![]() 8,000 indigenous peoples attending, from 200 indigenous groups, brought together to oppose laws that threatened indigenous land. “I see us as little ants,” she says, “when we get together – then we start to bother them.”įun fact: The crew was on hand to film the largest ever gathering of indigenous peoples in Brazil. To try and save her ancestral home Alessandra and other indigenous community leaders are organising the biggest ever demonstration of indigenous people to make their voices heard. Its future is now under threat as the government discusses new laws to open it up to mining and agriculture. This is seen most clearly in the Amazon rainforest – the most diverse terrestrial habitat on the planet.Īlessandra Korap is a leader of the Munduruku – an indigenous group from the Amazon. To save species from extinction one must first save the habitats where they live and increasingly our wild places are disappearing. Locations: The village of Sawré Muybu, on the southern bank of the River Tapajos in the state of Para in Brazil, Brasilia. Alessandra Korap stands up for the Amazon… She uses a microlight to teach her young birds to fly to safety – but will they follow her over the mountains?įun fact: Since filming another 60 of the birds have successfully been taught to migrate. Normally they would follow the natural mothers – but now Katharina must show them the way. To survive they must fly south in the Autumn over the perilous Austrian Alps to the warm feeding grounds of Italy. There’s an important reason for all this as these are migratory birds. It is a process called imprinting – so that the young birds will follow her everywhere. She is with them all day, every day, feeding them and talking to them. In Austria, Katharina Huchler is taking eggs from a zoo and rearing the chicks so they believe she is their mother. They were hunted to extinction in Europe over 300 years ago.* Now there’s a daring plan to bring them back. Northern Bald Ibis are amongst the rarest birds in the world. The ibis were flown over the Zillertal Alps which separate Austria from Italy. The aviary is based in a field near the village of Seekirchen. The rest of the story is filmed in the countryside of western Austria. Locations: The first scene is in a container at Vienna Zoo. The founder of the project (and microlight pilot) is Johannes Fritz. Heroes: Katharina Huchler and Helena Wehner. Trang Nguyen tackles the illegal wildlife trade in Cote D’Ivoire… To do it Jaime must trek to a remote cloud forest high in the Andes and spend every night exploring the remote mountain rivers for a mate for Santiago. Jaime wants to find a partner for him so he can set up a captive breeding colony and try and save his species. He may be one of the very last of the morona-santiago harlequin frogs,* and Santiago is kept in captivity in a secure laboratory in the Andes. His favourite frog of all is Sad Santiago – perhaps one of the rarest frogs on the planet. “How can you not love them? They are so beautiful.” But now frogs are the most threatened group of animals – principally due to a fungal disease which is decimating them all over the world.* “I fell in love with them when I was just seven years old," he says. In Ecuador Jaime Culebras is devoting his life to saving his beloved frogs. ![]() The search for Santiago’s mate was in the cloud forest 40km east of the town of Loja, in southern Ecuador. Locations: The laboratory is Centro Jambatu in the outskirts of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Heroes: Jaime Culebras and his partner Francesca Angiolani Species: Atelopus halihelos, a species of harlequin frog
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