Planet Earth: The Future
| Planet Earth: The Future | |
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BBC Natural History Unit | |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Release | 26 November – 10 December 2006 |
| Related | |
| Planet Earth | |
Planet Earth: The Future is a 2006
conservation, politics, and theology. The programmes are narrated by Simon Poland and the series producer was Fergus Beeley
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Background
When the first episodes of Planet Earth were broadcast in the
environmental problems faced by the planet. Executive producer Alastair Fothergill defended the approach, explaining that a heavy-handed environmental message would not work on primetime BBC One. However, the Planet Earth film crews witnessed first-hand scenes of environmental degradation and the increasing scarcity of wildlife in some of the shooting locations. This experience formed the basis of Planet Earth - The Future, which was designed to engage viewers in a mature debate about environmental issues
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The following year, the BBC commissioned Saving Planet Earth, the second overtly conservation-themed series to be shown on BBC One. The first BBC series to deal comprehensively with conservation was State of the Planet in 2000.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Saving Species" | 26 November 2006 | |
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The first programme asks if there really is an US$ 30 trillion. | |||
| 2 | "Into the Wilderness" | 3 December 2006 | |
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The second part looks at man's potential effect on the world's areas of global warming , which is now happening at a faster rate than ever before. | |||
| 3 | "Living Together" | 10 December 2006 | |
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The last episode deals with the future of conservation. It begins by looking at previous efforts. The 'Save The Whales' campaign, which started in the 1960s, is seen to have had a limited effect, as Raja Ampat coral reef in Indonesia is an example. The more tourism it generates, the greater the potential for damage – and inevitable coastal construction. Sustainable development is viewed as controversial, and one contributor perceives it to currently be a "contradiction in terms". Trophy hunting is also contentious. Those that support it argue that it generates wealth for local economies, while its opponents point to the reducing numbers of species such as the markhor. Ecotourism is shown to be beneficial, as it is in the interests of its providers to protect their environments. However, in some areas, such as the Borneo rainforests, the great diversity of species is being replaced by monocultures. The role of both religion and the media in conservation is argued to be extremely important. Contributors to the programme admit a degree of worry about the future, but also optimism. | |||
Participants
The following is an alphabetical list of the interviewees featured in the series, with their titles and professions as credited on screen:
- Neville Ash, UN Environment Programme
- David Attenborough, broadcaster
- Ulises Blanco, farmer
- Mark Brownlow, producer, Planet Earth
- Martyn Colbeck, cameraman, Planet Earth
- James Connaughton, senior White House environmental advisor
- Huw Cordey, producer, Planet Earth
- Robert Costanza, professor of ecological economics, University of Vermont
- Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Environment Programme
- Betsy Dresser, senior vice president, Audubon Nature Institute
- Johan Eliasch, entrepreneur
- Simon Evans, big gamehunter
- Alastair Fothergill, series producer, Planet Earth
- David Greer, park advisor, World Wide Fund for Nature
- Chadden Hunter, wildlife biologist
- Tony Juniper, executive director, Friends of the Earth
- Peyton Knight, National Center for Public Policy Research
- Marek Kryda, consultant, Animal Welfare Institute, Poland
- James Leape, Director General, Worldwide Fund for Nature(WWF International)
- Moisés Léon, Tropical Science Center[clarification needed]
- Mark Linfield, producer, Planet Earth
- James Lovelock, independent scientist and proponent of the Gaia hypothesis
- Barbara Maas, chief executive, Care for the Wild International
- Professor Wangari Maathai, founder, Green Belt Movement
- Richard Mabey, writer
- Jeffrey A. McNeely, chief scientist, World Conservation Union
- Nisar Malik, conservationist
- Tony Martin, Natural Environment Research Council
- Professor Robert M. May, University of Oxford
- E.J. Milner-Gulland, Imperial College London
- Russell Mittermeier, president, Conservation International
- Henry Ndede, chairman, Friends of Nairobi National Park, Kenya
- Craig Packer, ecologist
- Martin Palmer, chief executive, Alliance of Religions and Conservation
- Roger Payne, president, Ocean Alliance
- Jonathon Porritt, chair, Sustainable Development Commission, UK
- Sandra Postel, author and global water analyst
- Mark Stanley Price, chief executive, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Carlos Quesada, University of Costa Rica
- Adam Ravetch, cameraman & Arctic wildlife specialist
- M. Sanjayan, Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
- Secretary of State for International Development
- Sakana Ole Turede, chair, Kitengela Pastoral Land Owners Association, Kenya
- Jan Kees Vis, director of sustainable agriculture, Unilever
- Robert Watson, chief scientist, World Bank
- Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- E. O. Wilson, professor Emeritus, Harvard University
DVD and book
- All three episodes of Planet Earth - The Future are included as a bonus feature on the fifth disc of the British and Blu-ray sets because of the mixture of standard and high-definitionfootage.
- An accompanying book, Planet Earth - The Future: What the Experts Say (ISBN 978-0-563-53905-6), was published by BBC Books on 5 October 2006.[1] The editors are Rosamund Kidman-Cox and Fergus Beeley, and Jonathon Porrittwrote the foreword.
See also
- Planet Earth, the television series which spawned Planet Earth - The Future
- Earth, the associated feature film released in 2007
- Saving Planet Earth, a BBC series highlighting the plight of endangered species broadcast in 2007
- Media coverage of climate change
- Effects of global warming
References
- ^ Planet Earth - The Future: What the Experts Say. ASIN 0563539054.
External links
- Planet Earth: The Future at IMDb
