[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn1O3tYXyiw&feature=relmfu[/youtube]
A Youtube Video, uploaded on Mar 20, 2012 by: CostAdapt.
Professor Andrew Cooper, University of Ulster, narrates this video on the problems facing local communities in the Outer Hebrides.
Featuring commentary by Joanne Ferguson – Scottish Natural Heritage; Cllr. Peter Carlin – Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eiriosgaigh agus Uibhist a Deas); and Huw Francis – Stòras Uibhist.
Filming and editing by Vincent O’Callaghan on behalf of the University of Ulster’s, School Of Media, Film & Journalism.
Fragile Western Isles Ecosystem Under Threat
The traditional crofting way of life is under threat in Scotland’s Western Isles because of a fundamental misunderstanding of how Atlantic wave action affects their coastlines, a University of Ulster academic has revealed.
