Thursday November 14, 2024
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The Soviet Union is blamed for many environmental disasters, from Chernobyl to the Aral Sea. But the government can also be credited for setting up a vast system of wildlife reserves where endangered species were protected and studied by scientists. Now that the Union has broken down, so has the system of wildlife conservation. Producer Larry Massett takes us to the mountains of Kazakhstan and Kirgizstan in Central Asia, where snow leopards, antelope, hawks and other species face new dangers resulting from the economic and political chaos of the region.
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