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Lake Constance: Peter Berthold's Mission to Save Europe's Birds | Paradise Preserved (3/5)

Lake Constance is one of the biggest and most beautiful inland waters in Central Europe. For thousands of years the region has been known for its fertile soils. Apples have been harvested on the lake’s shores for 4,000 years. Nowadays, wines from the prime locations are celebrated throughout the world. But the success of industrialised farming and its monocultures has taken its toll: in the last 50 years, bird life here has dwindled dramatically. Around 65% of all native birds have disappeared. The ornithologist Prof. Peter Berthold knows why. Wherever intensive farming is practised on a large scale, birds and other wildlife have lost vital habitats. Natural sources of food such as wild herbs, flowering plants and insects are missing. In 2003, Peter Berthold started taking active steps to counter the disappearance of bird life – with a plan as simple as it was ingenious: a closely meshed network of newly laid out ponds, hedges, reed belts and natural orchards to give back to birds and other wild animals what they need to survive. And all this in close proximity to built up areas and farmland. The film follows this unique project, in which many conservationists, farmers and local communities are now working together. Using lavish wildlife photography and aerial footage, it shows how white storks, northern bald ibises and rare songbird species are returning to a region from which they had long disappeared. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 03:15 - Peter Berthold, Ornithologist ▷ 06:15 - Why did the birds disappear? ▷ 08:05 - Heinz Sielmann Pond, Heinz Sielmann Nature Conversation Foundation ▷ 12:20 - White Storks ▷ 24:52 - Beavers ▷ 28:12 - Lengwiler Pond ▷ 32:20 - Brown Trout ▷ 39:44 - Northern Bald Ibis ▷ 50:35 - Credits #documentary #animals #wildlife #lakeconstance #birds #birdconversation #savethebirds #animalplanet ------- Watch the whole series: https://bit.ly/paradise_preserved Subscribe to wocomoWILDLIFE: https://goo.gl/L5puvQ Follow us on Facebook:   / wocomo   ------- The 5-part series “Paradise Preserved” transports us into five fantastically beautiful regions, where unusual concepts of nature conservation are being practised: with people rather than against them. Instead of banning local residents, companies or tourists from these species-rich regions of nature, they become part of a new strategy. Through responsible, sustainable use of the natural resources they are helping to preserve these natural paradises — with extraordinary results. Nature and human beings can not only co-exist, but ideally can benefit from each other. This is happening in different ways in the five regions portrayed. In some cases, shepherds, collectors and farmers are protecting unique ecosystems by returning to old traditions and living and working in harmony with nature. In other cases, scientists, entrepreneurs and foresters are using modern expertise to look for concepts which secure an income for the inhabitants of these regions and at the same time conserve habitats under threat. Exploitation for the sake of protection: that’s how these natural paradises are being made fit for the future. In the Congolese rainforest, in Norway’s Vega Archipelago, in the Alpine meadows of Switzerland, in the cultivated landscape around Lake Constance and in the Ecuadorian cloud forests nature conservation and people’s lives are being reconciled. The individual episodes are self-contained and document fascinating projects that are dependent on vision, inventiveness and a long-term approach. Lavishly filmed drone and underwater footage, rare wildlife shots and moving stories make the “Paradise Preserved” series an unforgettable experience - mentally, visually and emotionally. Original title: Ecuador: Lake Constance: Saving the Bird Life | Paradise Preserved (3/5) A film by Michael R. Gärtner © 2019, Licensed by Albatross ------- Videos about animals, aquatic life and nature: wocomoWILDLIFE offers high-quality entertainment. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY:    / @wocomohumanity   ▷ wocomoDOCS:    / @wocomodocs   ▷ wocomoHISTORY:    / @wocomohistory   ▷ wocomoTRAVEL:    / @wocomotravel   ▷ wocomoCOOK:    / @wocomocook   WocomoWILDLIFE is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.