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NOVA: Episode 20
Tóm tắt
NOVA examines the high-tech efforts to preserve the world's animal diversity. Noah needed only an ark—but today's conservationists need all the tools that biology, ecology, diplomacy and politics can muster if endangered species are to survive beyond the next century.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 19
- Tập
- Tập 20
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1992-12-29
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 20 là tập 20 trong Season 19 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1992-12-29. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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