these trees are vital for the survival of one of the most important insects on the planet, an insect you might not immediately associate with forests the honeybee. a stroll down a street in this port town in the region and you can see how central honey is to the economy here. this is the honey that is pretty unique to this area, it s not flower honey, it s pine honey. it s produced from pine trees and almost all the pine honey in the world comes from this little corner of turkey. i ve never tried pine honey before, so i am looking forward to this. apparently it tastes very different. 0oh, that is so good! it tastes woody, almost spicy.
what they re doing here in turkey is ambitious but if it works, hopefully, it ll be an inspiration for other projects around the world. hello there. we re looking at a blustery day today, a day of sunshine and heavy showers, but it is a day where there are lots and lots of those showers around, so lots of downpours to come through. it s also been pretty windy we ve got an area of low pressure responsible. this lump of thicker cloud is going into wales and north west england bringing some heavier rain here.
continuing myjourney of extreme conservation, i m in the mountains of east turkey. i ve travelled 11100 kilometres from the aegean coast to sarikamis, near turkey s armenian border. in winter, this area is popular for skiing, but it s mainly a farming region. over time, lots of forests have been felled for pastures, leaving just a patchwork of trees behind. but i m here as this is home to turkey s majestic migrating brown bear. naturally, the bears would live in these mountains during the spring and summer, and then, when food becomes harder to find in the autumn, some of them travel over 100 kilometres to the black sea region, where they fatten up and then, come back
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rewilding the forest will take time, but it also takes care and consideration of all its inhabitants, big or small. we ve pushed so much of our wildlife into unsustainable pockets and we ve lost whole ecosystems already. climate change and our insatiable appetite for development has destroyed so many habitats and it s up to us now to try and find ways to recreate them. what they re doing here in turkey is ambitious but if it works, hopefully, it ll be an inspiration for other projects around the world.