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Living Together (3/3)


This is also part of this series: Planet Earth - The Future (3)

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Subjects: Animal Behaviour, Animals, Anthropology, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, International Relations, Natural History, Nature, Political Science

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2006
Available in French: No

Right now, conservation is going through a major re-think and re-assessment of what is the right way forward, bearing in mind the expanding human population. This film opens with dramatic footage of humpback whales – a success story for conservation. The ‘Save the Panda', ‘Save the Whale' and ‘Save the Rainforest' campaigns are still very familiar too, but have we got anywhere?

The programme also looks back to past mistakes. For example, BBC archive footage of Nairobi National Park in 1977 illustrates how people were excluded – the fortress mentality. Various ways to involve people are considered. Behind some of the Planet Earth stars, like the snow leopard, are attempts to bring income to the local people through the wildlife.

How can conservation fit into a world driven by economics and development? At what point does eco-tourism cross the boundary of real benefit to the wildlife? This episode looks at the role of all religions in promoting a moral and ethical approach to our world, and asks the Archbishop of Canterbury whether we should be re-thinking our whole attitude to our place in the natural world.