A Portrait of the Earth by David Attenborough
The last of 12 programmes

For 10,000 years we have been changing the face of the earth, and the animals and plants that live upon it. When the early farmers reached England 6,000 years ago, they cleared the forests for their farms. Since then most of the British countryside and much of its wildlife has been changed. Most of our food is also our creation. The Philippine rice terraces and North American wheatlands show how far we are transforming the land to produce enough food for our ever-growing population.

David Attenborough looks at the damage we are causing far away from our centres of population - to the oceans, the atmosphere, and the tropical rain forests. And he suggests what should be done if we care enough about the future of our living planet.

BBC Bristol
Book (same title) £12.00; Record or cassette (same title) REB/ZCF 496 from retailers
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