Environment: Lake Baikal - for iPod/iPhone
Should natural resources be exploited to support economic development? In Siberia, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and contains one fifth of the world’s freshwater. It has developed over 25 million years to be a truly unique eco-system - yet this lake is now an environment at serious risk. This album focuses on the growing environmental threats to the region, which was named a World Heritage Site in 1996. Industry and new businesses flocked to the once-isolated region, inducing massive economic growth, but at what cost to the natural habitat? On top of this threat, the invasion of alien species and rising water temperatures due to global warming throw up questions, conflicts and challenges about sustainable development and how we are to manage the consequences of our actions responsibly. This material forms part of the course U216 Environment.Podcasts
Environment: Lake Baikal
Published: March 8, 2010, 2:49 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
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Pearl of Siberia
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:15 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:15 p.m.Duration: N/A
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A World Heritage Site
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:14 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:14 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Increasing threats
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:13 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:13 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Ignoring the risks
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:12 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:12 p.m.Duration: N/A
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The Gorbachov era
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:11 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:11 p.m.Duration: N/A
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A country in transition
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:10 p.m.Duration: 57 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:10 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Transcript -- An inconvenient law
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:09 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Transcript -- Protecting the lake
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:08 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Transcript -- Balancing the risks
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:07 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Two sides to the story
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:06 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 5 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:06 p.m.Duration: N/A
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A heavy burden
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:05 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:05 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Treating the water
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:04 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:04 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Economy versus nature
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:03 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 6 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:03 p.m.Duration: N/A
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An alternative industry
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:02 p.m.Duration: 30 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:02 p.m.Duration: N/A
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A precarious future
Published: June 22, 2009, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds
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Published: June 22, 2009, 11:01 p.m.Duration: N/A
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