Global Concerns Episodes Available now

Overseas Toxic Waste Recycling
How the contents of batteries are affecting people in developing countries

New Whale Sanctuary
The Antarctica whale sanctuary in that protects the feeding grounds of whales

Tourism and the Environment
How turtle eggs are bought from fishermen in Sri Lanka and are released into the wild

Gold Mining in the Amazon
How using mercury to mine gold is affecting the people and wildlife of the Amazon basin

Verifying Treaty Compliance
Do governments 'cheat' on international environmental treaties?

How Many People Can the World Support?
How scarcity of crop land and water will drive poverty and environmental destruction

The Big Businesses Encouraging Biodiversity
How beauty and pharmaceutical companies are working with people in developing communities

Living in Trees
The project to engineer a platform that enables scientists to study rainforest canopies

Making Cars More Environmentally Friendly
How big a problem is congestion and car pollution in 1994?

Heavy Metals
The waste disposal of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, chrome and arsenic