Discover how a new awareness of nature is helping to restore ecosystems across the globe,with inventive actions being taken to repair manmade damage and restore reefs, rivers, animalpopulations and more. In the Pacific Island of Bikini Atoll, the full extent of the ocean’s ability torecover is evident. When scientists returned 50 years after the world’s most powerful nuclearweapons experiment devastated the island, they were astonished to discover that the reefs theythought destroyed were thriving. When forest land began to be developed around the PanamaCanal, scientists stepped in to explain that there would be no water for the canal without thetrees. A national park was created, saving some of the richest rainforests on Earth. In Norway,the crash of the cod industry is a cautionary tale about exhausting a once-abundant naturalresource. But working sustainably, the fishing community has learned to manage resources forfuture generations. The resurrection of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique in the wake ofcivil war and widespread poaching shows that ecosystems can be repaired — with a nudge inthe right direction. Finally, in China, the enormous potential for humans to improve theenvironment is stunningly realized in the 25-year restoration of the Loess Plateau, the cradle ofChinese civilization, which had turned to dust during 8000 years of human activity.

Age of Nature - “Awakening”

Discover how a new awareness of nature is helping to restore ecosystems across the globe, with inventive actions being taken to repair manmade damage and restore reefs, rivers, animal populations and more.

This episode explores how a new understanding of nature is helping us find surprising ways tofix it. Along the Elwha River in Washington, we learn how removing dams has led not only to therecovery of the local forest but also Chinook salmon, which provide food for the endangeredorca population. In China, one scientist’s determination to restore fireflies, which provide naturalpest control, is transforming the lives of rural farming communities — even tiny creatures canhave a significant impact. The return of wolves to America’s first National Park, Yellowstone,has rejuvenated the entire landscape, repairing and restoring habitat that had been over-grazedby herbivores. This pioneering project discovered the crucial role of predators in bringingbalance to ecosystems. In Scotland, planting trees is reversing massive deforestation whichtook place centuries ago, helping native wildlife thrive and mitigating some of the effects ofclimate change. And in South Africa’s Cape Town, innovative efforts to remove massively thirstyEuropean pines and other invasive species are helping to restore the watershed, which faced asevere shortage in 2018 after three years of drought.

Age of Nature Episode 2 “Understanding”

This episode explores how a new understanding of nature is helping us find surprising ways to fix it.

An urgent problem faces the planet: climate change. But around the world, scientists, citizensand indigenous activists are increasing our understanding of the potential of nature to help uscope with and even mitigate it. From Bhutan — the only carbon-neutral country in the world —to Borneo, an encouraging restoration of ecosystems is taking place, from planting forests to re-wilding areas to increasing biodiversity. In Poland, bison have been reintroduced to theBialowieza Forest, the largest in Europe. New discoveries in Australia reveal that seagrassmeadows lock massive amounts of carbon underwater and may help save the Great BarrierReef. In Antarctica, whales — whose digestive processes feed microscopic phytoplankton, thebasis for life in the oceans — are recovering. And in Belize, we meet Madison Edwards, who at11-years-old waged a social media campaign that became a national movement, resulting in agovernment ban on offshore drilling.

Age of Nature - Episode 3 “Changing”

An urgent problem faces the planet: climate change. But around the world, scientists, citizens and indigenous activists are increasing our understanding of the potential of nature to help us cope with and even mitigate it.

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