Wild Lands (Episode 2)

The magic of the Equator is in the constant sunlight. It’s a great place to farm -- if you can keep the animals out of your plants. Wild Lands looks at the many forms of conflict between animals, farmers and the conservationists that stand between them. In Indonesia elephants are saved from slaughter by a young female mahout; in Uganda farmers are saved from elephants by a clever female bee keeper. In Kenya, a phalanx of guards protects the last of the northern white rhinos.

All our true rainforests are on the Equator and they hold the greatest biodiversity on Earth. They are home to some of humanity’s closest cousins that can tell us a lot about who we are. We meet…

The magic of the Equator is in the constant sunlight. It’s a great place to farm -- if you can keep the animals out of your plants. Wild Lands looks at the many forms of conflict between animals,…

The warmth of Equatorial waters makes them a riot of colorful life. But, in this era, there is such a thing as too much heat. Hot Waters takes viewers to a remote coast of Colombia where villagers…