Synopsis
Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.
- Programme: Stacey Dooley Investigates
- Series: Investigates
- Episode: Fashion's Dirty Secrets
- Channel: BBC Three
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Geography | Sustainability | Sustainability and sustainable resources | What are sustainable resources?
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