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One Planet (Environment)

  • Genres: Environment
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Networks: BBC
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One Planet: Cycling in Kansas City

Wed, Sep 3 listen to this topic
Kansas City in Missouri is widely considered the least cycling-friendly city in the United States. But the city's mayor, Mark Funkhouser, wants it to become one of the best places to cycle in the US by 2020. So can it be done? And will the addition of more cycling infrastructure to the city -- such as trails and bike racks -- be enough to persuade people to give up their cars? For One Planet, Richard Hollingham got on his bike to report.

OnePlanet: Lyme Bay trawling ban

Thu, Aug 21 listen to this topic
For years, an argument has raged between environmentalists and fishermen in Britain over the right to fish for scallops by dredging the sea floor. And now the British government has introduced a permanent ban on the practice in the region of Lyme Bay in South West England. A victory for a fragile marine environment or the final death knell for the British inshore fishing industry? For One Planet, Mark Whittaker reports.

OnePlanet: China's green movement

Wed, Aug 13 listen to this topic
On One Planet this week: as the Olympic Games are being held in Bejing, Mukul Devishand looks at the green movement in China and asks whether the country's new environmental politics are starting to change attitudes in the one-party state.

OnePlanet: Environment and the US Election

Wed, Aug 6 listen to this topic
The presidential election campaign in the United States is rapidly gathering pace. Both John McCain and Barack Obama are investing large amounts of their campaign funds on adverts which paint them as the strongest choice on issues such energy security, the economy and the environment. Chief among their target audience are residents of swing states such as Missouri as they hope to capture the electoral college votes needed to reach the White House. But do the two candidates really differ on...

OnePlanet: "The greatest golf course in the world"

Thu, Jul 31 listen to this topic
The American billionaire businessman, Donald Trump, plans to extend his property empire by building what he describes as the "world's greatest golf course" in Aberdeenshire in northern Scotland. Mr Trump says that the plan will bring in work, housing and revenue to the local economy as well as preserve the health of a series of sand dunes around which the golf course is planned. Opponents disagree, saying that the course would ruin the region's fragile ecosystem. The BBC's Scotland...

OnePlanet: Farming in the City 24 Jul 08

Thu, Jul 24 listen to this topic
Andrew Luck-Baker investigates the pros and cons of urban farming in India. Hyderabad is a city with a booming IT industry. Its streets are also home to thirty thousand buffalo – the animals behind the Indian city’s booming urban dairy businesses. But are the two compatible in a fast modernising city? And is re-using Hyderabad’s polluted waste water to grow vegetables good environmental practice - or a danger to consumers?

OnePlanet: Farming in the City 17 Jul 08

Thu, Jul 17 listen to this topic
For the first time in history, the number of people living in the world’s cities now exceeds the global rural population. That’s one argument some people use to advocate farming in cities – to feed the growing urban masses and even solve some of the environmental problems of expanding metropolitan areas. Andrew Luck-Baker looks at how Uganda’s capital city Kampala is looking to urban agriculture to improve life in the city.

OnePlanet: a Return to Coal

Wed, Jul 9 listen to this topic
With the oil price continuing to rise, many governments are looking for new ways to meet their energy needs. And for some countries, the answer has been a return to the fuel of the industrial revolution: coal. But is coal a viable solution to the energy crisis or just a convenient stop-gap? In the second of two programmes on the return to coal, Madeleine Morris has returned to her hometown in Queensland, Australia, to see how a recent boom has affected the mining community.

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Thu, Jul 3 listen to this topic
One Planet - The Return to Coal While the oil price continues to rise, energy companies and governments are trying to find new ways to meet their energy needs. Rather than turn to renewable sources, such as wind, solar and wave power, many companies are turning instead to the fuel of the industrial revolution, coal. From Britain to Japan, from Australia to Latin America, coal is making a comeback. But is it an answer to the energy crisis or just stop-gap for the short term? In the first of...

One Planet: Illegal Logging on the Russia-China border

Thu, Jun 26 listen to this topic
Illegal logging is a global problem. Large swathes of forest are threatened by the trade, which is increasingly lucrative for the loggers and their middlemen -- be they in the Amazon, Asia or Europe. In this week's One Planet, Lucy Ash visits remote eastern Siberia where the world's biggest forested area is being cut down illegally to serve China's surging demand.

OnePlanet: Bees and disease

Thu, Jun 19 listen to this topic
In recent years, commercial and amateur bee-keepers across the United States have been affected by a condition known as "Colony Collapse Disorder". On opening their hives after winter, they have found their bee populations almost completely wiped out with no obvious cause. Now there is evidence that bees in Europe are dying too. So what is causing the problem, and is the necessary research being funded? For One Planet, Richard Hollingham reports.

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Fri, Jun 13 listen to this topic
What can be done about global warming? Led by Europe, the international community is resting much of its hopes on a practice known as carbon trading. But does carbon trading really offer a solution? In One Planet you can hear the second of Mark Gregory’s two part investigation.

OnePlanet: The Great Carbon Bazaar

Thu, Jun 5 listen to this topic
What can be done about global warming? The international community is resting much of its hopes on a practice known as carbon trading. And under the main UN scheme, rich countries are able to offset their emissions by paying for projects in poor countries. But, as you’ll hear on One Planet the BBC has unearthed disturbing evidence that the system is fundamentally flawed.

OnePlanet: Rwanda

Wed, May 28 listen to this topic
Kevin Mwachiro travels to Lake Kivu on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to investigate plans to extract methane gas from Lake Kivu for electricity generation. After years in development the project has finally begun, but there are security concerns as its taking place right next to the ongoing civil conflict in Eastern DR Congo.

OnePlanet: Nepal

Wed, May 21 listen to this topic
Nepal has witnessed a sea change in politics after the Maoists emerged victorious in recent elections. Amongst the issues the new government will need to address is wildlife trafficking. There are rising concerns that Nepal is increasingly becoming an international transit point for illegal wildlife products. Navin Singh Khadka travels to Nepal’s borders with India and China to investigate the trade.

OnePlanet: The Amazon Paradox - Part Two

Fri, May 16 listen to this topic
Listen to the best of the BBC World Service's coverage of The Amazon Paradox on this special edition of One Planet.

OnePlanet: The Amazon Paradox

Thu, May 15 listen to this topic
This programme examines the Amazon: the biggest and possibly most crucial area of forest left on the planet and an area under constant threat of destruction.

OnePlanet: Batwa

Wed, May 7 listen to this topic
Thomas Fessy looks at the issue of conservation refugees, people who are moved from their traditional homelands to make way for conservation projects. He focuses on the Batwa people of South West Uganda who were removed from the region’s forests when national parks were established to protect the habitat of mountain gorillas.

OnePlanet: Afghanistan

Wed, Apr 30 listen to this topic
Figures obtained by the BBC show that diseases, especially birth defects -- which are often associated with exposure to radiation -- are on the rise in Afghanistan. Dawood Azami has been to Afghanistan to investigate claims that Depleted Uranium weapons might be responsible. He visits Tora Bora, the former Taliban stronghold where local people say illness and the birth of malformed babies have become more common since the bombing of cave hideouts there. He speaks to US military officials, and...

OnePlanet: Burma

Wed, Apr 23 listen to this topic
In eastern Burma, near the border with Thailand, the Karen people have been fighting the Burmese military government for self-determination for almost sixty years. It’s the longest-running civil war in the world. Natural resources play a significant part in the conflict – the region has valuable teak forests, natural gas, minerals and rivers. Nessa Tierney managed to cross the border, illegally, and became the first foreign journalist to reach a newly established refugee camp. In this edition...

OnePlanet: Dharavi

Wed, Apr 16 listen to this topic
Shivani Dhillon from the BBC’s Hindi Service visits Dharavi – Asia’s biggest slum. Situated in the centre of of Mumbai, India’s financial centre Dharavi is famous for it recycling industry. However it now faces an uncertain future, Mumbai’s city authorities want to demolish the slum and replace it with high rise apartment blocks, luxury apartments and lucrative new businesses such as shopping Malls. Shivani Dhillon tours the streets of Dharavi – speaking to opponents and supporters the...

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Wed, Apr 9 listen to this topic
Alyin Bozyap from the BBC’s Turkish Service travels to the west of Turkey to visit the ancient remains of a 2000 year old Roman spa town Allianoi. The archaeological site, is about to be submerged under the waters of an irrigation Dam. Aylin meets local people who are running short of water and therefore support the project. She also speaks to Archaeologists and politicians who are hopeful that some international action can be taken to give the site a last minute reprieve. The programme is...

OnePlanet: Carbon Offsetting

Thu, Apr 3 listen to this topic
More and more people are trying to offset their carbon footprint. Individuals and companies alike are using a range of offsetting schemes to try to cancel out the greenhouse gases they emit. But questions have been raised about how effectively these schemes work. If someone clicks on a mouse and pays a small price, will their carbon emissions really be cancelled out somewhere else in the world? And is there a case for this industry to be more regulated? For One Planet, Becky Milligan has...

OnePlanet: Water privatisation

Wed, Mar 26 listen to this topic
Privatisation of water resources in Africa has been a central policy by the World Bank and governments in Africa for more than two decades. But, in 2005 an ambitious plan to privatize water for the Tanzanian city of Dar-es-Salaam ended in recrimination and legal proceedings. Earlier this year, the government of Tanzania won around seven million dollars from the British water company, City Water Services, which was contracted to carry out the project. Yet other governments in Africa still...

OnePlanet: GM crops and Europe

Mon, Mar 10 listen to this topic
When it comes to GM foods, Europe is looking increasingly isolated. India, Brazil, the US and China all produce GM crops and manufacture GM foods while the European Union remains steadfastly opposed. And now research scientists claim a new generation of GM crops is on its way -- salt-tolerant crops, drought resistent crops and varieties which need less nitrogen fertilizers. If these claims are true, can Europe maintain its position on GM? Presented by Richard Hollingham.

OnePlanet: Balancing Nature - final part

Wed, Feb 20 listen to this topic
Invasive species can rapidly destroy the heart of an ecosystem. This has happened in New Zealand. The country's unique population of birds and reptiles has been harmed by introducing mammals like the rat and possum. A pioneering experiment has eradicated these pests. Lynne Malcolm reports.

OnePlanet: Balancing Nature: part 3

Thu, Feb 14 listen to this topic
In the third of this four part series Lynne Malcolm visits the Philippines, for new insights into the amazing range of unique marine species and to examine whether conservation efforts can succeed in safely balancing nature’s treasures with the many threats that could lead to their extinction.

OnePlanet: Balancing Nature - part two

Thu, Feb 7 listen to this topic
What is the future for the areas classified as biodiverse hotspots?

OnePlanet: Balancing Nature - part one

Fri, Feb 1 listen to this topic
In the first of a four part series Lynne Malcolm visits SW Australia for new insights into the amazing range of unique species. She examines whether conservation efforts can succeed in safely balancing nature’s treasures with the many threats that could lead to their extinction.

OnePlanet: From the Ground Up: Part 2

Tue, Jan 15 listen to this topic
The second of a two part series in which soil scientists, biologists and enthusiasts tell the story of soil.

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