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Invasive species are a threat to the planet’s environment and biodiversity, wreaking havoc on a country’s native flora and fauna, so what is Irish science doing to stop the aliens invading Ireland? Jonathan puts on his night vision goggles to stalk Muntjac Deer, the little Bambis with an ASBO who are wreaking havoc on our environment and are being blamed for thousands of road accidents in the UK. With the first sightings of Muntjac reported in...
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For threatened Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, Playa Ostional on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica is where one of nature’s most impressive spectacles occurs. Arribadas (arrivals in Spanish) are massive synchronized turtle nesting events where thousands of turtles converge on specific beaches to lay millions of eggs, simultaneously. Playa Ostional is one of these magical beaches. Experience mass arrivals along with nest digging, egg laying, hatchlings...
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We all know to recycle, at least the basics - paper, glass and plastic. What happens to all that stuff? How does it get reused? We decided to find out how all the plastic we recycle gets made into other things. So, into a plastics recycling center we went. Over 95% of the clothing sold in the US is made overseas, but Eco Company found one woman who would like to change that. Jalena and some other teens visited Rebecca Burgess on a plot of land she...
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Eco Company meets up with teens grabbing shovels, putting on gloves and digging in! They're from the 4H Million Trees Project and Woodside High School in Northern California. On this Sunday, they're planting 26 new redwood trees in Huddart State Park. It's all part of the goal of planting a million trees worldwide. Next, we visit Soil Born Farms in metropolitan Sacramento, a 55 acre urban farm. Besides growing fruits and vegetables to ensure everyone...
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As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years. In this NewsHour program, Brooke Bateman, director of climate science at the National Audubon Society, joins Ali Rogin to discuss why and what can be done to preserve and renew the populations of bird species at risk of extinction.
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This unit discusses the steps necessary to protect our nation’s soil for future high quality and diversified food production as well as for the conservation of our natural open spaces. It offers best practice examples of brown field restoration. It discusses the relationship between soil rejuvenation and healthy watershed management.
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What better place to learn about conservation than the zoo? Jordan visits the Oakland Zoo to learn about their conservation efforts around the world. She meets up with Teen Wild Guides and gets up close and personal with squirrel monkeys. What happens when an avid mountain biker wants to help the environment and do something for inner city kids? She creates a non-profit called Trips For Kids and succeeds beyond her dreams. In the first part of this...
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A political/scientific thriller to reveal the truth about GMOs, shedding light on an issue that is vital for the future of world food supplies, the environment, and public health, but which is often rendered vague and unclear by the dogmatic attitudes and language of the pro- and anti-GM crop lobbies.
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Maya is 10 weeks old and pushing the Clark family to their limits. They are invited to appear on BBC Breakfast to raise the profile of all big cats around the world. Giles takes in a cheetah cub called Willow and it is back to late nights as he builds her trust. Giles goes to Kenya with GPS collars he has funded and darts and collars a female in a pride that needs his help. Maya is given the all clear on her health by the vet.
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Scientists are studying cats in more detail than ever before, and what they are discovering is truly groundbreaking. Join the scientists in the field, testing new theories and challenging the conventional ideas about cats. New approaches and new technologies are allowing an intimate look at their previously hidden lives. Using high-tech collars, Professor Alan Wilson has discovered it is not straight-line speed that is a cheetah's greatest weapon...
15) The Lion Queens
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This series meets the courageous women who are helping the endangered Asiatic lion make a spectacular comeback. Once populous across the whole of Asia from Mesopotamia to India, the Asiatic lion was hunted ferociously during the 19th century and reduced to a small group, huddled up in the Gir Forest of western India. But 100 years on, the species is making a startling comeback, thanks to a brigade of fearless young women. This series follows these...
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Big cat expert Giles Clark hopes to turn The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent into a center of global excellence for big cat conservation. He adopts Maya, a jaguar cub, and hand raises her at home. A trip to Cambodia fuels his determination to protect wild cats. At his home, Maya develops, but when her coordination deteriorates, she is rushed to a veterinary hospital and her life hangs in the balance.
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Follow our indigenous environmental campaigner, as he introduces you to his rainforest world and explores the threats facing it. This title considers the value of rainforests, both locally and globally in terms of their goods and services. It then explores the impacts of deforestation and the threats from logging, cattle ranching, commercial palm oil production and oil and mineral extraction. Climate change, soil erosion, water pollution, loss of...
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The black-footed ferret lives on a single diet - prairie dogs. But when the ubiquitous prairie dog was hunted and poisoned into near extinction, black-footed ferrets disappeared from prairie grasslands. This Nature of Things program follows a painstaking and precarious project that attempts to re-introduce ferrets to their Saskatchewan home. The tiny population of returnees faces constant threat. The big question: will the ferrets breed and produce...
20) The Last Ice
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For centuries, Inuit in the Arctic have lived on and around the frozen ocean. Now, as climate change is rapidly melting the sea ice between Canada and Greenland, development here threatens to upset the delicate balance between their communities, land and wildlife.