Posted in Shrimp Farming, Video, tagged Bangladesh, Khulna, shrimp farms on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
About the people who live around the shrimp farms in Khulna, Bangladesh.
Running Time: 5 min 23 sec
Posted in Events, Video, tagged Brazil, Environmental Justice Foundation, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival, It's All A Lie, Shrimp Farming on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Please join us on Sunday, May 4, at 1 pm for this special screening of the short video “It’s All a Lie.” Come learn about the threats posed by shrimp farm development, and the communities fighting to protect their land and livelihoods in Northeast Brazil. Immediately following the screening there will be a question [...]
Posted in Consumer Info, Shrimp Processing, Video, tagged Bangladesh, labor, shrimp, Solidarity Center, Thailand on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
CNN’s Zain Verjee on the Solidarity Center’s 3-year labor investigation report suggesting Thai and Bangladeshi shrimp often come from factories that abuse workers. Includes Thai police video footage of raid on shrimp processing plant and interviews with Solidarity Center director, U.S. State Department rep, and Thai and Bangladeshi ambassadors. Time: 3min 44sec. (photo from Solidarity [...]
Posted in Events, Shrimp Farming, Video, tagged Bahia, Brazil, Caravelas, Ceara, Environmental Justice Foundation, Shrimp Farming, Video on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s All a Lie (10 min, UK)
In September, 2007, Environmental Justice Foundation investigators visited Caravelas, Bahia State, on the NE coast of Brazil where a proposal for a shrimp farm the size of London’s Heathrow airport would turn coastal forests into a virtual wasteland, destroying sustainable livelihoods and threatening marine habitats. The film illustrates the [...]
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