Paradise Preserved

The picturesque Lake Constance region is characterised by intensive agriculture - with dramatic results for the bird life.

Something exceptional is happening in the rainforests in the north of the Republic of the Congo: here loggers are not destroying the environment but are helping through their work to preserve the tropical forests.

For many people the Swiss Alps are a natural paradise. But in fact this paradise is man-made. Alpine meadows exist only because farmers have been driving their livestock up into the mountains for centuries.

The cloud forests in the Andes of Ecuador are among the most species-diverse landscapes on Earth.

In the Vega Archipelago, way up in the north of Norway at the Arctic Circle, people have formed a unique partnership with wild eider ducks.