Television Trust for the Environment
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Television Trust for the Environment (tve) is an independent, international not-for-profit organisation founded 27 years ago by Central Television, UNEP and WWF
. Its remit is to raise awareness of, and stimulate debate about, environment, development, health and human rights issues worldwide through the production, coproduction and distribution of television programmes and other electronic media, and through webcasting.
The organisation's series have included Earth Report/Earth Reporters on the global environment; Life/Life on the Edge on globalisation, both broadcast on BBC World News and two YouTube
series by young film-makers; and a series of short films by African producers around the 2010 Football World Cup..
Other productions include regional series for audiences in Africa and Latin America.
Both Television for the Environment and Television Trust for the Environment go under the collective name tve. Television for the Environment is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Television Trust for the Environment is a registered charity.
The organisation works with 49 partner organizations in 41 countries across Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America & the Caribbean – including three Partners in China, one in Korea and five in India.
One of the founding Trustees was the award-winning film-maker Adrian Cowell.
Two programmes were included in a BBC Trust
report entitled "Funding Arrangements and Sponsorship of Documentry and Feature Programmes on BBC World News". One programme on eradicating the killer global cattle disease Rinderpest
was deemed to have a conflict of interest with the sponsor. The second programme was only found to have inadequately clear credits. However they were both found to be editorially impartial, complying with BBC Production Guidelines.
The organisation has one of the largest libraries of copyright cleared environmental films in the world.
WWF
WWF may refer to:*World Wide Fund for Nature, a nature conservation organisation previously named World Wildlife Fund WWF may refer to:*World Wide Fund for Nature, a nature conservation organisation previously named World Wildlife Fund WWF may refer to:*World Wide Fund for Nature, a nature...
. Its remit is to raise awareness of, and stimulate debate about, environment, development, health and human rights issues worldwide through the production, coproduction and distribution of television programmes and other electronic media, and through webcasting.
The organisation's series have included Earth Report/Earth Reporters on the global environment; Life/Life on the Edge on globalisation, both broadcast on BBC World News and two YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
series by young film-makers; and a series of short films by African producers around the 2010 Football World Cup..
Other productions include regional series for audiences in Africa and Latin America.
Both Television for the Environment and Television Trust for the Environment go under the collective name tve. Television for the Environment is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Television Trust for the Environment is a registered charity.
The organisation works with 49 partner organizations in 41 countries across Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America & the Caribbean – including three Partners in China, one in Korea and five in India.
One of the founding Trustees was the award-winning film-maker Adrian Cowell.
Two programmes were included in a BBC Trust
BBC Trust
The BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and aims to act in the best interests of licence fee payers....
report entitled "Funding Arrangements and Sponsorship of Documentry and Feature Programmes on BBC World News". One programme on eradicating the killer global cattle disease Rinderpest
Rinderpest
Rinderpest was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelopes and deer, giraffes, wildebeests and warthogs. After a global eradication campaign, the last confirmed case of rinderpest was diagnosed in 2001...
was deemed to have a conflict of interest with the sponsor. The second programme was only found to have inadequately clear credits. However they were both found to be editorially impartial, complying with BBC Production Guidelines.
The organisation has one of the largest libraries of copyright cleared environmental films in the world.