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Friday, 30 September 2011
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Press Release - Premiere of The Lost World
PRESS RELEASE: Premiere of The Lost World: Introduced by Michael Palin, at the Royal Geographical Society, Tues. 13th September 2011
On Tuesday 13th September 2011, Ibex Earth will premiere ‘The Lost World’ – a fifty minute documentary about Mount Roraima, the South American plateau that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write his famous adventure novel ‘The Lost World’ and was most recently accredited with being the major influence behind Disney Pixar’s 2009 animated blockbuster ‘UP’. The Premiere will be introduced by Michael Palin.
Mount Roraima is situated in the heart of the remote Guiana Highlands, which is home to more than one hundred colossal sandstone plateaus that tower above the South American rainforests and savannahs, their summits often lost in the clouds above. Encircled by sheer, vertical cliffs (that rise up to one thousand meters), the summits of these incredible tablelands have remained relatively isolated and unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs.
Today, these plateaus harbour unique plants, animals and ecosystems set amidst some of the most spectacular scenery found anywhere on our planet – in fact 35% of species found on any single plateau are endemic to that one plateau summit. Sadly, the threats of unsustainable/unregulated tourism, the introduction of foreign plant and animal species and illegal gold mining is threatening the very future of these remarkable lands.
The Lost World documentary captures the natural wonder of Mount Roraima and highlights the conservation threats to the region – footage will also include some film shot in 1933 of when Jimmie Angel discovered the legendary Angel Falls.
Event Details: Premiere of The Lost World
Venue: The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
Date: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Time: 18:15-21:15 (film to be premiered at 19:15).
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For Press Passes to the Premiere of The Lost World please email chris.livemore@ibexearth.com
Exclusive footage and photographs taken during expeditions to Mount Roraima can be made available upon request.
Ibex Earth will be looking to run a number of competitions with respected media outlets to win tickets to the Premiere of The Lost World for further information please email chris.livemore@ibexearth.com
A video overview of Mount Roraima and the Guiana Highlands can be found via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsTbssZzP0
Ibex Earth is a non-profit organisation that was established in 2008 to promote the importance of the conservation of our planet’s natural resources and to provide support, advice and assistance to environmental charities and other non-profit organisations. To date we have provided in excess of over £250,000 worth of free legal advice to a total of twenty five charities from some of the world’s leading international law firms (Baker & McKenzie, Norton Rose, Speechly Bircham, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Hogan Lovells).
The Lost World Project is Ibex Earth’s major conservation initiative for 2010-2012 period and has been endorsed by Sir David Attenborough, the WWF, Royal Geographical Society, Zoological Society of London and in 2010 won the prestigious Captain Scott Society ‘Spirit of Adventure’ Award.
Friday, 19 August 2011
Invite to the Premiere of The Lost World - introduced by Michael Palin
Tuesday 13th September 2011
The film aims to highlight the pressing environmental threats to Mount Roraima and the Guiana Highlands, which include unsustainable/unregulated tourism, illegal goldmining and the introduction of non-endemic species to the mountain's summit, which has remained largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs.
The evening will be introduced by Michael Palin and we are looking to offer discounted tickets to those who originally signed up to The Lost World Project. Tickets are priced at just £15.00 and if you would like to attend you will be able to purchase your ticket by visiting www.lostworld.eventbrite.com
Royal Geographical Society
18:15-21:30
You are invited to attend the Premiere of Ibex Earth’s ‘The Lost World’ a fifty minute documentary about Mount Roraima – the South American plateau that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write his famous novel ‘The Lost World’ and most recently was accredited as the major influence behind Disney Pixar’s 2009 animated blockbuster ‘UP’.
The film aims to highlight the pressing environmental threats to Mount Roraima and the Guiana Highlands, which include unsustainable/unregulated tourism, illegal goldmining and the introduction of non-endemic species to the mountain's summit, which has remained largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs.
The film will include a world exclusive - some footage shot in 1933 of Jimmie Angel discovering the legendary Angel Falls and by attending the premiere you will be amongst the first people to ever see this. You can watch a short overview of the project by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsTbssZzP0 and we will be announcing a joint conservation initiative with the WWF at the Premiere, which looks to create one of the world's largest tri-national parks, spanning three South American countries (Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana).
The evening will be introduced by Michael Palin and we are looking to offer discounted tickets to those who originally signed up to The Lost World Project. Tickets are priced at just £15.00 and if you would like to attend you will be able to purchase your ticket by visiting www.lostworld.eventbrite.com
For further information please email lostworld@ibexearth.com
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