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Michael R. Gärtner (Deutschland)
Paradiese aus Menschenhand - Der Inn
Language
Deutsch
Dauer
53 min
Director
Michael R. Gärtner (Deutschland)
Category
Nature and Environment
Programme
All along its long and winding course through Switzerland, Austria and Germany, the Alpine river Inn is lined with hydroelectric power plants. Channelled and contained, it cannot adequately support many of its endemic plant and animal species. This film demonstrates how what was long thought impossible can actually succeed: Where the river is given new space through the intervention of conservationists, researchers and engineers, vibrant biotopes can emerge, seeing the return of even rare animals, such as the white-tailed eagle and the otter.