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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 Pika is a small mammal that lives in the high altitude grasslands in ...mountain ranges from Japan, through central Asia and North America. Andrew Smith and his team of field biologists from Arizona State University has studied the Pika for many years on the Tibetan Plateau. It's in Tibet, he claims, they are wrongly blamed for the degrading of the grasslands by the Chinese. We have been to see Andrew Smith and have a reply from the Chinese Academy of Science. Also in the programme: Kelvin Boot reports the status of polar plankton from a meeting (about plankton) in Plymouth. And the Curlew - the piping call of which contributes to the soundscape of uplands in summer and estuaries in winter, are seriously in decline in Ireland, SW Scotland and Wales. By how much and why we will find out.
Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. The Pika is a small mammal that lives in the high altitude grasslands in ...mountain ranges from Japan, through central Asia and North America. Andrew Smith and his team of field biologists from Arizona State University has studied the Pika for many years on the Tibetan Plateau. It's in Tibet, he claims, they are wrongly blamed for the degrading of the grasslands by the Chinese. We have been to see Andrew Smith and have a reply from the Chinese Academy of Science. Also in the programme: Kelvin Boot reports the status of polar plankton from a meeting (about plankton) in Plymouth. And the Curlew - the piping call of which contributes to the soundscape of uplands in summer and estuaries in winter, are seriously in decline in Ireland, SW Scotland and Wales. By how much and why we will find out.
| Series: | Saving species; Series 2 |
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| Episode | 20 |
| First transmission date: | 2011-10-04 |
| 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: | 00:27:00 |
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| Producer: | Mary Colwell |
| Presenter: | Brett Westwood |
| Contributors: | Kelvin Boot; Anita Donaghy; Graham Hosie; Huidong Jia; James Pearce-Higson; Phillip Reid; Andrew Smith; Howard Stableford; Miles Warde; Brett Westwood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | AUDA731B |
| Available to public: | no |
