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The English Service of DW-RADIO has adopted the title \'Living Planet\', which is a title of the global conservation organisation WWF

 

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Living Planet: Green laws
Updated: 2012-02-09 19:30:00
Description: Law and the environment – we speak to environmental lawyer and ClientEarth CEO, James Thornton; Germany's environmental zones and air pollution; the EU drums up support for its energy roadmap for 2050; and we hear about greening up music festivals....more...

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Living Planet: Hamburg's cruise pollution
Updated: 2012-01-26 19:30:00
Description: We hear from a push in Hamburg to tackle cruise ships' port-based soot emissions; plans for Europe's biggest gold mine divide a small town in Romania; an energy austerity drive gathers support amid campaigning for France's presidential elections; and...more...

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Living Planet: Fracking in the US and Europe
Updated: 2012-01-19 19:30:00
Description: This week we look at two examples of fracking in the US and Europe; as South Sudan and its northern neighbor resume revenue-sharing talks, we look at the role of oil in their conflict; and a molecule to cool the planet – is its recent discovery goo...more...

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Living Planet: Trading blows
Updated: 2012-01-12 19:30:00
Description: A special show this week – we focus on the dispute over applying Europe's emissions trading scheme to aviation. Also, are more sharks responsible for more shark attacks in Australia? You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet ...more...

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Living Planet: Locking out elephants
Updated: 2012-01-05 19:30:00
Description: We visit a reserve in Sri Lanka where they're locking the elephants out and keeping the humans in; we chat with a researcher about her team's new paper in Science on predicting ocean circulation and its climate impacts; and we hear from fair trades i...more...

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Living Planet: Looking back at 2011
Updated: 2011-12-29 19:30:00
Description: Looking back at 2011: Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster; Germany to phase out nuclear energy; smart grids necessary to handle renewables; France fights over its controversial nuclear power plant in Fessenheim; concerns about methane plague Brazil's ...more...

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Living Planet: Uganda strikes oil
Updated: 2011-12-22 19:30:00
Description: Uganda's oil fever bodes badly for its environment; Scientists make a breakthrough in predicting earthquakes; Latvians embrace worms; Taipei 101 aims to be the world's tallest 'green' building; and a look at efforts to save two species of endangered ...more...

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Living Planet: Canada and Kyoto
Updated: 2011-12-15 19:30:00
Description: Canada and Kyoto: Canada pulls out of the Kyoto Protocol just one day after the close of climate talks in Durban; Sri Lanka's peace poses new problems for balancing tourism with the environment; DW visits a Dutch rooftop farm; and a bright idea wins ...more...

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Living Planet: Prosperity vs preservation
Updated: 2011-12-08 19:30:00
Description: Energy giants in Brazil tap deep-sea oil fields; South Africa investigates the connection between climate change and social instability; the EU lifts a ban on stevia; and music event organisers try to preserve festival fun while keeping their green c...more...

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Living Planet: What is so special about carbon?
Updated: 2011-12-01 19:30:00
Description: Eco-guards are dispatched to the Gishwati rainforest in Rwanda; we travel to India to investigate carbon offset programs; forest-dwelling indigenous groups want more say in the future of their homes; and developing nations report bullying at the clim...more...

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Living Planet: Financing Climate Protection
Updated: 2011-11-24 19:30:00
Description: As climate change tightens its grip on the world, Bangladesh warns that time is running out; Middle Eastern and North African nations face challenging hurdles to go green; and solar technology designers look for ways to brighten the lives of girls.Yo...more...

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Living Planet: Food and climate
Updated: 2011-11-17 19:30:00
Description: Food and climate: As the clock counts down to this year's climate negotiations in Durban, we look at some of the links between food and climate; the IEA's 25-year energy outlook contains difficult implications for Germany; getting sewage out of the T...more...

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Living Planet: Acid earth
Updated: 2011-11-10 19:30:00
Description: Acid earth: US scientists warn that we are rapidly changing the chemical composition of soils and waterways; shifting food production to cities; promoting alternative farming in Nigeria; and eco tourism provides a better livelihood in rural Cambodia....more...

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Living Planet: What to do with E-waste?
Updated: 2011-11-03 19:30:00
Description: We look at more eco-friendly ways to recycle electronics; we have a sampling of one of the largest animal sound archives in the world; whales and dolphins are fighting an uphill battle - under water; and we look at the complications of climate change...more...

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Living Planet: A new Rainbow
Updated: 2011-10-27 16:30:00
Description: A new Rainbow: We step on board Greenpeace's new Rainbow Warrior III; Europe increases its dependence on other people's land; We drop in on a rescue centre for storks in Cambodia and fish versus energy – the simmering dispute between countries that...more...

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Living Planet: Climate wars
Updated: 2011-10-20 16:30:00
Description: Is it an exaggeration to talk of climate wars? We hear from soldiers and doctors who fear the security and health implications of climate change are not being appreciated. We also hear about Germany's diffidence towards electric cars, a novel idea fo...more...

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Living Planet: Fessenheim, fracking and food waste
Updated: 2011-10-13 16:30:00
Description: Authorities prepare to decide the fate of France's oldest reactor amid rising anti-nuclear sentiment; a backlash against 'fracking' gathers in Germany; we talk to the director of a film that follows our food waste; and the Dutch lead the way in growi...more...

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Living Planet: Forests on center stage
Updated: 2011-10-06 16:30:00
Description: Got a few spare million? Then why not max the energy efficiency at your office with Energy Plus? Or get into the new Green Economy and learn how to capitalize on forests sustainably, and make plastic from sugar waste.You can listen to the show online...more...

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Living Planet: Ecuador's Yasuni gambit
Updated: 2011-09-29 16:30:00
Description: Ecuador's conservation offer: pay us not to drill for oil; the growing voluntary carbon market; Argentina's efforts to clean up one of the world's dirtiest rivers; and the endless cities of the 21st Century.You can listen to the show online or subscr...more...

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Living Planet: Indonesian palm oil
Updated: 2011-09-22 16:30:00
Description: Indonesia's balancing act between rainforests and development; carbon storage prepares to face its final hurdle in Germany; greener shipping; wave power; and a duo of pranksters who hope to make the world a better place, one stunt at a time.You can l...more...

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Living Planet: Smart meters and the struggle for top soil
Updated: 2011-09-15 16:30:00
Description: The Belgian city of Leuven trials a smart meter in cars to track people's driving habits and charge a tax by the kilometer, while the UN Convention to Combat Desertification pushes for more action to restore degraded farming land, Greenpeace turns 40...more...

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Living Planet: Sniffer dogs and turtles
Updated: 2011-09-08 16:30:00
Description: We look back at Japan's devastating earthquake and the ongoing problems at its Fukushima reactors; Frankfurt Airport deploys sniffer dogs for wildlife seizures; A volunteer program to save sea turtles on the Cape Verde islands; and Greenwashing in Be...more...

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Living Planet: Damning dams
Updated: 2011-09-01 16:30:00
Description: It may take decades for Brazil's massive new Belo Monte dam to repay its methane debt; Endangered European bison find a home in a former Red Army base; Glaciers, weather and the US-Europe public divide on climate change; and why Frankfurt Airport is ...more...

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Living Planet: Living Planet - Our water challenges
Updated: 2011-08-25 16:30:00
Description: Experts are looking for solutions to our water problems at World Water Week; Turning seawater into freshwater through desalination has some environmental downsides; More people are swimming in the Rhine, but it's not as clean as they think; A carpent...more...

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Living Planet: Fish fight
Updated: 2011-08-18 16:30:00
Description: A TV show in the UK about sustainable fishing appears to be making a difference; What Indonesia might learn from China and India when it comes to preserving forests; A trial program in Cologne gives personalized advice on reducing one's CO2 footprint...more...

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Living Planet: Airline emissions
Updated: 2011-08-11 16:30:00
Description: Europe wants airlines included in its emissions trading scheme next year, but foreign carriers are furious; Cleaning up one of the world's worst - and least talked about - oil spills; rethinking food relief in East Africa; Expiring swine flu vaccines...more...

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Living Planet: Wind parks and animals
Updated: 2011-08-04 16:30:00
Description: The environmental impact of wind parks; UK veterans fight for nuclear-test compensation; and a visit to one of Germany's recently-declared UNESCO world heritage parks You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a podcast. Click...more...

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Living Planet: Wind parks and animals
Updated: 2011-08-04 16:30:00
Description: The environmental impact of wind parks; UK veterans fight for nuclear-test compensation; and a visit to one of Germany's recently-declared UNESCO world heritage parks You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a podcast. Click...more...

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Living Planet: Gunning for forests
Updated: 2011-07-28 16:30:00
Description: Environmental assassinations in Brazil; The pilot project that's turning poor countries' sewage problems into a source of fuel; European beekeepers' battle with the varroa mite; and thorium reactors.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to L...more...

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Living Planet: Gunning for forests
Updated: 2011-07-28 16:30:00
Description: Environmental assassinations in Brazil; The pilot project that's turning poor countries' sewage problems into a source of fuel; European beekeepers' battle with the varroa mite; and thorium reactors.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to L...more...

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Living Planet: Marshalling water
Updated: 2011-07-21 16:30:00
Description: Profligate utility companies in the UK; An enormous Chilean dam project prompts accusations of state corruption; A community that's reviving old bread-making techniques on the banks of the river Po; and a project aimed at curbing the trade in illegal...more...

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Living Planet: Marshalling water
Updated: 2011-07-21 16:30:00
Description: Profligate utility companies in the UK; An enormous Chilean dam project prompts accusations of state corruption; A community that's reviving old bread-making techniques on the banks of the river Po; and a project aimed at curbing the trade in illegal...more...

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Living Planet: Money in whaling and human-wildlife diseases
Updated: 2011-07-14 16:30:00
Description: We look at efforts to 'clean up' the International Whaling Commission; A bear poacher turns gamekeeper in Taiwan; Bright prospects for Kenyan renewables; and we discuss the roles of nature and humans in spreading infectious diseases. You can listen t...more...

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Living Planet: Money in whaling and human-wildlife diseases
Updated: 2011-07-14 16:30:00
Description: We look at efforts to 'clean up' the International Whaling Commission; A bear poacher turns gamekeeper in Taiwan; Bright prospects for Kenyan renewables; and we discuss the roles of nature and humans in spreading infectious diseases. You can listen t...more...

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Living Planet: Greening Europe's farms
Updated: 2011-07-07 16:30:00
Description: We look at the idea of paying Europe's farmers to protect nature: With budget proposals out for the EU's 2014-2020 budget, we hear how changes to agriculture spending are being received on the continent and in the UK; we also speak to the EU's enviro...more...

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Living Planet: Greening Europe's farms
Updated: 2011-07-07 16:30:00
Description: We look at the idea of paying Europe's farmers to protect nature: With budget proposals out for the EU's 2014-2020 budget, we hear how changes to agriculture spending are being received on the continent and in the UK; we also speak to the EU's enviro...more...

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Living Planet: Decommissioning a reactor
Updated: 2011-06-30 16:30:00
Description: As Germany passes legislation to exit nuclear energy, we visit one of the country's ex-nuclear plants that's still a hive of activity; A clever organic idea for tackling crop pests in the tropics; Ghana's e-waste problem; Some success in beating dese...more...

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Living Planet: Decommissioning a reactor
Updated: 2011-06-30 16:30:00
Description: As Germany passes legislation to exit nuclear energy, we visit one of the country's ex-nuclear plants that's still a hive of activity; A clever organic idea for tackling crop pests in the tropics; Ghana's e-waste problem; Some success in beating dese...more...

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Living Planet: A right to water
Updated: 2011-06-23 16:30:00
Description: We ask whether we should consider water a human right; A look back at the outcome of this month's climate talks in Bonn; New science shows faster warming in the Arctic; and the US and Vietnam begin a new chapter of cooperation to tackle the legacy of...more...

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Living Planet: A right to water
Updated: 2011-06-23 16:30:00
Description: We ask whether we should consider water a human right; A look back at the outcome of this month's climate talks in Bonn; New science shows faster warming in the Arctic; and the US and Vietnam begin a new chapter of cooperation to tackle the legacy of...more...

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Living Planet: Panel: Climate change and extreme events
Updated: 2011-06-16 16:30:00
Description: Special: A panel discussion on the link between climate change and extreme events, and what steps we should be taking – if any – to brace ourselves. The panelists include Thomas Loster, head of the Munich Re Foundation; Shafqat Kakakhel, a former...more...

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Living Planet: Panel: Climate change and extreme events
Updated: 2011-06-16 16:30:00
Description: Special: A panel discussion on the link between climate change and extreme events, and what steps we should be taking – if any – to brace ourselves. The panelists include Thomas Loster, head of the Munich Re Foundation; Shafqat Kakakhel, a former...more...

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Living Planet: Saving reefs and battling dams
Updated: 2011-06-09 16:30:00
Description: We get an update on the state of climate talks; A program in Indonesia saves reefs and supports locals; We talk with an expert about the climate threat to reefs; Merkel's cabinet agrees to phase out nuclear power by 2022; Brazil stands behind its hug...more...

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Living Planet: Saving reefs and battling dams
Updated: 2011-06-09 16:30:00
Description: We get an update on the state of climate talks; A program in Indonesia saves reefs and supports locals; We talk with an expert about the climate threat to reefs; Merkel's cabinet agrees to phase out nuclear power by 2022; Brazil stands behind its hug...more...

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Living Planet: Sea turtles and slow fish
Updated: 2011-06-02 16:30:00
Description: This week we hear how Turkey's turtle-rescuer has secured a beach sanctuary for loggerhead turtles; Slow Fish promotes different kinds of seafood to benefit fishermen, consumers and the oceans; some good news for tropical forests; and the mixed state...more...

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Living Planet: Sea turtles and slow fish
Updated: 2011-06-02 16:30:00
Description: This week we hear how Turkey's turtle-rescuer has secured a beach sanctuary for loggerhead turtles; Slow Fish promotes different kinds of seafood to benefit fishermen, consumers and the oceans; some good news for tropical forests; and the mixed state...more...

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Living Planet: Europe seeks resource efficiency
Updated: 2011-05-26 16:30:00
Description: Living Planet examines Europe's push for resource efficiency and a green economy; Spanish motorists rev up debate over the need for less speed; International Day for Biodiversity focuses on climate change's role in species loss; And the Dutch put ins...more...

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Living Planet: Europe seeks resource efficiency
Updated: 2011-05-26 16:30:00
Description: Living Planet examines Europe's push for resource efficiency and a green economy; Spanish motorists rev up debate over the need for less speed; International Day for Biodiversity focuses on climate change's role in species loss; And the Dutch put ins...more...

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Living Planet: Coy eels and precocious boars
Updated: 2011-05-19 16:30:00
Description: Living Planet follows an eel restocking program on the Rhine River; A look at the IPCC's recent report on renewable energies' prospects in the coming decades; and Berlin struggles with too few trees and too many wild boars.You can listen to the show ...more...

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Living Planet: Coy eels and precocious boars
Updated: 2011-05-19 16:30:00
Description: Living Planet follows an eel restocking program on the Rhine River; A look at the IPCC's recent report on renewable energies' prospects in the coming decades; and Berlin struggles with too few trees and too many wild boars.You can listen to the show ...more...

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Living Planet: Arctic spoils and promiscuous horses
Updated: 2011-05-12 16:30:00
Description: Arctic neighbors hammer out new rules to exploit the Arctic's untapped resources; Spain's review of feed-in tariffs tempers enthusiasm for renewable energy investments; Hemp supporters tout cannabis as a solution to South Africa's housing shortage; a...more...

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Living Planet: Arctic spoils and promiscuous horses
Updated: 2011-05-12 16:30:00
Description: Arctic neighbors hammer out new rules to exploit the Arctic's untapped resources; Spain's review of feed-in tariffs tempers enthusiasm for renewable energy investments; Hemp supporters tout cannabis as a solution to South Africa's housing shortage; a...more...

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Living Planet: Food, corruption, cradles and hamsters
Updated: 2011-05-05 16:30:00
Description: Growing the world's food supply in the face of environmental constraints; the Cradle to Cradle movement to rethink how we use resources in the 21st century; corruption in climate finance and France's disappearing hamsters.You can listen to the show o...more...

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Living Planet: Food, corruption, cradles and hamsters
Updated: 2011-05-05 16:30:00
Description: Growing the world's food supply in the face of environmental constraints; the Cradle to Cradle movement to rethink how we use resources in the 21st century; corruption in climate finance and France's disappearing hamsters.You can listen to the show o...more...

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Living Planet: Cycling's all the rage
Updated: 2011-04-28 16:30:00
Description: Cycling road rage in London; making pedal power a more attractive option; the Netherland's solar bike-track plans; and some disappointing facts about biodegradable bags in Germany. You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a...more...

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Living Planet: Cycling's all the rage
Updated: 2011-04-28 16:30:00
Description: Cycling road rage in London; making pedal power a more attractive option; the Netherland's solar bike-track plans; and some disappointing facts about biodegradable bags in Germany. You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a...more...

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Living Planet: Zoos and zoology and energy disasters
Updated: 2011-04-21 16:30:00
Description: From zoos to airlifts - new moves to save what's left of the earth's wildlife, Chernobyl's sarcophagus needs more than money and the Norwegian scientists developing dispersants for the next oil spill.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to ...more...

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Living Planet: Zoos and zoology and energy disasters
Updated: 2011-04-21 16:30:00
Description: From zoos to airlifts - new moves to save what's left of the earth's wildlife, Chernobyl's sarcophagus needs more than money and the Norwegian scientists developing dispersants for the next oil spill.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to ...more...

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Living Planet: Happier bees and reclaiming nature
Updated: 2011-04-14 16:30:00
Description: Apiarists say Italy's bees have been bouncing back thanks to the suspension of a type of pesticide, organic wines compete with their conventional cousins and turning bombing grounds and industrial wastelands into nature reserves.You can listen to the...more...

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Living Planet: Happier bees and reclaiming nature
Updated: 2011-04-14 16:30:00
Description: Apiarists say Italy's bees have been bouncing back thanks to the suspension of a type of pesticide, organic wines compete with their conventional cousins and turning bombing grounds and industrial wastelands into nature reserves.You can listen to the...more...

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Living Planet: Revisiting Chernobyl and Europe's air pollution
Updated: 2011-04-07 16:30:00
Description: We revisit the Chernobyl accident to ask if its health impacts were exaggerated, and from 'green zones' to London smog we look at some of the difficulties in tackling air pollution in Europe.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Pl...more...

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Living Planet: Revisiting Chernobyl and Europe's air pollution
Updated: 2011-04-07 16:30:00
Description: We revisit the Chernobyl accident to ask if its health impacts were exaggerated, and from 'green zones' to London smog we look at some of the difficulties in tackling air pollution in Europe.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Pl...more...

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Living Planet: Triumphant Greens, banning cars and measuring a nitrogen footprint
Updated: 2011-03-31 16:30:00
Description: Germany's Greens get their best opportunity to date to turn their ideas into practice; Brussels gets into a mix up over banning cars and the online tool to help you measure your nitrogen footprint.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Liv...more...

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Living Planet: Triumphant Greens, banning cars and measuring a nitrogen footprint
Updated: 2011-03-31 16:30:00
Description: Germany's Greens get their best opportunity to date to turn their ideas into practice; Brussels gets into a mix up over banning cars and the online tool to help you measure your nitrogen footprint.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Liv...more...

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Living Planet: Smart grids, meat-free Thursdays and jaywalking frogs
Updated: 2011-03-24 16:30:00
Description: Smarter grids for a smarter future; Louisiana's Vietnamese community gets frustrated with BP's compensation scheme; Ghent's meat-free Thursdays gain increasing support; Helping frogs across the road. You can listen to the show online or subscribe to...more...

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Living Planet: Smart grids, meat-free Thursdays and jaywalking frogs
Updated: 2011-03-24 16:30:00
Description: Smarter grids for a smarter future; Louisiana's Vietnamese community gets frustrated with BP's compensation scheme; Ghent's meat-free Thursdays gain increasing support; Helping frogs across the road. You can listen to the show online or subscribe to...more...

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Living Planet: Nuclear fallout, melting ice and a road through Serengeti
Updated: 2011-03-17 16:30:00
Description: As Japan's nuclear crisis hangs in the balance, political fallout reaches Europe; Tanzania sticks to plans for a road through the Serengeti; setting sailing records in the Arctic You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a po...more...

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Living Planet: Passive homes and sustainable housing; Khimki activists; Italian sewage
Updated: 2011-03-10 16:30:00
Description: Designing smarter homes – from London's Ecobuild to Brooklyn's first passive house; Russian activists take their struggle for the Khimki forest to Europe; Fixing Italy's troubled sewage system You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Livin...more...

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Living Planet: Fox hunting; Brazilian logging; forest communities; 'Upcylcing' hoses
Updated: 2011-03-03 16:30:00
Description: Is an annual cull the best way of managing fox populations? Brazil's conflicted relationship with its forests; Giving forest dwellers a greater say over their territory; An 'upcycling' enterprise turns fire hoses into fashion. You can listen to the s...more...

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Living Planet: Focus on the illegal bushmeat trade
Updated: 2011-02-24 16:30:00
Description: We travel from France to Zimbabwe, to examine the illegal trade in wild animal meat.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a podcast. Click on the links below for the individual reports.Interview with Primatologist Melanie...more...

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Living Planet: Global drylands, the British forest sell-off and a new American Dream
Updated: 2011-02-17 16:30:00
Description: UN delegates gather in Bonn to tackle desertification, cross-party criticism and public protest bring down Britain's planned forest sale and prominent thinkers dream up a sustainable new future.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living...more...

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