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| Empty Oceans, Empty Nets: About Habitat Media |
Habitat Productions was founded in 1992 as a project of the Tides Center in San Francisco, a non-profit organization. The mission of the production group is to encourage public involvement in marine conservation efforts. Habitat Media was formed as a multi-media group in 1999 to produce television documentaries and other educational components that complement these documentaries. Several of Habitat Media's award-winning productions have encouraged consumer awareness as a positive market incentive for changing the way fisheries operate. Habitat Media has also provided footage for breaking stories on marine conservation issues to television and cable networks (including CBS, ABC, CNN, and PBS NewsHour), and to organizations like the Monterey Bay Aquarium (Fishing for Solutions exhibit) and the American Museum of Natural History.
Selected Credits
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets: a 60-minute television documentary that examines the global marine fisheries crisis and efforts to implement sustainable fishing practices. KQED is the presenting PBS station for this, the first of a two-program series, which will be broadcast nationally by PBS member stations and distributed internationally to television markets in Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America.
Ancient Mariners, The Sea Turtle Story: a 60-minute television documentary co-produced with EarthViews Productions acquired by National Geographic Television in 1999. The film explores the natural history and conservation issues associated with endangered sea turtles worldwide. This documentary is being distributed internationally for television broadcast by Hit Wildlife of London (UK).
Ancient Sea Turtles, Stranded in a Modern World: a 30-minute television documentary that investigates the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) and explores the World Trade Organization's challenge to a U.S. embargo of imported shrimp caught without TEDs. Awards: 1999 CINE Golden Eagle; Bronze Apple and Merit Awards for Educational Value and Balanced Treatment of Controversial Issues, National Educational Film Festival; and a finalist award at the 1998 International Wildlife Film Festival.
TEDs, Fishing Technology for the 90s: produced in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme and Earth Island Institute. The film examines the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) by the international shrimp trawling industry. It is being distributed in at least 55 countries by the UNEP-affiliated Television Trust for the Environment. Awards: Best Educational Film at the International Wildlife Film Festival, 1996.
Ancient Sea Turtles, The Last Voyage: a 25-minute educational film distributed by the Video Project. The film explores the natural history of sea turtles and global efforts to save them from extinction. Awards: Rated 4 stars by the Video Rating Guide for Libraries.
Earth Command: an interactive CD-ROM title addressing global environmental, trade and economic issues. Produced with Visionary Media Inc. The user allocates funding, enacts green tax laws, and adjusts World Bank loan policies, world trade policies and other variables to avoid a "global systems crash. CNN, the United Nations and many non-government organizations contributed hours of film and video for this program.
More information about Habitat Media is available online at habitatmedia.org.
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