Caring for the Lagoon
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''Caring for the Lagoon'' is a documentary directed by
Oliver Dickinson Oliver Jeremy Dickinson (born 1 December 1980 in London) is an Anglo-French documentary film director. Filmography * 2008: ''The Forgotten District'' – a documentary about the Toledo District of Belize * 2009: ''My work, my sorrow'' * 2011 ...
about how the Mahorans of
Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loc ...
are trying to preserve their
lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...
. The film has been selected by numerous festivals throughout the world (i.e. ''Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival, Kuala Lumpur Eco Film festival, Roshd International Film Festival, Ménigoute Wildlife Film Festival'') and has won many awards (i.e. Grand Prix of Ecology at the ''Warsaw FilmAT Festival 2012'', Best Ecology Film Award at the ''Silver Lake International Film Festival 2011'', Cousteau Award at the ''Ecollywood Film Festival 2011'').


See also

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Ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...
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Biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...
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Sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...
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Mozambique Channel The Mozambique Channel (french: Canal du Mozambique, mg, Lakandranon'i Mozambika, pt, Canal de Moçambique) is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about long ...
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Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...


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* * 2011 films British documentary films French documentary films Documentary films about water and the environment 2011 documentary films Films set in Mayotte Films directed by Oliver Dickinson 2010s British films 2010s French films {{Mayotte-stub