FAO Soil and Water
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Reversing Soil Erosion – Chile
An animation illustrating a transdisciplinary model of intervention for stopping and reversing soil erosion trends, a model that was developed in the Rapel River Basin, Chile. Around 12 million hectares of agricultural land is being lost to desertification, degradation and drought every year … and specifically in terms of soil erosion, the equivalent of a…
Wild Wars
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Peruvian Glacial Melt
A hand-drawn whiteboard animation showing the socio-environmental challenges of water insecurity in Peru’s glacier-fed Rio Santa catchment. A research project by SIGMA Peru research team. Principal Investigators: Dr Caroline Clason, University of Plymouth, UK and Dr Sergio Morera, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Peru Assisted by the Newton Fund Water security means reliable access to water…
The Centre for Disaster Resilience – Faculty for Geo-Information Science & Earth Observation
A narrative whiteboard animation for The Centre for Disaster Resilience. The impact of natural disasters across the world is uneven. Just in the last last two decades we’ve witnessed: 7000 major disaster events These disasters took one million lives affected four billion people caused 3 trillion US$ in losses worldwide. The Faculty for Geo-Information Science…
How UNESCO contributes to society by supporting Earth Sciences
A narrative, hand-drawn whiteboard animation showing how UNESCO contributes to society by supporting Earth Sciences. UNESCO has been making a contribution to Peace-Building, Education, the Natural World, Sustainable development, Culture, Women’s Rights, Local and indigenous knowledge, Climate change, Geological hazards, GeoConservation, Science. UNESCO promotes a vision of ‘A World at Peace’. Hand-drawn. Narrated by internationally-renowned…
What are the necessary qualifications to become a UNESCO Global GeoPark
A narrative, hand-drawn whiteboard animation describing the qualifications needed to become UNESCO Global GeoPark. These are unique worldwide areas protecting geological sites of international significance. The Member States of UNESCO ratified the creation of UNESCO Global GeoPark’s in 2015. Narrated by internationally-renowned geologist Professor Iain Stewart MBE.
What is a UNESCO Global Geopark?
A narrative, hand-drawn whiteboard animation. Created using artistic calligraphy and applied colour. These animations are finished with a specially composed musical soundtrack. A GeoPark is described as ‘unique worldwide areas, which have been designated as specially protected geological sites of international significance. The Member States ratified the creation of the UNESCO Global GeoPark (UGGp)…
‘Plastic Pollution’ The long-term accumulation of microplastics in the ecosystem
A narrative whiteboard animation. It describes the effects of Plastic Pollution and the long-term effects of the accumulation of microplastics in our ecosystem and the natural environment. How can we challenge the use of plastics in society by re-thinking its use at the design stage? How can we encourage recycling; and reintroduce plastic into a…
‘Climate Emergency’ – loss of productive farmland through soil erosion
This narrative whiteboard animation explains how Soil Erosion contributes to The Climate Emergency. In 2019, the United Nations stated that the world loses 12 million hectares of land every year. This means that high quality, fertile land – the size of the Netherlands – is being lost annually, as sediment run-off to our rivers, dams,…