are facing devastating losses. but it is notjust the trees that need saving. it is also the creatures. i m meeting the remarkable people trying to save honeybees. you are a bee whisperer! ..and those building turkey s brown bears a safe place to roam. this is extreme conservation turkey. turkey is huge, a vast and varied country stretching over 1,500km. turkey is surrounded by water on three sides the mediterranean sea, the black sea and the aegean and then in the east, it s mountainous and rugged, and all that influences the climate in very different ways. it is a country that is so rich in natural diversity, its sweeping pine forests are one of its key assets. but as temperatures rise, these forests are being destroyed by wildfires that are getting ever more intense. i start myjourney in mugla province on turkey s western coast, a short boat ride from the coastal town of bodrum where thick pine forests stretch all the way down to the beaches. like so many places around
are facing devastating losses. but it is notjust the trees that need saving. it is also the creatures. i m meeting the remarkable people trying to save honeybees. you are a bee whisperer! ..and those building turkey s brown bears a safe to roam. this is extreme conservation turkey. turkey is huge, a vast and varied country stretching over 1,500km. turkey is surrounded by water on three sides the mediterranean sea, the black sea and the aegean and then in the east, it s mountainous and rugged, and all that influences the climate in very different ways. it is a country that is so rich in natural diversity, its sweeping pine forests are one of its key assets. but as temperatures rise, these forests are being destroyed by wildfires that are getting ever more intense. i start myjourney on turkey s western coast, a short boat ride from the coastal town of bodrum where thick pine forests stretch all the way down to the beaches. like so many places around the world, summers here
this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. i am michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter who is passionate about conservation. my work has taken me all over the world and in that time i have seen huge changes, many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we meet inspirational people who have dedicated their lives to protecting the natural world. this time, i m in turkey. this country s stunning forest are facing devastating losses. but it is notjust the trees that need saving, it is also the creatures. i m meeting the remarkable people trying to save honeybees. you are a bee whisperer. and those building turkey s rown bears a safe to roam. this is extreme conservation turkey. turkey is huge, a vast and varied country stretching over 1500km. turkey is surrounded by water on three sides, the mediterranean sea, the black sea and the aegean sea and in the east its mountainous and r
roaming freely in the forests and can find food in nature can this dump be safely shut off to bears. 20 years later, i hope everywhere is trees, not open area like this. the bear is not eat the trash, just the healthy food. and can you imagine these large carnivores we are working withjust hanging around here and having the fun of being in the real wildlife? yes. we hope so. during my time here, i have met incredible individuals fighting to protect the creatures living alongside them, desperately trying to manage the delicate balance between people and nature. rewilding the forest will take time, but it also takes care and consideration of all its inhabitants, big or small.
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 to find ways to recreate them. what they re doing here in turkey is ambitious, but if it works, hopefully it will be an inspiration for other projects around the world.