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Series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife

Monty Don presents a series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife

Shared Planet: Building in Wildlife

09/07/2013

Building in Wildlife

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Building in Wildlife

With increased urbanisation around the world, can wildlife be let in?

Monty Don presents a programme focusing on towns and cities, with a report from North America about their largest swallow, the Purple Martin, dependent on towns for nesting.

Monty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human population and the natural world. In this week's programme the focus is towns and cities, with a report from North America about their largest Swallow, the Purple Martin. Purple Martins are totally dependent on human habitation east of the Rockies for nest sites. West of the mountain range they largely nest in their ancestral way using abandoned woodpecker cavities. As we clear land to build the world's towns and cities what is the impact on the natural world and are there ideas to embrace wildlife in built environment planning?

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