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26听May听2007
Brian Payton was impressed by his sighting of bears in British Columbia when he visiting a sanctuary in search of grizzlies in the wild.听 This experience sparked his interest and he set himself the task of trying to see all eight types of bear in their natural habitats, to find out what is happening to the populations of the world.听 He has written up an account of his adventures in a book called In Bear Country: a global journey in vanishing wilderness.
Once upon a time the wilderness was everywhere but mankind brought about a distinction between hearth and home and the great outdoors.听 Agriculture tamed and harnessed the wilderness of the natural world. In the twenty first century how much of it is left and should we even contemplate going to what remains?
John McCarthy asks what is wilderness and talks to Jo Roberts, Director of the Wilderness Foundation and to DrNick Middleton, Supernumerary Fellow in Physical Geography at St Anne's College, Oxford whose main research interest is in the nature and human use of deserts and their margins.
Presented by John McCarthy
Photo:听Brown bear
This week鈥檚 guests:
lives in Vancouver and is a writer and the author of a new book In Bear Country which chronicles his search for the eight remaining bear species across continents.
In Bear Country: A Global Journey in Vanishing Wilderness
Publisher: Old Street Publishing
ISBN-10: 1905847149
ISBN-13: 978-1905847143
(IBA)听
has been Director of the听 since 2004, she has also been involved as Projects Director and Project Coordinator since 1998. Jo defines wilderness as a place where there is no infrastructure, no roads, a place 鈥渦ntrammelled by human interference鈥.
The Foundation is 鈥dedicated to preserving and promoting the value of the world's last remaining wild areas, through lobbying, education and, wherever possible, by offering direct experience of wilderness itself. It supports projects that conserve wilderness and those seeking to re-establish it in Great Britain and overseas鈥.
is an academic in the field of Physical Geography. He is also an environmental consultant and freelance author having written more than 200 articles in journals, magazines and newspapers, and 16 books.
Nick鈥檚 main research interest is in the nature and human use of deserts and their margins but he also works and teaches on a wide variety of environmental issues. He has travelled to the world鈥檚 hottest, coldest, wettest and driest places, all documented in a series of books and television programmes such as Going to extremes, Surviving Extremes and Extremes Along the Silk Road.The 大象传媒 cannot be held responsible for
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John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
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