Synopsis
Documentary featuring the remarkable people who live in the world's grasslands, exploring their relationship with the natural world around them.
- Programme: Human Planet
- Episode: 6: Grasslands - Roots of Power
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography
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Cannot be adapted
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