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This report outlines a strategic vision to mobilise greater investments in nature. Innovations on the great flood included frankencam, a motioncontrol macro camera. The great flood in the okavango turns 4,000 square miles of arid plains into a beautiful wetland. The great flood is a collaboration between filmmaker and multimedia artist bill morrison and guitarist and composer bill frisell inspired by the 1927 catastrophe. Here you will find wildlife filming tales by afriscreen films, behind the scenes stories, images of the okavango, inside info from cameraman mike holding and producer tania tj jenkins, links to natures great events pages and video clips. A look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the south african coast. British broadcasting corporation bbc 11 march 2009. The great flood natures great events watch free online. You can also buy, rent natures great events on demand at amazon, vudu, itunes online. Geological survey considers the 93 flood among the costliest and most devastating in modern u. Usefulness and limitations of global flood risk models. What particularly lifts natures most amazing events too is the stunning photography.
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