27 Feb 2018 Blogpost Ecosystems and Biodiversity

‘Adaptation Bangladesh’: Award-Winning Film Shows How Farmers Are Tackling Rising Sea Levels

Photo by Katia Nicolova.

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Bangladeshi farmers are preventing their lands from flooding by building floating gardens made of water hyacinth and bamboo, a new documentary shows. The film won the prestigious Best Short Film award at the New York WILD Film Festival last week. Mongabay interviewed Alizé Carrère, the cultural anthropologist behind the film, and the transcript can be found here. See the trailer below:

https://youtu.be/3gtgXiK-3l0