2020, Spain/Mexico/Morocco/Venezuela, 15:58 min
Director: Marcos Altuve Marquina
Genre: Documentary (Environment, Scientific research).
The biodiversity crisis is one of the most critical issues on the planet. Prompt diagnoses are needed to stop the species’s extinction. One threatened species is the spur-thighed tortoise in Morocco. However, determining the presence or absence of this species in the wild is very challenging even with the most advanced technological equipment and experimented researchers. To save the species, science needs those who know better the secrets of the land: The shepherds.