Ecobreves – COLOMBIA:: Film Expedition to Benefit Wildlife

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BOGOTÁ, Dec 2 2006 (IPS) - The Yaguarundí Expedition, made up of researchers and filmmakers, will travel through the Colombian Caribbean beginning in January 2007 to produce documentaries about endangered species and ecosystems. This television project includes the participation of the private channel RCN and the company Eco Films Colombia. The team will spend one year in the area collecting material for the documentaries.

Luis Gutiérrez de Piñeres, executive director of Eco Films, told Tierramérica that the project will promote widespread community participation in an issue of national interest — the environment — in a more social, active and participatory way.

He added that during the research they will produce four mass media campaigns to encourage conservation schemes and to halt trafficking, possession and marketing of wild species in all of Colombia.