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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: Oil & Wildlife

23/07/2013

Oil & Wildlife

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Oil & Wildlife

Can the oil industry be an asset for wildlife or is the risk too high?

Is it possible for the infrastructure of the oil industry to be a positive asset for wildlife or is that a contradiction in terms?

Monty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that explores the crunch point between human population and the natural world. In this week's programme we have a report from the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Qatar where we witness oil rig legs encrusted with life, pods of dolphins and work monitoring the arrival of migrant whale sharks to the area. With the Deep Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico still fresh in many minds are oil rigs and ocean wildlife in conflict or can oil and wildlife share the same space. David Paterson, Executive Director of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland is in the Shared Planet studio to explore the issues.

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