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Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. The Californian Condor was brought back from the brink of extinction in t...he US by hand rearing condor chicks in captivity, releasing them back in the wild and guarding their subsequent nest sites around the clock. Today, Californian Condors live and breed in the wild. But not many. By anyone's standards, the investment of people-hours, know how, planning and protection in one wild species was large. Why was the Californian Condor such an important species? And were there wider benefits from the conservation investment than the survival of one large bird species? If we accept that saving all endangered species might not be practical, affordable or possible - then how are decisions made about what to save? What questions have to be asked and how do conservationists reconcile the balance of winners and losers in any decision made? We have a special report from Howard Stableford who went to see the Californian Condor project and we'll have James Leape, International Director General WWF live into the programme. David Robinson, Professor of Biology at the Open University will be in the studio looking at the performance of iSpot across 40 episodes of Saving Species. And our news hound Kelvin Boot will be in the studio too. The proposed sale of British woodlands no doubt high on his list of weekly stories.
Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. The Californian Condor was brought back from the brink of extinction in t...he US by hand rearing condor chicks in captivity, releasing them back in the wild and guarding their subsequent nest sites around the clock. Today, Californian Condors live and breed in the wild. But not many. By anyone's standards, the investment of people-hours, know how, planning and protection in one wild species was large. Why was the Californian Condor such an important species? And were there wider benefits from the conservation investment than the survival of one large bird species? If we accept that saving all endangered species might not be practical, affordable or possible - then how are decisions made about what to save? What questions have to be asked and how do conservationists reconcile the balance of winners and losers in any decision made? We have a special report from Howard Stableford who went to see the Californian Condor project and we'll have James Leape, International Director General WWF live into the programme. David Robinson, Professor of Biology at the Open University will be in the studio looking at the performance of iSpot across 40 episodes of Saving Species. And our news hound Kelvin Boot will be in the studio too. The proposed sale of British woodlands no doubt high on his list of weekly stories.
| Series: | Saving species; Series 1 |
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| Episode | 40 |
| First transmission date: | 2011-02-01 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2011 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Mary Colwell |
| Presenter: | Brett Westwood |
| Contributor: | Brett Westwood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | PBS00510WZ0040 |
| Available to public: | no |
