On the frontlines of climate change+FIRST RUN NOV 29, 2018+
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(29 Nov 2018) ++FIRST RUN NOV 29, 2018++ WORLD ENVIRONMENT FRONTLINEREVIEW SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 4:53 ASSOCIATED PRESS Nasiriya, Iraq - 28 July 2018 1. Wide of boat in dry marshland 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Ghan, Buffalo Herder: "Our life is dependent on the marshes. Now there is less water, it is drying up. We have sold the livestock. They need water, the marshes. Now they sell a ton (of water) for 14, sometimes ten (thousand dinars). So it's not very good." 3. Wide of boats bringing animal feed ASSOCIATED PRESS Nasiriya, Iraq - 26 July 2018 4. Various of buffalo in water 5. Wide of buffalo herder pumping tanked water 6. Mid of buffalo drinking ASSOCIATED PRESS Majuli, India - 7 August 2018 7. Pan left from ferry to eroded river bank 8. SOUNDBITE (Assamese) Betharam, Ferry Operator: "Brahmaputra has already (eroded) taken a lot, at least two to three kilometres since 1970. At least three kilometres have been taken away." 9. Wide of eroded river bank 10. Wide of bamboo structures on river bank to stop erosion 11. Various of water eroding river banks ASSOCIATED PRESS Trapeang Sangke estuary, Kampot Province, Cambodia - 5 September 2018 12. Aerial shot of coastline 13. Tracking shot of passing mangroves 14. Tilt up of mangroves planted in water 15. Various of mangroves 16. Wide of woman and man onl boat 17. SOUNDBITE (Khmer) Mith Sen, Fisherman: "We've already lost a lot of resources. Wide areas of mangroves were already chopped down, so we catch less crabs, less prawns, less fish. It was even worse before we started our organisation, it's a bit better now, but it's not the same as before they chopped the mangroves." 18. Wide of women and children fishing 19. Mid of fish on shore 20. Mid of crab ASSOCIATED PRESS Beau Vallon, Mahe Island, Seychelles - 23 February 2018 21. Various of colourful fish swimming and feeding around coral reef ASSOCIATED PRESS Off Curieuse Island, Seychelles - 20 February 2018 22. Various of fish swimming over sea floor covered in white coral skeletons ASSOCIATED PRESS Munich, Germany - 22 September 2018 23. Various of beer being served at Oktoberfest, people drinking ASSOCIATED PRESS London, UK - 14 October 2018 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dabo Guan, Research Coordinator and Lead UK Author, Professor of Climate Change Economics, University of East Anglia: "So, beer plays quite a bit of a social tool, you know entertainment, for the stability as well, and the future climate change would seriously reduce the barley production and therefore the beer production would decline, therefore our consumption for beer would be compromised." ASSOCIATED PRESS Yavuzlar, Kilis Province, Turkey - 24 May 2018 25. Various of barley farmer driving combine harvester LEADIN: From water-starved Iraqi marshlands to Munich beer halls, you'll find people on - or soon to be - the frontlines of climate change. STORYLINE: Water is running out in the Mesopotamian Marshes in southern Iraq. The water level at the UNESCO Heritage site dropped by almost 50 percent between April and July 2018, according to environmentalists. It's down to a shortage of water coming from neighbouring countries and overuse by agriculture. With the water drying up, the people who live in these areas - the marsh Arabs - are under pressure - they have fewer opportunities to feed and water the buffalo that are the cornerstone of their existence. "Our life is dependent on the marshes," says buffalo herder, Mohammed Ghan. This puts more pressure on herders as buffalo cannot drink salty water. ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d16b8d72ed015527355158d6c2a5ed99
