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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: Mangroves - Putting Nature Back?

18/11/2014

Mangroves - Putting Nature Back?

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Mangroves - Putting Nature Back?

Can we share the planet with mangrove forest?

Can we share the planet with mangrove forest, and is a restored mangrove forest the same as the original? Presented by Monty Don.

Monty Don will be posing to experts who specialise in large scale restoration projects, like the Can Gio mangrove in Vietnam which was destroyed by Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, whether a restored mangrove forest can ever be the same as the original.. Some argue that we could never hope to reproduce what we destroyed, but as long as what we create functions and is biodiverse, then that is all that matters. Others say that in our fast changing world there is no permanence and our best strategy is to build in resilience for the future. Difficult, fascinating problems that raise many questions about our understanding of nature and wilderness.

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