Borderlands, Breathing
THE ‘BORDERLANDS’ is not a dead place. Nature thrives in the areas some are quick to intrude upon and wreak havoc in the form of fear-fashioned fences.
Take a trip through this video to remember why it is so important that we begin thinking beyond the barrier.
In January 2009, the International League of Conservation Photographers sent a team of world-renowned photographers, with writers, filmmakers and scientists to the borderlands of the United States and Mexico to document the wildlife, ecology, and effect of immigration and the border wall on this landscape. The 17-member team spent almost a month traveling the nearly-2000-mile border and captured more than 10,000 images of the region and the impact of the wall. Since then, the images have been used in media outreach and in an exhibit that has been shown in the halls of Congress and around the country. The purpose of the project is to raise awareness of the peril that border infrastructure places on the long-term survival of myriad species that live in the borderlands. This area is a shared conservation treasure of international importance that harbors some of the most biodiverse landscapes on the continent. Many species here are found nowhere else in the US, and nowhere else in Mexico and some are found nowhere else on Earth.
Learn more about the iLCP Borderlands RAVE here: ilcp.com/?cid=93
For more on the iLCP: ilcp.com/
Sombrero tip to: Chris
Tags: animals, barrier, Border, cornell, ecosystems, life, marsh, nature, ornithology, wall
Posted in Borders, Featured, Immigration
Fantastic!!! I loved that video!!!
wow…while we sleep. what a beautiful area, much in need of our stewardship and it blows me away how ignorance can prevail, represented by this wall…wow.
thanks nez, for getting the word out again. and thanks to the people who fight the good fight in this film and everywhere.
help expose the racists in one of the oldest gateways to the u.s.
el chucop, aztlan en tejzs
gracias
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“Borderlands, Breathing” by Nezua. Check it out: http://bit.ly/5VvG4Q.
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Incredible video/photos of the border environment. Borderlands, Breathing. http://bit.ly/5h4Vto
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