Snowdon's Summit - Wilderness or Honeypot?
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Sheep on Snowdon being tested for caesium in 1992.
The Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion in 1986 had a disastrous (and long term) effect on sheep farming in north Wales - movement of sheep is still banned in some areas. Shows sheep on Snowdon being tested for caesium and explores environmental effects of tourism on the mountain.
From:
How Green Assault on Snowdon
First Broadcast
:
27 February 1992
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 9-11,11-14 , 14-16
Subject : Geography
Topic : Tourism
Keywords : Snowdonia
Notes : Use clip to emphasise the negative effects of tourism. Also can use to explore other effects of human activity on the Snowdonia environment - Chernobyl, acid rain, global warming etc.
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