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Shared Planet, a four-part documentary series from The Nature of Things, reveals inspiring, untold stories of people and wildlife flourishing - together - all over the world. In our current age of devastating environmental challenges, Shared Planet offers an alternative for our…
The Cities episode travels from Los Angeles to Kolkata, highlighting inspiring stories of people reshaping urban life and sharing space with wildlife. Despite 60% of the world's population living in cities, there's hope for urban wildlife. In Los Angeles, a mountain lion unites a community and becomes the unofficial mascot of the city, while in Kolkata, locals clean the urban wetlands, creating incredible wildlife habitat and supporting thousands of jobs. And in futuristic Singapore, reforestation efforts have transformed the city, enhancing life for citizens and attracting wildlife like hornbills.
From Kenya to Mexico, people and wildlife find a harmonious balance in earth's most vulnerable landscapes.
The Waters episode highlights inspiring stories from Idaho to Indonesia, focusing on hope in the world's oceans and freshwaters. In Raja Ampat, dynamite fishing once threatened marine life, but it is now a Marine Protected Area with unmatched biodiversity and more jobs for local people. In Idaho, a rancher collaborates with beavers to bring water to his drought-stricken land. And in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, ecotourism helps jaguars thrive alongside major cattle ranching operations.
The Forest episode explores stories from Borneo to Guatemala, where people are reshaping the way we can live and work in forests while still coexisting with wildlife. In Borneo, efforts are underway to plant native trees within palm oil plantations, creating wildlife corridors for orangutan families. In Guatemala, a community forestry organization sustainably harvests trees, protecting habitats like those of the highly endangered scarlet macaws. And in Spain, a landowner restores his farm, overrun with invasive pines, to support wildlife like the rare Iberian lynx and secure his family's future.
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Biologist and naturalist Dan O'Neill embarks on a groundbreaking mission to protect one of the world's most elusive creatures—the snow leopard. Set against the stunning backdrop of Kyrgyzstan's rugged mountains, this two-part adventure follows Dan as he works to build a new research center dedicated to studying these majestic cats.
Ronan Donovan, our expert guide and National Geographic photographer, takes the audience on an intimate exploration of the Arctic during the endless day of the summer months, giving insight to the unexpected abundance of the 'Garden of the Arctic' in Wolf Valley as he attempts to embed with a wolf family pack.
Geologist Iain Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity.
