| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 min. 6 sec.) ; 278969834 bytes |
| Summary |
Joanna Lumley undertakes a personal journey to Borneo for a once-in-a-lifetime experience with orangutans, a species that could disappear within 50 years.The orangutan population has declined by 90% in the last century and Joanna learns of the massive deforestation - to create palm oil that is used in everyday lives - that lies at the root of the problem.Joanna meets Birute Galdikas, who has devoted the last 35 years of her life to aiding the orangutans' survival and the local villagers who live beside the magnificent rainforest and co-exist with the orangutans.At every turn, Joanna observes the close links between human and orangutan, from observing a mother playing tenderly with her orangutan baby to the aping behaviour of everyday acts.Joanna's film provides an impassioned plea for changes in all our lives that must be made to ensure the long term future of this beautiful animal.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A Tiger Aspect Production. Executive Producer: Clive Tulloh; Producer: Anastasia Mouzas |
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Broadcast 2009-12-26 at 19:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
| Subject |
Deforestation -- Environmental aspects.
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Endangered species -- Habitat.
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Endangered species -- Protection.
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Orangutan -- Behavior.
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Wildlife conservation.
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Borneo.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Galdikas, Birute, contributor
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Hook, Harry, director
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Lumley, Joanna, host
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