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sawfish detective seeding futures

Alifa Haque is hunting for largetooth sawfish, the most Seeds is an inspirational award-winning NGO that uses
endangered of all species. Finding a dead sawfish in permaculture to enrich the township environment
the market is a huge win for her - it’s an indication and provide working class Cape Tonian youth with
that the fish still exists in the wild. In fact, Alifa has vocational skills and connections to ecological job
revealed a pocket of largetooth sawfish in the Bay opportunities.
of Bengal. Along with Dr Ruth Leeney, through Alifa’s
investigation work, these inspiring women are giving
these weird and wonderful creatures a chance of
survival. With more conscious fishermen sawfishes
have a greater chance of survival. And it’s proof that
in a male-dominated industry, a network of women
supporting each other is vital.

genre: waterbear impact short genre: waterbear impact short
format: 1 x 6’ / HD / 2022 format: 1 x 5’ / HD / 202
credits: WaterBear Network credits: WaterBear Network

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