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In the Mayor's Footsteps - Peru

Life on the Edge

Helping young children have the right start in life: in Peru Mayor Amilcar believes that’s the forgotten path to peace and prosperity.

In The Name Of Safety

In the Name of Safety exposes the harrowing plight of innocent women and children, jailed allegedly for their own protection in Bangladesh under an archaic law left over from colonial days. (1998)

It's a Gas

Hands On

It's a Gas looks at how the latest in solar, wind and bio-gas technologies provide energy answers where there is no national grid. (1999)

In The Balance

With public opinion overwhelmingly in favour of debt forgiveness, 'In the Balance' finds that the correspondence between poverty and indebtedness should not be taken for granted. 1999

If Trees Could Talk...

Today only 6% of the Atlantic Rainforest survives. Earth Report reveals what people are doing to conserve what remains.

When India gained its freedom the government was convinced that big power projects and industries held the key to rapid growth. One such project, a dam at the foot of the Himalayas some say has caused more problems than it's worth. (1998)

Indonesia: Palm Oil, Primates and Pyromania

At the end of 1997 the forest fires in Indonesia blanketed much of the country and its neighbours in South-East Asia in a choking haze. The fires may turn out to be the greatest ecological disaster of the decade. (1998)

India: Bandits And Ravines

The ravines of India's Chambal Valley are hide-outs for the bandits of the region. Links are made between dacoitry and impoverishment of the region through exhaustion of the land. A grassroots conservation project shows the way forward. (1996)

India: Energy From Waste

Biogas is no longer considered the poor man's fuel in India. In Madras, factories like Cadbury's use it as a cheaper, more reliable source of energy than the National Grid. (1996)

Indonesia: Bamboo Boom

The fastest growing plant on earth is now being harvested sustainably and providing a booming economy on the island of Flores in Indonesia. (1996)

Indonesia: Eco Labelling

How can the environmentally-conscious consumer be confident that tropical hardwood is harvested sustainably? In Indonesia, a pioneering scheme is setting a precedent for tough criteria. (1996)

In the Wake of War

Life (series 4)

Investigates attempts o start a grass roots movement to bring a lasting peace to Burundi and its long-suffering citizens after years of ethnic conflict.