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Shared Planet – What is sustainability?
This week's episode asks if it is possible for seven billion people to live with nature in a sustainable way.
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Shared Planet – Oil and wildlife
This week on Shared Planet: Can the oil industry be an asset for wildlife or is the risk too high?
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Shared Planet – Living with carnivores
Shared Planet as if it is really possible for people to amicably live next to large carnivores.
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Shared Planet – Building in wildlife
With increased urbanisation around the world, can wildlife be let in? Shared Planet investigates.
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Shared Planet – Valuing nature
How much is a honey bee worth? In episode 4, Monty Don explores the value of nature.
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Shared Planet – Global collapse
In the third episode, Monty Don explores the link between the loss of wildlife abundance and human activity.
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Shared Planet – Can we save it all?
With so many species and habitats under threat, episode two asks: how do we decide what to conserve?
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Shared Planet – The Problem of Population
The first in a new series asks if there's room for wildlife in a world with an increasing human population.
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