Current Video Feature: Conserving Ice Caps: More to it than just rising sea-levels

 Ice caps on land are valued as vast reserves of water. For example, rivers originating from the Himalayan glaciers meet the freshwater needs of the world’s population. The Pamir mountain glaciers supply to more than 50% of all freshwater resources in the Aral Sea basin.

This links ice caps inextricably to most aspects of human well-being: agriculture, livelihoods, food security, sanitation, ecosystems, biodiversity, culture and traditions… to name a few. Here are some videos that demonstrate how shrinking of glaciers have affected a variety of communities -- farmers, fishermen, pastoralists, hotel owners, tourism workers, villages, towns and cities… --- that depend on them.. (Full Feature)