now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the golden age of the explorer is inextricably linked with the golden age of empire. people inspired to travel where none had travelled before, charting territory and encountering peoples who were subsequently often subjugated and exploited. well, my guest is one of the world s great modern day explorers. but robin hanbury tenison s motivation was never conquest. instead, he committed himself to the protection of indigenous peoples and their lands. have his efforts made a difference? robin hanbury tenison, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s start with this word explorer. do you think it s past its sell by date, now that all of our planet is surveyed, satellite tracked, we map it, we know it? is exploration a thing of the past? absolutely not. the word is grossly overused by all sorts of people. i mean, windows explorer, for a start. it s all over the media all of the time, all sorts of people
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