English/Nat The high concentration of refugees into the camps of Macedonia is starting to seriously affect local environments. Aid organizations are now looking at ways to improve the situation in an attempt to both help the environment...

March 4, 2011 1. Wide pan of Hoan Kiem Lake 2. Various of turtle surfacing 3. Close of turtle with white fungus on shell 4. Mid of people watching 5. Close of people watching 6. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Vox pop, Nguyen Van Phi, Hanoi...

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus054806President Barack Obama has taken a drink of the filtered water in Flint, Michigan.Obama is visiting the city for the first time since its drinking water became contaminated with lead.After a...

In Tuscany, wine makers are swapping pesticides for potions, putting the region at the forefront of Italy's biodynamic scene. Biodynamic agriculture relies on natural fertilisers and the moon's cycle rather than chemicals. The Tuscan...

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The mayor of New Jersey's largest city denounced comparisons Thursday between high lead levels affecting as many as 18,000 residences and the recent crisis in Flint, Michigan, as the city faces a long and costly cleanup and replacement...

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Korail Slum, Dhaka, Central Bangladesh, 9 November 2009 1. Wide shot of infant eating rice in slum 2. Close up infant 3. Mid shot of children at play and eating 4. Wide shot of dirty slum alley 5. Mid shot of woman cooking 6. Close up of...

New radioactive water leak found at Fukushima plant Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant - 19 September 2013 1. Various of the storage tanks for the contaminated water and the water on the ground (likely to be just rain water, not...

Southern Dead Sea, near Ein Gedi Spa, Israel - 22 July 2009 1. Zoom out of Dead Sea shore 2. Wide of Dead Sea shore and small lake among dried up land Southern Dead Sea, near Ein Boqeq resort, Israel - 22 July 2009 3. Wide of...

Polluted water prompts warnings for residents to leave New Orleans, 7 Sept 2005 1. Wide of contaminated floodwaters 2. Close-up of contaminated floodwaters 3. Cars in floodwaters Washington, DC 4. Wide of news conference with...

HEADLINE: Wildlife specialists and volunteers try to save birds CAPTION: As investigators continue to probe the recent San Francisco Bay oil spill, wildlife specialists and volunteers have joined hands to try to clean and rehabilitate...

1. Various artists and people gathered for start of project at Etziona Stream 2. Various cement mixer arriving at project site 3. Cement being poured onto 'Last Supper Tables' 4. Various dancers around cement mixer 5. Various rubbish...

Devecser 1. Wide shot of workers shovelling thick red sludge away 2. Close up of shovel clearing sludge 3. Man walking through wet red mud past pile of debris 4. Channel by road filled with the red liquid 5. Wide shot of a man pushing...

Wednesday will mark the 30th anniversary of the deadly Bhopal gas leak disaster. On 3 December 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide leaked about 40 tons of deadly Methyl Isocyanate gas into the air, killing an estimated 15,000...

Arabic/Nat Iraq is facing growing water contamination as raw sewage flows directly into the Tigris River. Raw sewage is also becoming a feature of children's playgrounds as it seeps around their homes. As the risk of infection increases...

1. Pan from activist addressing crowd, to Bhopal disaster victims seated 2. Various of demonstrators holding up posters of US President Barack Obama 3. Close-up of megaphone, demonstrators in background 4. Mid of activist addressing...

Kashipur, Rayagara District, Orissa - 1 September 2007 1. Various of villagers mourning the death of a cholera victim 2. Funeral procession, women mourning Kashipur, Rayagara District, Orissa - 4 September 2007 3. Tilt up from flowing...

Russian/Nat As Russia suffers a crippling financial crisis, the environment is coming under increasing pressure. From Moscow to Siberia to the Far East, "green" concerns are falling by the wayside as struggling industries and...

Voice and effects VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan Flood ravaged Mozambique is bracing itself for an outbreak of cholera. Aid organisations say flooding, crowding of rescued people and contamination of drinking water increases the risk of...

Dhaka, 11-12 October 2008 1. Wideshot of Sadarghat wharf on the Buriganga (Ganges) river in Dhaka 2. Midshot of wharf 3. Tightshot of boats 4. Midshot of row boats 5. Midshot of big passenger steamer pulls in 6. Tightshot of crowds on...

This is the organic garden of Hong Kong restaurant owner Margaret Yuan. She wanted plenty of fresh vegetables to serve in her restaurant but could not find a regular supplier. So Yuan decided to find some land and grow the produce...

MUSIC: "COSMIC DUST" BY GUIDO & FRANCESCO REIDY STORY: Decin, an industrial town in the Elbe valley, suffers from some of the worst environmental pollution in Czechoslovakia. Its air is being poisoned by the sulphur dioxide in the...