Farmers in Costa Rica are using an ancient technique dating back thousands of years to fight soil erosion and water shortages that they say is caused by climate change. Terrace farming, which some experts say was developed by the Incas,...

HEADLINE: Gulf fisherman: "It's heartbreaking " CAPTION: Dwayne Price, a charter boat fisherman, gave the AP's Bonny Ghosh a tour of oil-soaked Barataria Bay in Louisiana. Price decried the impact of the oil spill on the areas wildlife...

Jerusalem 1. Push in of protesters throwing stones at Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa compound 2. Israeli policemen firing tear gas at protesters, AUDIO: stun grenades 3. Policemen pushing protesters away 4. Close of wounded man...

1. Wide of people walking through entrance to St. Nicholas hospital 2. Close of signs reading (Creole): "Only one person may enter with sick patient" 3. Wide of people carrying sick person in bed 4. Mid of people carrying sick person on...

About 2,000 Filipinos have been evacuated from villages marooned by a massive leak of toxic mine residue which swelled a river in the central island of Marinduque, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) southeast of Manila. Engineers worked...

1. Wide of village school, sign reading: (Hindi) 'Primary school, Bankata' 2. Tilt up from shadow to sanitation workers walking 3. Wide of sanitation workers 4. Various of disinfectant mixture being prepared 5. Wide of sanitation...

A stout green catamaran plied the polluted waters of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay alongside wooden fishing boats but its catch Monday consisted not of grouper or swordfish but rather plastic bags, empty soda bottles and a discarded...

1. Sign for free mobile clinic, run by Adventist Development and Relief Agency, international aid agency, to help flood victims 2. Women and children standing in line for health check-up 3. Close up of small girl with skin disease 4....

Dead bodies lay uncovered in the streets of Tacloban City in the central Philippines on Tuesday, four days after Typhoon Haiyan tore through the region. As the cleanup began, Tacloban, in Leyte province, still had no functioning...

AP Television Wadi Fukin, West Bank, 1st April 2008 1. Long Shot Wadi Fukin with Tsur Hadassah in background 2. Long Shot man working in field 3. Long Shot man working between fields 4. Woman working in field picking up beans 5....

A stout green catamaran plied the polluted waters of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay alongside wooden fishing boats but its catch on Monday consisted not of grouper or swordfish but rather plastic bags, empty plastic bottles and a...

AP Television New York - 13 October 2009 1. Pan out of Dow Live Earth Run for Water poster 2. Wide shot of actress Jessica Biel walking onstage 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Biel, Actress: "I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that water...

HEADLINE: Methane in Gulf spill: 'dangerous, deadly' CAPTION: Vast amounts of natural gas contained in crude escaping from the blown Gulf of Mexico oil well could pose a serious threat to marine life by creating 'dead zones' where...

Spanish/Nat An environmental group in Colombia has started an expedition down the River Bogota to try to raise awareness about the deadly pollution in its waters. Each day at least 179 kilograms of metals and more than five tonnes of...

Turkish/Nat There are fears that worsening weather conditions in Turkey could be accompanied by an outbreak of disease among those made homeless by last week's earthquake. Two days of rain have deepened the misery of the estimated...

AP Television Beverly Hills, Calif., 17 January 2010 1. Wide arrivals area 2. Close up Golden Globe Awards signage 3. Wide umbrellas on arrivals line with push it to reveal pouring rain through spotlight 4. Wet fans in ponchos 5. Pan...

Barcelona, January 30, 2010 1. Various shots of chef preparing dish with sturgeon fish and sturgeon caviar 2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Gonzalo Galbete, chef "The first difference is the price as Russian and Iranian caviar are much more...

1. Wide of Songhua River with power plant in the background 2. Medium shot of power plant, pan down to river and ice jammed barge 3. Wide of man parking bike next to frozen river 4. Medium shot of man throwing rocks at the ice to break...

L'Estere - 23 October 2010 1. Wide of bridge over the Artibonite river, where people infected with cholera got their water 2. Close of the dirty looking Artibonite river water 3. Pan of queue of people leading up to hospital 4. Mid of...

Amazons - February 28, 2008 1. Aerials of Amazona�s river 2. Mid shot of Amazona�s river 3. Various of Amazona�s river and vegetation 4. Mid shot of ship on the Amazona�s river Santander - February 20, 2008 5. Aerial of...

A Hong Kong environmental group has accused the government of providing third world standard sewage treatment system for one of the most prosperous places in the world. The criticism comes as an international conference on the...

1. Wide aerial of shoreline, oil washing onto beach 2. Mid of oily waves 3. Workers in white suits cleaning beach 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jorge Baez, Director of Natural Protected Areas, Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico: "Well, if we...

AP Television Turkey, 16th May 2011 1. Various underwater shots of dolphins 2. Dolphin called Tom comes out of the water 3. Wide dolphins jumping out of the water 4. Set up Jeff Foster, cetacean specialist 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff...

Rohri, Sindh - 20 August 2010 1. Various of Pakistan navy volunteers loading relief goods into hover craft 2. Tracking shot of flood waters 3. Various of flood victims in boat receiving relief items 4. Various of floodwaters, victims 5....