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The Natural History Programme

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The Sahara is now spreading at a rate of up to 40 kilometres a year. Vivid ochre-coloured dunes have swamped vast areas of fertile pasture in Burkina Faso. Fergus Keeling talks to
Mark Newman , recently returned from the region, about the effects the desert is having on the people and wildlife.
Producer MILES BARTON . BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

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Unknown:
Mark Newman
Producer:
Miles Barton
Source: Radio Times

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