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

Shared Planet: Zoos in the Wild

22/07/2014

Zoos in the Wild

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Zoos in the Wild

Monty Don asks if reserves fenced off for the benefit of wildlife are effective.

Monty Don asks whether wildlife reserves fenced off from encroaching development can really function on their own or whether they are effectively zoos in the wild.

As more land is developed for industry and housing or converted to produce food the areas we have fenced off for nature are increasingly important. But are the worlds nature reserves essentially made into a fortress to protect the area from development able to function on their own, or do they need constant management. Are they "zoos in the wild". Monty Don hears from Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in South Africa, the reserve that helped replenish Southern Africa's white rhinoceros population and finds out whether size really does matter for our protected areas.

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