The Aral Sea Crisis: White Gold and Renaissance Island
For a Capstone in International Journalism class, we were required to make a DVD presentation on an issue of international importance that was either overlooked by the mainstream media, or not given the coverage it deserved.
I chose the Aral Sea for several reasons: first, it is an issue most Americans have never even heard of; second, it is probably the single largest man-made environmental disaster ever; and third, the general attitude of most international bodies has been to let the poor former Soviet states deal with it for themselves.
I’ve tried to cover all aspects of the crisis, from the loss of the fishing industry, to the biological weapons site, as well as the effects on the local populations.
There is a great deal of text, so the pace is slow in places; including sources, it is over 12 minutes long. For this reason, the quality may be fairly low.
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