there is a need to spreadenvironmental literacy for sustainable development.Following the Supreme Court direction, theUniversity Grants Commission (UGC) has askedthe educational insti tutions to includeenvironmental studies in their syllabi. TheDepartment of Mass Communication and Journalismof the university had organised the seminar.

Chairman of the department G.P. Shivaramwelcomed the gathering. Umeshchandra, lecturer,proposed a vote of thanks.��

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Hyderabad: The State office of World WideFund for Nature - India will screen the awardwinning Wildlife film `Nagarhole- Tales froman Indian Jungle' at Prasads lab, Banjara Hills,on March 26.

Nagarhole produced, photographed and writtenby Shekhar Dattatri is a conservation orientednatural history film that visually captures thechanging season of the forest and the hiddendrama that goes within it.

The film won the Special jury award in theInternational Wildlife Film Festival, USA besidesa prize in the Valvert International wildlife filmfestival in Brussels, according to the WWFState Office Director Farida Tampal.

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Donor passes are available with the State Officeand for more details one may contact WWF -India, AP, 818, Castle Hills Road No. 2 nearNMDC, Vijayanagar Colony Ph.No. 23534151,9393009251.��

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A music video called Nag Devta that featuressnakes in its songs has invited the wrath ofanimal rights activists who say the reptiles havebeen filmed illegally.

World Music, a company based in Cuttack city,26 km from here, released the album last month."It shows snakes and snake charmers in all its10 songs," Jiban Ballav Das, secretary of PeopleFor Animals, Orissa chapter, told IANS.


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6The use of snakes for commercial purposes isillegal under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.Anybody wanting to use them has to takepermission from the state's wildlife authority, hesaid.

Generally permission is granted with the stipulationof engaging the services of a veterinary surgeonwho examines the health of the reptiles. Besides,at least one representative of the local wildlifesociety has to examine whether any cruelty hasbeen caused to the animal during the shooting.

"The VCD violates every norm," Das alleged."We have lodged complaints with the statewildlife chief and asked him to take actionagainst the producer as well as ban the VCD,"he said.

Jayaprakash Mohanty, the producer of the VCD,admitted he did not apply for permission. "I amnot aware of any ban," he said.

He said hundreds of snake charmers wereexhibiting snakes publicly for entertainment andearning money. The government had not takenany action to stop them.

"Why then should I be subjected to action forusing snakes in my VCD?" Mohanty asked. Hesaid the VCD associated snakes with Lord Shiva."It would rather generate love and respect forsnakes."

But wildlife activists are far from convinced.

"Wildlife officials must take action against theproducer because it is illegal," said BiswajitMohanty, secretary of the Wildlife Society ofOrissa.

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CMS ENVIS Centre on Mediaand Environment

Operational since 2000, CMS ENVIS Centre had

initiated several activities towards making itself

effectively functional. The area in which CMS

has expertise is communication strategies

specifically in the context of the electronic media.

It has been working in developing itself as a

resource centre, as a coordinating body and as

a centre for dissemination of environmental

related information.

In the short span CMS ENVIS Centre has

identified the database on different parameters.

Also initiated innovative programmes to highlight

the environmental concerns.

Among its various activities the centre has been

indexing coverage of environmental issues from

print media as well as electronic media,

conducting small research studies to bridge the

information gaps, the mailing list with addresses

of agencies, individuals, institutions,

departments NGOs, Radio and TV channels,

advertisers along with computerized database

of Audio-Visual resources has been updated

regularly, media orientation programmes

including screening of films, discussions and

interactive sessions on different environmental

topics are conducted.

websites.www.cmsindia.org/cmsenvis

On Air Programme

"Yeh Gulistan Hamara"

This 15 Minutes programme gives information regarding various issues relating toenvironment, forest and wildlife particularly on the thematic aspect in a dramatic

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Environmental Risks and the Media explores theways in which environmental risks, threats andhazards are represented, transformed andcontested by the media. At a time when popularconceptions of the environment as a stable,natural world with which humanity interferesare being increasingly contested, the mediasmethods of encouraging audiences to think aboutenvironmental risks - from the BSE or 'madcow' crisis to global climate change - arebecoming more and more controversial. Examininglarge-scale disasters, as well as 'everyday'hazards, the contributors consider the tensionsbetween entertainment and information in mediacoverage of the environment. How do the mediaframe 'expert', 'counter-expert' and 'lay public'definitions of environmental risk? What role doenvironmental pressure groups like Greenpeaceor 'eco-warriors' and 'green guerrillas' play inshaping what gets covered and how? Does themedia emphasis on spectacular events at theexpense of issue-sensitive reporting exacerbatethe public tendency to overestimate sudden andviolent risks and underestimate chronic long-term ones?

Environmental Risks and the Media explores theways in which environmental risks, threats andhazards are represented, transformed andcontested by the media. At a time when popularconceptions of the environment as a stable,natural world with which humanity interferesare being increasingly contested, the mediasmethods of encouraging audiences to think aboutenvironmental risks - from the BSE or 'mad

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cow' crisis to global climate change - arebecoming more and more controversial. Examininglarge-scale disasters, as well as 'everyday'hazards, the contributors consider the tensionsbetween entertainment and information in mediacoverage of the environment.

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Arguably the greatest challenges facing humanityare environmental. However, they are routinelyunder-reported in the media. Pressure groupsand governments trying to get information throughto the public often blame the media, but thepicture is not necessarily this simple. This textpresents the state of knowledge about mediatreatment and public understanding of keyenvironmental issues, above all, climate changeand biodiversity loss, which have enormousimplications for economic, social andenvironmental security, yet mean little to theperson in the street. The concept of sustainabledevelopment, which underpins responses to theseproblems is also shown to be unknown by mostpeople.

Most, although not all, of the examples quotedthroughout the book are drawn from UKbroadcasting and print journalism. But contrastsare drawn between attitudes in other Westerncountries, including the USA, and developingcountries where journalists often face far greaterobstacles to their efforts to achieve objectivereporting on environmental issues. For thosewho want to know what makes the media workin the way that it does, and how to make itwork better on issues of fundamental importance,but which are perceived by the public asfundamentally boring, The Daily Globe is agood read.


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The mass media in different countries reflectsdominant concerns of contemporary societies.Ideas of ènvironmentalism' are often broadand imprecise, holding neither meaning norcurrency. Environmentalism and Mass Mediasheds new light on the diverse ideas ofènvironmentalism', the way environmental ideascirculate, and public reaction to environmentalconcerns conveyed by the media. Drawing onunique interviews with journalists, media pictures,and public opinion surveys in both UK andIndia, the authors outline the differing cultural,religious and political contexts against which`world views' form present a fascinating picturebetween North and South. Mass media andcommunication technology is in danger oflocking Northern countries into a ghetto ofenv i ronmenta l se l f -decept ion, therebyperpetuating poverty in the South. The South'sgoal remains the attainment of development;the North sees ènvironmental' problemsoccurring èlsewhere' - in Eastern Europe anddeveloping countries. Whether or notènvironmentalism' becomes a universal causedepends on how and to what extent suchsharply contrasting world views can converge.

"Environmentalism and Mass Media" sheds newlight on the diverse ideas of environmentalism,the way environmental ideas circulate, and publicreaction to environmental concerns conveyed bythe media. By drawing on interviews withjournalists, analysis of media content and publicopinion surveys in the UK and India, the authorsdevelop a model of how the dominantenvironmental concerns of contemporary societiesare reflected and projected.

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Community and public support are essential tothe success of conservation and resourcemanagement programs. Often, the level of supportreceived depends on whether or not the goalsand importance of the program have been clearly

explained to the public, thepress, or policymakers.Without good communication,even the best programs areliable to fail. CommunicationSkil ls for ConservationProfessionals provides in-depthguidance on achievingconservation goals throughbetter communications. It introduces communicationapproaches -- marketing and mass media, citizenparticipation, public information, environmentalinterpretation, and conservation education activities-- and offers scores of real-world examples andstraightforward advice that will help conservationistsdevelop the skills they need to communicateeffectively. Following an introductory chapter thatprovides an overview of the communication process,the book: describes research techniques forgathering background information and targetingaudiences outlines the steps involved in developinga communications campaign explains how to usemass media-from giving interviews to writingnews releases and holding press conferencesprovides examples for developing interpretive mediafor conservation explores long-term conservationeducation strategies presents program evaluationtechniques to determine the level of successachieved, or to identify steps for improvementThroughout, the author presents a rich storehouseof examples, guidelines, and planning tools forall kinds of communication challenges. Strategiesand materials that have been used by organizationsacross the country -- from the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service to The Nature Conservancy, fromAdirondack Park to Yellowstone National Park -- are featured, providing both inspiration andsupport for others involved with similar projects.Communication Skills for Conservation Professionalsis a much-needed contribution to the environmentalliterature that will play a vital role in helpingscientists, managers, concerned citizens, andstudents to more effectively communicate theirknowledge and concern about the environment,and to achieve greater professional and communitysuccess with their environmental campaigns.��"""!�#�$� !��#


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the perspective on, and the insight into,environmental and development issues from awide constituency of stakeholders and induct theminto the government's decision-making process.Its modality of public hearing represents a novelway for the people to dialogue with governmentabout the critical survival issues, and provides anopportunity to the people to forge partnershipsfor change and express their shared commitmentto a new paradigm of socially equitable andenvironmental sustainable development.

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Filmmaker NareshBedi was recentlyconferred the PrithviRatna (Jewel of theEar th ) Award,instituted by theCentre for MediaStudies and UnitedNations EnvironmentProgramme, at therecently held Vatavaran Film Festival 2005, forh i s ex t raord inarycon t r ibu t ion tofilmmaking on India'swildlife and naturalhistory. He is also thefirst Asian to have wonthe 'Panda' or the 'GreenOscar' as Best WildlifeCameraman at theworld's most covetedWildlife and Television Festival, Wildscreen 1984.Today Naresh Bedi is an established name amongthe wild life filmmakers across the globe.

Meet the king of the jungle in conversation withSudeshna B Baruah...

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Yes, they can go a long way in raisingconsciousness about wild life issues. But theyhave to find a platform. The onus of taking

them to the massesdoes not lie on thef i lmmaker a lone .Media, indeed, has amajor role to play inthis regard. And thecoverage that wild lifegets across different TVchannels is minimal,one per cent only. Even

the most accessible national channel,Doordarshan, has a tendency of dragging itsfeet on broadcasting these films, despite theavailability of videos. Given that these films donot have a great lucrative value, even distributorsdo not show much interest in them. Somebodyhas to take up the cudgel in making themaccessible to the masses.

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The involvement of my sons in the wild lifeventures have really been of great help. It istheir effort to have brought out CD's and VCD's.Bedi films have distributed them in many schoolsin interior Kolkata. We would expedite suchmoves to make them accessible among differentsections of the society.

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The western market is huge for wild lifedocumentaries films. They even have TV channelsdedicated to animals. But India is yet to growin terms of such films. I would say the marketis zero in India.

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Risks are many. It is not very easy to doresearch on animal movements. You have toforego your lunches and dinners in the wildnessof jungles. (Chuckles) Well, if you have thepassion for wild life and your story, you do notcare whatever might come your way. I wouldcite a recent episode of our wild life voyage.We were out on a shooting at Sariska inRajasthan. It was a project on the recedingnumber of tigers in this area. And would youbelieve we started at 7 am and packed up at7 pm of the same day. We had to stay emptystomach for those 12 hours.

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I would rate The Ganges Gharial as the filmclosest to my heart. It had bagged an award atthe International Wildlife and Television Festival,'Wildscreen 1984'. It took us a research of fiveyears to portray for the first time the full lifecycle of this unique fish-eating crocodilian. Thethrilling adventure of five years makes it thefilm my heart loves dearly.

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Deteriorating environment and the threat toflora and fauna worries the Delhi-basedfilmmaker, Syed Fayaz, who has four investigativewildlife documentaries to his credit.

"Documentaries are an effective medium tosensitise the common man about the deterioratingbiodiversity," believes Fayaz. One of hisinvestigative documentaries is on the endangeredotter in India.

. . .And Then There Were None, the15-minute documentary on the rampantpoaching of the otter, shot in Jammu andKashmir, focuses on the shocking illegal tradeof the animal. The film, which made it to thefinal of the International Wildlife Film Festival,2004, in Montana, USA, showed how nomadicriverine communities hunt the otter with thehelp of trained hounds. It also highlights thewidespread illegal trade of tiger and leopardskins and their body parts.


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Documenting wildlife is a passionwith Syed Fayaz

"These playful animals are being hunted fortheir highly prized pelts, which are smuggledout of India for making fur coats and trimmings,"says the filmmaker, who won the Golden TreeAward at Vatavaran 2003 (National WildlifeFilm Festival) for his film on conservation,A Brush with Death.

This film is about the poaching of the mongooseto make drawing and paint brushes. "Let artnot wipe out the species" is the theme of the22-minute documentary.

"Making wildlife documentaries is not a matterof livelihood but a passion with me. I treat itmore as a social responsibility."

"To be an investigative wildlife filmmaker, oneneeds to be aware of many things such as thelaw and, of course, the threat involved."

"Before making a documentary, one should bementally prepared to work round the clock andeven go without food for days," says Fayaz.

"What has always shocked me is that we alltend to focus on big animals and ignore thesmall animals. Every animal and insect has arole to play. If we lose even one of the species,there are definitely going to be repercussions.We may not be able to see them immediatelybut we will have to face them in future."

In 1998, he made a documentary on shahtooshtrade in Jammu and Kashmir.

His recent production is A Walk on the WildSide. Funded by the British High Commission,the documentary is yet to be released. "Thedocumentary takes you through the naturalheritage of our country," says Fayaz.

He has also received the UK-Centre for MediaStudies Environment Fellowship for his proposeddocumentary The Hot Planet and the Hole inthe Sky. It will look into the effects of globalwarming in India.�� /� ��.��0� ��'��

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Vatavaran Travels is a vehicle addressing thefelt need to take this festival to audiences acrossthe country and reach out to masses across thevast geographical expanse. It is an endeavouris to highlight the complex environmentalproblems that we face today. It will also attemptto raise and address local issues throughdiscussions. The encouraging response to itsinitial effort has prompted the Directorate tofurther Vatavaran Travels on a larger scale.With the experience of traveling festivals inChennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Guwahati,Kaziranga, Golaghat behind, the Directorateplans to take the traveling festival with a missionmode.

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Vatavaran Travels has its set goal to reach outto a maximum number of audiences across thelength and breath of the nation with the best ofIndia's environment and wildlife films; fosterdialogue amongst various stakeholders as wellas the general public; create and strengthen aplatform for raising local issues and lastly,developing a solid network of concernedindividuals/organizations.

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The traveling festival has the following objectives:

� Sensitize people about topical issues ofconcern.

� Pro-active approach with stimulatingdiscussions.

� Reaching out to a wider, more diverseaudience through documentary films.

� Networking with educational institutions andstudents, NGOs, Civil Society Groups andother concerned institutions.

� Provide good green films for screening andalso use them as educational and motivationaltools towards the cause of environment.

� Provide a platform to aspiring, upcomingand brilliant environment and wildlifefilmmakers in NE who have remained largelyunsupported in their endeavor.

� Pro-active approach with motivatingdiscussions involving the basic stake holders

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The festival will target children, youth and aspiringfilmmakers besides the general audience whowill gain knowledge about the art of environmentand wildlife filmmaking through experiencesharing discussions and an exceptional slate ofseminars and screenings. Besides this, the festivalalso would involve local NGO's, environmentalists,students of filmmaking, school children and eco-club teachers and members. Vatavaran wouldprovide an enjoyable chance to learn about thethreatened species and ecosystems across thecountry. Through the traveling festival 2006,CMS Vatavaran targets at reaching out toapproximately 50,000 people across the nation.

The festival will be open for all.

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The Traveling festival will bring in its foldhighlights from its bouquet of Vatavaran filmsfrom across 2002, 2003 & 2005 providingaccess to the work and issues that have featuredin these festivals from across the country. Inevery location festival will be of three to fourdays with screenings for schools and colleges.

The festival will also feature parallel eventsbesides the screening of selected films. Thiswould feature current topics that are of relevanceto the local regional settings as well as nationalconcern.


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� Screenings� Interactive discussions and debates� Expert talks� Symposium/ Panel discussion/ Workshops� Photo exhibition� Film bazaar

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Vatavaran Travels would be organized throughpartner agencies at the regional level. This yearCMS proposes to organize the festival atGuwahati in Assam, Srinagar in Kashmir,Chandigarh, Ranchi in Jharkhand Bangalore inKarnataka, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Hyderabadin Andhra Pradesh, Shillong in Meghalaya,Gangtok in Sikkim, Imphal in Manipur, Kohimain Nagaland, Agartala in Tripura, Aizawl inMizoram and Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Issues to be reflected through the medium ofdocumentaries, public service message andanimation would be waste management,deforestation, climate change, water crisis,industrial/bio-medical/electronic waste, wildlifeconservation, traditional livelihood of fishingcommunity, effects of pesticide, arsenic pollution,forest degradation, scared groves, communityparticipation in conservation, biosphere resourceconservation, man-animal conflicts, wildlife trade,wildlife conservation efforts, to mention a few.

Some of the issues that could be taken upconcerning forests are conservation through pro-active but non-degrading eco-tourism activities,the biotic pressure and biodiversity, scientificrestoration techniques, the banyan tree which isa complete ecological system in itself, thedevelopment of an eco-friendly method to solvethe problem of defoliator outbreaks to mentiona few.

The importance of water as a base to nurturinglife is recognized by all. Water conservationand the interrelationship between water, forest

and life is one issue. Arsenic poisoning throughunderground drinking water and privatizationof water bodies are other serious concern whileit is ironical that in Cherrapunji, recognized asone of the world's wettest place, people have tostruggle for drinking water.

Issues of deforestation and conservation wereissues that were of central concern in the filmsby Mike Pandey, Binu Damodaran. Along theselines are the concerns for community basedconservation, traditional sacred groves.

Wildlife natural history issues that were screenedin this year's Vatavaran subsumed human-wildlifeconflicts, dynamics of conservation effort,conservation practices, plight of the animalscooed up in small cages in zoos, adverse effectof certain traditions on ecology, rapid deaths ofvultures in the Indian sub-continent and man'sdependence on this carrion eater.

Havoc of e-waste business, the continued impactsof toxic wastes caused by the Bhopal Tragedy,the effects of the pesticide Endosulfan, bio-waste management, hazards of bio-medicalwastes, disastrous iron ore mining in Kudremukhon one hand and the BEIL initiative towardshazardous waste management on the other handhave also been taken up.

Other issues that could be dwelt upon are floodcontrol techniques, CNG, importance of agro-biodiversity and community Gene Banks inpreserving traditional crop varieties, disastermanagement of storms, women-natural resourceslink, impact of certain mining activities, traditionalfisherman's resistance to mechanized fishing,breakdown of the traditional system balancingnature's resources to man's needs, air pollution,nexus of development-marginalized population,decentralized sustainable developments, nexusbetween youth lifestyles and their ecologicalfootprints, people's initiatives in resourcemanagement, human rights violation in the nameof development.

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English with English subtitles /26mins/ 2005

Director: P. V. Satheesh and Vijendra Patil

Subject Focus: The film chronicles the journeyof the Mobile Biodiversity Festival of the DeccanDevelopment Society.

Synopsis: The Deccan region of South Indiaprincipally hosts rain fed agriculture and is thehome to a fascinating biodiversity of crops.Millets, legumes, oilseeds, uncultivated foodsproduce an incredible matrix of diverse cropson the farmers' fields. Medak District, where theDeccan Development Society (DDS) works, hasthousands of amazing women farmers who havekept alive a vibrant diversity on their farms andfields. It is these women, marginalised andworking on marginalised lands who havecourageously preserved and conserved agro-biodiversity in the Deccan. The diversity followedby these women is an unbroken tradition thathas lived with them for centuries. This is thetradition that inspired the biodiversity festivalsof the DDS. The film "People's Agenda forBiodiversity" faithfully chronicles the journey ofthe Mobile Biodiversity Festival of the DDS.

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Director: Nikhil and Niret Alva

Subject Focus: Death Watch explores thedisappearance of vultures in the Indian sub-continent and its impact on the communitiesdependant on it.

Synopsis: Death Watch sets out to find outwhat's killing vultures in the Indian sub-continent.Over a decade, their numbers have dropped byalmost 90per cent. Ornithologists across the

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world are alarmed. Indian communities like theParsis for whom vultures are an important partof their tradition and play a crucial role in thedisposal of their dead are worried. As are thethousands of "cattle skinners", spread acrossthe country that are dependent on the efficiencywith which vultures scavenge on animal carcasses,for their livelihood. The film explores thedependence of man on this carrion eater.

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Director: Chandromouli Basu

Producer: Niret Alva and Nikhil J Alva

Subject Focus: The film documents the developmentinitiatives by the government in areas of eco-development, health and information across thecountry.

Synopsis: A film that focus on three differentareas of public concern-eco-development, healthand realizes Ed. Case studies from differentparts of the country provide the maximumgeographical variation. The film travels fromChanger in the Himalayan foothills to Indorein Madhya Pradesh and onto rural Karnatakaand illustrates how government's initiative andpeople's participation can bring about adramatic change in the quality of life. Theseinitiatives are not merely textbook examplesmeant to be debated and studied. They canbe replicated in every village and town. Thisfilm was produced for the United NationsDevelopment Fund.

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English with English subtitles/25mins/2004

Director: Rumah Rasaq

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Subject Focus: The film talks of the hardshipsthat survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy arefacing even twenty years after the incident.

Synopsis: On the night of 2nd December 1984,forty eali of Methyl Isocyanate, a lethal gasused in making Sevin, a pesticide leaked fromthe Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. On thatnight more than 2000 people were killed.Conservative estimates of the death toll todayhave mounted to more than 20,000. Wantonand criminal negligence continues to kill morepeople each day. More than 500,000 havebeen affected and at least 50,000 people areleft too sick to work. Survivors of this disasterstill await justice and continue to suffer even asyou watch this film.

The film explores the grim reality of lakhs ofsurvivors and their children, caught betweenDow-Carbide's denial of liability and theGovernment's reluctance to pursue Dow-Carbide,as they continue to face the unfolding hardshipsof the nearness of death and of living poisoneddaily. This Documentary looks at the environmentalimpacts of thousands of tones of toxic wastesthat lie abandoned by Dow-Carbide and thefrightening reality of the continued migration ofthese chemicals into the soil, the groundwater,the vegetation and the people who live there.Even more horrifying is the confirmed presenceof toxic residues in human breast milk essentiallyensuring and endowing future generations witha continued legacy of suffering.

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policy planners, scientists and

engineers, research workers etc all

over the country.

Environment being a broad ranged

and multidisciplinary subject, requires

an involvement of concerned

institutes/organizations that are

actively engaged in the different

subject areas of environment,

therefore a large number of nodes

have been established to cover the

broad subject areas of environment.

ENVIS is a decentralized system,

which ensures collection, collation,

storage, retrieval and dissemination

of environmental information to all

concerned. These centers have been

set up in the areas of pollution control,

toxic chemicals, central and offshore

ecology, environmentally sound and

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A 'master class' for young and aspiring filmmakersby Doug Allan a freelancer wildlife filmmakers

and photographers Doug Allan specializes inwildlife and documentary work in extremes -particularly underwater and in the poles. Doughas worked for a number of broadcastersincluding the BBC, Discovery, NationalGeographic, Granada and others. Doug spentalmost 5 years working on the BBC NationalHistory Unit series "The Blue Planet -A National History of the Oceans" which tookthem all over the world - from the tropics to thepoles. He had some amazing adventures duringthe series - filming killer whales hunting graywhales in California, filming bioluminescent squidin Japan and swimming with beluga whalesunder the Arctic ice.

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The workshop was specially designed forfilmmakers and students of filmmaking interestedin learning about underwater filming. It gavestudents an opportunity to interact with filmmakerswho have filmed in diverse terrains and extremeclimates. Handling the camera, tricks ofunderwater filming, catching the best shots, along

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with some exciting clippings from their productionswill all be a part of this workshop.

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Mr. Allan explained the role of key people formaking films are of producer, editor andcameraperson. A cameraperson takes first stepfor capturing good pictures therefore, a picturehas to be stylish and keep editors in mind tomake attractive film. Good camera techniquesmust be treated as basic to every movie suchas feature film, environment documentary orwildlife film. The great thing about Under WaterFilming is to get closure to animals or subjecthence, the first thing for under water photographeris to get familiar and enjoy with water forcapturing appropriate image.

He showed his favorite sequence that hascombination of music and visuals with lesscommentary. He cited that setting tripod in underwater is troublesome task. Dolly crane could givethree dimensions of movement. Sometimes, divingon different days could build relationship withanimals such as your way of looking animals,breathing, and so on - all these needs continuouspractices. He said that cameraperson spendstime with animals, which facilitate good storyand good pictures always goes hand in hand.Before going for shooting, planning of storylineis very important and you can make storyboardfor designing sequences however you cannotbelieve it, as it is only an imagination.


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He added that a person who has been aware ofanimals must plan storyboard. On the location,you must develop relationship with local communityso that they can help in needy situation.

He discussed camera movement in under watershoot that while capturing pictures your headwould move in panning or tilting camera whereas,you don't have to move in zooming and allowto take wide shot to close up towards subject.He explained that slow motions make dramaticeffects for animals and must avoid wide shotsin slow motion for example, wide shot establishesbody of whales and gradually, camera canmove to mid close up and therefore to extremeclose up of head, eye, nose etc.

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Discussion held on importance of tripod that heused it only for taking semi micro shots otherwiseit is a hassle to operate in under water shooting.He explained duration of traveling in cold waterthat if you are shooting in the condition of -1.80c for 15 minutes and not too deep, youwould need three hours to again heat up yourbody. Therefore, if you spent three hours incold water is exceptional and two hours areaverage. He highlighted that it depends uponyour living conditions as your body getsphysiological adaptation in cold water. He talkedabout features of lightweight camera that shutterspeed and white balances could be changedmanually and automatically. Wide angles arealways better and crucial and close shots bringout clarity and colours. The issue of using flashwas raised that he would prefer to use flash instill photographs. When he goes under waterwith lights, the amount of light changed withdistance from subject because lights get absorbed.When lights get closed to your subject, theyappeared differently and he preferred to shootwith available lights with color balance.

Camera movements, lightings and different shotswere the main concern in under water shooting.The shooting conditions of cold water were veryimportant for divers and capturing perfect images.

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A Publication by CMS ENVISCenter on "Clemenseau"

From all the debates and Discussions

surrounding clemenceau, what is apparent

is that it did make an impact on the country

as a whole and this would have not been

possible without unstinted support of Media

& its subsequent secrutiny by narious

non- governmental agencies, which took

up the cause actively on their own to help

it bring to its logical conclusion.

CMS ENVIS has compiled the issue into a

news clippings format.

To Order a copy contact:Mr. Rohit Singh

Programme OfficerCMS Environment

Centre for Media StudiesResearch House

Saket Community CentreNew Delhi - 110 017

Ph: 011-2499 2597, 2686 4020; 2652 2255Fax: 011-2696 8282

email: [email protected]@cmsindia.org

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Environment seemingly has taken a backseat inmost of the stories covered by electronic media.Considering its audience coverage capacity, itbecomes mandatory for the electronic media tofocus on the environmental related news. Thenecessity becomes manifold in the view of theexcessive environmental depletion that surfacesnow days. Inspire of the growing need anddemand for the special attention that is requiredby the environmental issues, sidestepping ofpertinent news by the leading news channels isgrotesquely evident.

In a study conducted by CMS labs on highlyrated news channels its is observed that anaverage of .3% of the stories covered in themonths of January'06 were environment oriented.

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Similarly in months of February it was not morethan .9%, that too when referring to a singlenews channel. Rest of the channels dwindledaround the figures like .4% and.7%. Saddeningin the month march the figures rolled down theladder at the ground level of 0% while onlySahara Samay and DD news covered .9% and.6%respectively.

The role, the value and the use of informationaltechnology are changing rapidly. There is anew order that has slowly seeped into thesystem of electronic media that spells globalization.Per say it becomes difficult for the topics likethe environment to actually create a substantialspace for themselves. In such a situation thereis a lack of interaction and communication inbetween the two, media and environmental issues.Therefore it becomes significant for the media to

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CMS ENVIS GREEN MEDIAE-NEWSLETTER

Daily e-newsletter Green Media, an electronicdocumentation of news and features, which appear inEnglish News dailies in India. Green Media satisfiesinformation requirements of environmentalists, wild lifers,conservation activists, researchers, media professionals,filmmakers, political activists, NGOs/ scientificorganizations, mass communication institutes, lobbyistsand advocacy groups in an effective and functionalmanner. The newsletter reaches to more than 3000 emailboxes every day.

This e-newsletter also facilitates easy organization,maintenance of archival material electronically and quickretrieval of information. Presently, over twenty nationaldailies in India are documented in Green Media - thelargest ever-daily compilation on environment and wildlife.With the click of the mouse, you gain access to all newsand features and other updates on environmental issuesincluding environmental management, air pollution, waterpollution, noise pollution, ecology, wild life, nature andnatural resources conservation, health toxicology, solidand hazardous waste, energy, policy matters etc. Thesetopics are also available in the archives of CMS ENVIS.CMS has established this site to provide access to backfiles on news and features related to environment, wildlifeand conservation issues. For Subscription email to:

Web Master at [email protected]

the industry benchmark inNews television for allsignificant events and issuesthat are prominently coveredon a particular day.

2. Five mainstream Hindi newschannels were included i.e.Aaj Tak, NDTV India, StarNews, Zee News andSahara Rashtriya

3. The recorded tapes werethen previewed and thenews stories listed undervarious classifications andcategories to generatequantitative data.

4. The News content on theabove mentioned channelswere listed and documentedin the log sheets.

5. The Stories were classifiedand separately coded (Expolitics, Business, Sports,Environmental news etc.)

6. Environmental related storiesare being separate lyreviewed.

January - March 2006

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