Synopsis
Steve Backshall, Chris Packham and Ella Al-Shamahi visit the Maldives, Iceland and Cambodia, charting the fight to save the planet’s most endangered ecosystems.
- Programme: Our Changing Planet
- Series: 1
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2022
- Geography | Climate Change and Ecosystems
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