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  Forest Focus- Soil and Water (French Sub-Titles)

  Fresh water is a precious natural resource. Forests play a critical role in maintaining supplies of fresh water to meet the needs of humans and ecosystems. This segment explores the critical scientific role of Natural Resources Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in helping to monitor and protect Canada's fresh water. This video is part of the Candian Forest Service Forest Focus Series (2008).
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  Natural Resource Conservation Workshop For School Kids

  A group of state and federal agencies teamed up for a Georgia workshop to take students out-of-doors to learn about soil, water, air, wildlife and forestry. Oh, and just maybe to win a scholarship as well. Ryan Naquin explains.
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  Cashing in on natural resource management (NRM) (episode 3)

  On-farm management practices that are good for the environment can also drive improved profitability. A commonsense approach to implementing natural resource management (NRM) into a cropping, prime lamb and wool enterprise has been embraced by brothers Ken and Charlie Baldry. Ken says his pasture management regime has improved the levels of organic matter and nitrogen in the soil and the cropping rotation has increased phosphorus levels. The farms planned and organised rotational benefits are one way the brothers have increased production. While the changes theyve made to improve their natural resource management have been their own, Ken says the Grain and Graze program, a research, development and delivery program looking to address the connections between the on farm components being the pastures, the crops, the vegetation has been a great resource.
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  A Culture of Conservation: Don't Call it Dirt - A Passion for Soil

  Soil is made up of air, water, mineral particles, organic matter and organisms. It takes thousands of years for rock to develop into soil and hundreds of years for rich organic layers to build up. Keeping soil in place is only the beginning of soil conservation. In this video, we will review how far we have come and explore what needs to be done to preserve this precious resource. We also will look at how soil affects us and our productivity. How do we continue to maximize the land's output without diminishing the soil's natural capacity? Created to accompany the video series, these two publications serve as additional resources for educating youth about the importance of our natural resources. Enhancement Activities for 6-9th grade students: www.extension.iastate.edu Enhancement Activities for high school/junior college students: www.extension.iastate.edu For more information contact the Iowa Learning Farm at (515) 294-8912, Email: ilf@iastate.edu, Web: www.extension.iastate.edu
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  From the Mara Soil -- Film Trailer

  FROM THE MARA SOIL takes you to a stunning but impoverished region in Tanzania, where a handful of activists are fighting food scarcity, water shortage, disease, health problems, and deforestation by teaching their people to use Mother Nature to lift themselves out of poverty. FILM COMING JULY 2010. Produced by Global Resource Alliance. Directed by Steve Schrenzel. globalresourcealliance.org
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  Living Labs: Yellow River Basin

  For years, the Yellow River has carried very large volume of mud and sand -- the result of soil erosion upstream. Now a conservation farming is showing farmers how to improve soil quality and reduce soil loss. Several conservation methods are being promoted, including the use of mulch on farm lands and growing cover crops. Farmers and downstream communities can already see the benefits.
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  Living Labs: Indo-Gangetic River Basin

  Vast extents of land in India's Uttar Pradesh have turned barren due to high levels of salt, pushing already very poor people to the edge of survival. To reclaim such lands, researchers are now experimenting with salt resistant rice and wheat varieties and low-cost, natural substances to condition the soil.
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  Bringing Prosperity to Farmers, part 1

  In this documentary film, a participatory on-farm research is illustrated to promote soil conservation and natural resource management in Pokhare-Khola watershed of Nepal by involving relevant stakeholders. The research integrates the socio-economic, institutional and biophysical components in the real world context and generate take-home message that can be utilized by farmers for sustainable watershed development. This documentary is presented by Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University.

• Forest Focus- Soil and Water (French Sub-Titles)

• Natural Resource Conservation Workshop For School Kids

• Cashing in on natural resource management (NRM) (episode 3)

• A Culture of Conservation: Don't Call it Dirt - A Passion for Soil

• From the Mara Soil -- Film Trailer

• Living Labs: Yellow River Basin

• Living Labs: Indo-Gangetic River Basin

• Bringing Prosperity to Farmers, part 1