Scientists have now found evidence of plastic contamination in the freshwater fish of the Amazon.
We hear about the extent to which bags, bottles, and other waste is affecting our oceans, but what about our rivers?
Dan O’Neill led us on a journey into how 1/5th of plastic waste into the oceans actually comes from rivers, meet the millions of people and animals that depend on the plastic contaminated river fish, and show how just a small change in your practices at home can go a long way to protecting local rivers and freshwater species.
Dan O'Neill
Wildlife filmmaker, explorer and field biologist
Dan’s thirst for adventure and the natural world has taken him to some of the most remote places left on Earth from the Mayan temples of the Yucatan and ancient civilisations of Southeast Asia to the mountains of North Africa and the deepest parts of the Amazon rainforest.
Dan is a graduate of the prestigious Master's course in Wildlife Filmmaking at the University of the West of England, partnered with the BBC Natural History Unit. For his final project, he organised an expedition into the remote rainforests of Guyana, using his expertise to realise a woman’s life-long dream of seeing the formidable harpy eagle in the wild. The film, ‘To Find a Harpy”, has since been selected by 20 film festivals, screening to audiences all over the world.
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