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WARNING!
If you expect to live to 2030, you will most probably be there to witness the tipping point where the Amazon rainforest starts to disappear and gradually becomes a mixture of desert and savannah - according to 9/10 of the top climate scientists, in a report today (14/4/09). Not from slash and burn. By spiralling drought through lack of rainfall, acting faster and faster, irreversibly. At Cinebutterflies we offer you the chance to experience the butterflies of the tropics as they could be seen before the forests went. No need to travel to see them, and add to the globe's carbon overload. Just watch them at home, in comfort. Welcome to the only website to offer hours of butterflies, ALIVE, and in their NATURAL HABITATS- A choice of 5 films on DVD to buy – all of butterflies of different parts of the world, with more to come in 2009
- The story of how our series on The World’s Butterflies has grown and changed since we began in the 1970s, and how our “Cinebutterflies Library of Butterflies on Film” is getting on
- A forum for you to offer your ideas. What do you think about climate change and oil depletion? We know they are going to affect butterflies and our chances of seeing them in the wild. Should we be helping by reducing our Carbon Footprints? What have you done so far? What do you plan to do?
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 April 2009 18:36 |
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 Our latest film, "In the Shadow of Kanchenjunga", released in January, won another Award for Cinebutterflies at the 32nd International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, USA. this month (April 2009). Given a Special Mention for its Cinematography, the film was the fifth to receive an Award. Three other films have been distinguished for their scientific , and one for its educational, content. The Festival attracts entries worldwide and is the largest annual gathering of wildlife filmmakers. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 April 2009 18:40 |
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Ever since my first sight of the great Kangchenjunga range in 1962, I have wanted to make a film of the butterflies of Sikkim against the background of the Himalayan peaks. In 2006 Pat and I managed a short trip, into Sikkim, and the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, which once was also part of greater Sikkim. You can see the results in our latest film, "In the shadow of Kangchenjunga", just released on DVD (January 2009). Made to help Sikkim schools introduce young people to the beauties and wonders of that marvellous country's natural heritage, the film runs for 35 minutes and presents a lively selection of its butterflies. As always it is shot close up, and brings the riches of the butterflies vividly to life, as well as the valleys and forests of the Himalayan foothills. The Asian species are also shown on our 2 earlier VHS films, "Wonders of the East" and "Palawan, Butterfly Paradise". We hope to bring both of those out on a combined DVD in 2009. Look out for news of them here on the website. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 January 2009 18:47 |
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