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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: Eco-Tourism

10/12/2013

Eco-Tourism

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Eco-Tourism

What is the effect of increasing numbers of tourists visiting wildlife hotspots?

What is the effect on wildlife of tourists visiting wildlife hotspots? Monty Don explores this question through an encounter with whales and dolphins in the Azores.

Humans in the form of scientific research or for artistic endeavour have for centuries travelled the world in search of new landscapes and places. It was not until the arrival of cheap air travel in the 1970's that far flung remote areas became accessible to anyone. Seeing and engaging with a wild landscape or animal has been shown to improve our desire to protect nature. But as the sheer numbers of people travelling to see wildlife spectacles increases, is it possible that the wildlife they have come to see may be changing their behaviour in response to this pressure. This week's field report comes a whale and dolphin watching trip in the Azores where tourist boats head off in search of a once in a lifetime wildlife spectacle.

Producer Andrew Dawes.

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