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Global Concerns

Climate change updates and conservation news from around the world

World Service,163 episodes

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Environment in the US
The beginnings of environmentalism - and its challenges - in the US in the late 1980s
13 Sep 1989,13 mins
The Environment in the Netherlands
How the Dutch government aimed to reduce pollution by 70-90% in 1989
26 Dec 1989,14 mins
Population Growth
A discussion on China's one child policy and the country's eugenics law
06 Jan 1994,13 mins
Heavy Metals
The waste disposal of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, chrome and arsenic
13 Jan 1994,13 mins
Making Cars More Environmentally Friendly
How big a problem is congestion and car pollution in 1994?
20 Jan 1994,13 mins
Living in Trees
The project to engineer a platform that enables scientists to study rainforest canopies
27 Jan 1994,13 mins
The Big Businesses Encouraging Biodiversity
How beauty and pharmaceutical companies are working with people in developing communities
03 Feb 1994,13 mins
How Many People Can the World Support?
How scarcity of crop land and water will drive poverty and environmental destruction
10 Feb 1994,13 mins
Verifying Treaty Compliance
Do governments 'cheat' on international environmental treaties?
17 Feb 1994,13 mins
Gold Mining in the Amazon
How using mercury to mine gold is affecting the people and wildlife of the Amazon basin
24 Feb 1994,13 mins
Tourism and the Environment
How turtle eggs are bought from fishermen in Sri Lanka and are released into the wild
03 Mar 1994,13 mins
New Whale Sanctuary
The Antarctica whale sanctuary in that protects the feeding grounds of whales
10 Mar 1994,13 mins
Overseas Toxic Waste Recycling
How the contents of batteries are affecting people in developing countries
17 Mar 1994,13 mins
Children and the Environment
How children feel about the environment and the action they want to take to protect it
31 Mar 1994,13 mins
Protecting the Philippines
A scheme buy shares in the island of Danjugan to prevent it being developed for tourism
07 Apr 1994,13 mins
Alligators in Louisiana USA
After careful conservation and management, alligator populations have increased
14 Apr 1994,13 mins
Conserving Fish Stocks
How the UN Fisheries Conference missed the opportunity to prevent overfishing
21 Apr 1994,13 mins
Gorillas in Rwanda at the Beginning of Civil War
Pascale Sicotte on fleeing Rwanda and the threats to gorillas during civil conflict
28 Apr 1994,13 mins
Antarctica Whale Sanctuary
Discussion on the establishment of a whale sanctuary in the southern ocean
05 May 1994,13 mins
Madagascan Fish Eagle
Richard Lewis talks about the declining Madagascan fish eagle population and its habitat
12 May 1994,13 mins
Flora Mesoamericana
The catalogue, written in Spanish, of all plants in southern Mexico and Central America
19 May 1994,14 mins
Environmental Impact of Washing Detergents
What's in conventional washing powders that is bad for the environment?
26 May 1994,13 mins
Protecting Whales
An agreement to protect whales from commercial hunting, but are all countries happy?
02 Jun 1994,13 mins
The Untouched Rainforest of Papua New Guinea
It's worth $100 billion and logging means that the forest could be lost in a generation
09 Jun 1994,13 mins
Coral Reef Decay
Reef decay affects the balance of marine life on which Pacific islanders depend
09 Jun 1994,13 mins
International Wildlife Taskforce
A force to prevent the illegal trade and trafficking of the wild animals of Africa
16 Jun 1994,13 mins
East African Conservation
How the tsetse fly has helped conservation in Tanzania at national parks such as Mkomazi
30 Jun 1994,13 mins
How Red Wine is Helping Assess Levels of Pollution
How studying Chateauneuf-du-Pape has helped monitor lead pollution from car exhausts
07 Jul 1994,14 mins
Could Conservationists be Causing Extinction?
The link between the extinction of African wild dogs with the intervention of scientists
14 Jul 1994,13 mins
The Environment in Russia
Alexey Yablokov on radioactive pollution, environmental law and protection
21 Jul 1994,13 mins