Extreme Conservation

Nature lover and conservationist Michaela Strachan travels to Turkey to explore its vast pine forests and to meet the people helping to preserve Turkey's precious bee and bear populations. Starting in the west of Turkey, Michaela discovers that many woodlands are facing devastating losses from climate change and human development. She sees first-hand how fires have destroyed vast areas of pine forest, wiping out the trees, villages and the ecosystem within, including millions of honey bees. Michaela meets bee-loving researcher Yonca Tokbas, who fears that Turkish bees are now being pushed beyond their limit, and who is fighting to retain traditional beekeeping practices before it's too late.

In Extreme Conservation, presenter Michaela Strachan travels the world meeting people battling the effects of climate change, who are intervening in extreme ways to save species or entire ecosystems.