Dec 16 Watch Nations Pledge $3.5B to Cut Carbon Emissions, Deforestation Six nations pledged $3.5 billion to cut carbon emissions and deforestation through a new program called REDD. Jonathon Miller of Independent Television News examines how the United Nations-sponsored plan will work. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch No Insurance? On Borneo, This Clinic Accepts Manure On the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, the Asri Clinic doesn't take credit cards. Instead, the clinic accepts payments that improve the local ecosystem, be it seedlings for replanting, eggshells for composting, even manure. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. Continue watching
Aug 05 Endangered Gorilla ‘Mother Lode’ Uncovered in Republic of Congo By PBS News Hour A survey of the vast swamps and forests in the northern Republic of Congo has revealed 125,000 western lowland gorillas living there, more than double the previous known tally of the endangered animal. Continue reading