Friday, October 28, 2011
Living Planet: A new Rainbow
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Podcast Episode Summary
A new Rainbow: We step on board Greenpeace's new Rainbow Warrior III; Europe increases its dependence on other people's land; We drop in on a rescue centre for storks in Cambodia and fish versus energy – the simmering dispute between countries that share the Mekong.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a podcast. Click on the links below for the individual items.A new Rainbow Warrior takes to the seaThe Greenpeace flagship's swashbuckling adventures have courted controversy and shined a light on environmental abuses for nearly three decades.Last week, the Rainbow Warrior III was launched in Germany, following the retirement of its predecessor in August. Jonathan Gifford was in Hamburg this weekend to pay it a visit at its first port of call.
Report: Jonathan Gifford, HamburgEurope increases its reliance on other people's landA new way of calculating land-use suggests that Europe is the continent most dependent on 'imported land.'According to a study, 60% of the land Europe needs for its food, fuel and clothes comes from overseas. The research was commissioned by the environmental group Friends of the Earth. It warns that Europe's "land footprint" will have to reduce drastically over the next few years as developing nations demand more of their own terrain for domestic consumption.
Report: Nik Martin, BedfordshireWe take a look at a wildlife rescue centre in CambodiaThe WWF announced this week that poachers had very likely killed the last Javanese rhino in Vietnam.Across the border in Cambodia, the Angkor Centre for the Conservation of Biodiversity is working to save species. Matthew Crawford spoke to the center's Deputy Manager Alastair Mould.
Interview: Matthew Crawford / Alastair MouldPressure mounts to dam the MekongThe Mekong River is one of the world's last great rivers to escape human interventions on a large-scale. That may soon change.The Mekong provides tens of millions of people with food, water and work in South East Asia. Pressure is mounting to exploit the river for its hydroelectric potential. That spells bad news for many of the river's endemic fish species, and the people who depend on them for protein.
Report: Charlotte Chelsom-Pill (Alexander Freund)
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