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SHOTLIST : Abondance, Haute Savoie, France - July 10 - 11 2007 1. Various, Abondance ski resort, Haute Savoie 2. Ski cable car 3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Paul Girard-Despraulexn, "Abondance Demain" (Translation: Abondance Tomorrow): "The residents of Abondance have not been consulted on the decision to dismantle the ski lifts which we can see behind me". 4. Various map of ski runs 5. SOUNDBITE: (French) Paul Girard-Despraulex, "Abondance Demain": "The mountain means skiing. We don't have industries, so it's true we are forced to think about a change, but a change at a slower pace and one we call all think about together". 6. Various ski cabin at the bottom and at the arrival station. 7. Mid shot resort accommodation 8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Claude Papen, Shopkeeper: "If the ski lifts close down the village will die. Businesses like ours will disappear. You can't keep a business without a winter season. It's sad but that's how it is." 9. Various Abondance village 10. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean Luc Leonardi, Hotel Proprietor: "Sure, global warming is in the news, but I don't think that's our problem here, all right this year we had no snow, but the previous two we had a lot of snow and we could ski right down to the village". 11. Various old postcards of the village under heavy snow 12. Tilt up rack of modern postcards 13. Cutaways Jeanette Hockley, bar tender 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeanette Hockley, Bar tender "I think they were talking about opening up something for the summer but it's a winter season, it's a ski village, so we really need the ski station". 15. Various Abondance chalet 16. Various Tourist Office 19. SOUNDBITE: (French) Johan Reyunier, Tourist Office Director: " We do need to reposition. Skiing was an undeniable asset. To sell our station, today we have to rack our brains to sell the Abondance village in different ways and keep the visitors coming." 20. Various people looking at weather forecasts and route maps for mountain biking. 21. Mid shot bike 22. Visitor Marvyn Dudley and his friend getting ready to set of mountain biking 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marvyn Dudley, Visitor: "If the skiing declines the mountain biking will improve, because they'll transfer the money into the summer." 24. Various set up shots Abondance Town Hall 25. SOUNDBITE: (French) Serge Cettour Meunier, Mayor: "We are obliged to shut down because we have no more money. If we keep injecting money into ski we will not be able to maintain our roads, our schools, our buildings. We have obligations. (video part overlaid with cutaway) The closest ski station is 3 kilometres away. We are going to put on a free shuttle service and I think everyone will benefit." 28. Poster advertising the snow season. 29. Entrance to Abondance cheese farm 30. Various cheese making process Lake Le Mon, Geneva, Switzerland - 10th July 2007, SOUNDBITE: (English) Dominique Waughray, World Economic Forum: "There is a difference between the weather and climate change and whilst the weather may change on a day to day basis, there is no doubt that the long term variability of the climate is increasing. In terms of the Alps and the ski resorts, one can see over a consistent period of time how the climate, the snow fall, the duration of snowfall is changing." Abondance, Haute Savoie, France - July 10, 2007 32.Various Abondance and river 10th July 2007, Lake Le Mon, Geneva 33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dominique Waughray, World Economic Forum: Abondance, Haute Savoie, France - July 10, 2007 34. Mid shot Abondance chalet 35. Various mountain covered by forest and mist LEAD IN : A ski resort in France has been forced to shut down because of global warming. STORYLINE The reason: not enough snow. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/14296c61b59bd0c8e86511d3f3292dd1 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork