for all these trees. it s a precious ecosystem that desperately needs protecting. 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 popularfor 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.
of extreme conservation, i m in the mountains of east turkey. i ve travelled 1,1i00km from the aegean coast to sarikamis, to near turkey s armenian border. in winter, this area is popularfor 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 autumn, some of them travel over 100 kilometres to the black sea region, where they fatten up and then, come back here to hibernate for winter. but this natural pattern of behaviour has now been disrupted.
as we have seen with the honeybee and that tiny bug, marchalina hellenica, it wouldn t survive if it was not for all these trees, it s a precious ecosystem that desperately needs protecting. continuing myjourney of extreme conservation, i m in the mountains of east turkey. i ve travelled 11100 kilometres from the aegean coast to sarikamis, to near turkey s armenian border. in winter, this area is popularfor 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
in winter, this area is popularfor 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 autumn, some of them travel over 100 kilometres to the black sea region, where they fatten up and then, come back here to hibernate for winter. but this natural pattern of behaviour has now been disrupted. researchers aysegul and emrah have been observing the bears for over a decade and dedicated their lives to protecting them. i m joining the duo in the hope of getting a glimpse of these
desperately needs protecting. continuing myjourney of extreme conservation, i m in the mountains of east turkey. i ve travelled 11100 kilometres from the aegean coast to sarikamis, to near turkey s armenian border. in winter, this area is popularfor 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