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These aren't planned to be planted. the data shows some of the braver bears still move between forests, and they hope more tree cover will encourage others to migrate. the initial trees in the project were planted only a few months ago. i'm joining this man to plant one of the first saplings in this area.
Of east turkey. i've travelled 11100 kilometres from the aegean coast to near turkey's armenian border. in winter this area is popular for skiing but it is mainly a farming region. over time, lots of forests have been felled for pasture leaving just a patchwork of trees behind. but i am here as this is home to turkey's majestic migrating brown bear. naturally the bears would live in these mountains in spring and summer, and when food becomes harder to find in autumn, some of them travel over 100 kilometres to the black sea region where they fatten up and come back to hibernate for winter. but ...
Ever seen before. hussain is one of the many thousands of people who have lost almost everything in the fires. people rely on these forests to make a living. not from the trees themselves, but from the creatures that live in them. these trees are vital for the survival of one of the most important insects on the planet, an insect
Getting ever more intense. i start myjourney on the western coast, a short boat ride from the coastal town of bodrum where thick pine forests stretch all the way to the beaches. like so many places around the world, summers here have got hotter and drier, and recently they have had horrendous forest fires that have completely changed the landscape. all of this used to be green forest, and now look at it. here, an area bigger than 100 football fields was wiped out in days. these most recent fires were more ferocious than any wildfire turkey has
Stops and there's this vast expanse of nothing and the next forest is 1a kilometres away, so this habitat has become really fragmented. the bears have a big role to play in this ecosystem, they keep the balance amongst the animals that roam these forests, the lynx and wolves and even rabbits. we all have a kind of silent agreement with each other, if you take out one species, we could think about the health of the agreement would not exist any more. we are tracking along the bears' route looking for any clues to show at least some of them are still trying to make the journey. look. — this is...