00:11Muzyka
00:14Species are vanishing faster than ever, and extinction is forever.
00:18But recovery is entirely possible, and here on the Gulf of Oman,
00:23coral is being regrown by hand, and AI helps protect turtles.
00:27In this episode, we explore how nature, given the chance,
00:31can heal from these reefs to conservation in Uzbekistan.
00:36This is one of the world's newest marine research centres,
00:39and its scientists are watching the crisis unfold.
00:42The oceans are incredibly important.
00:44They represent 90% of the habitable space for life on this planet.
00:49The oceans are in deep trouble.
00:51They are facing a multitude of threats,
00:53be that from climate change, from marine pollution,
00:57but also from human activities,
00:59which are driving extinctions and reducing biodiversity.
01:03So here, they're building tomorrow's ocean in a lab
01:06to meet the future before it arrives.
01:08As our oceans warm, and their chemistry changes,
01:12and the amount of oxygen they have reduces,
01:15what we have here is an insight into the future
01:18of what many oceans will look like.
01:20Researchers here are working at the frontier of ocean science,
01:24protecting our oceans while training the scientists of tomorrow.
01:28Two of the species they study tell this story most clearly.
01:32Turtles are important.
01:33They are a critical part of the marine ecosystem.
01:36By exploring their health,
01:37it tells us about the health of the entire community.
01:40Corals, they provide the complex habitats
01:43that many other animals need to survive.
01:45One has survived since the age of the dinosaurs
01:48and still reads the health of the sea like nothing else.
01:52Turtles are not just iconic animals.
01:54They've got a vital role in marine ecosystems,
01:57and so they keep the marine ecosystems healthy.
02:02And lately, the numbers of turtles off this coast
02:05have begun to turn.
02:0695% of the turtles that I've personally photographed
02:10during the last six months, they are juveniles.
02:12So this is already a very good sign of how population is doing.
02:17The other is the coral reef, just offshore.
02:20And across the world, reefs like this are dying.
02:23The world should really pay attention to this,
02:26because if we lose the coral reefs,
02:29we will lose a tremendous amount of biodiversity in the ocean.
02:32Up to half a billion people today
02:35are directly or indirectly dependent on coral reefs.
02:40The corals that cling on here survive heat
02:42that would kill reefs anywhere else.
02:45The studies we do on coral reefs here
02:47can, of course, tell us something
02:49about future scenarios in other places of the world
02:52where they don't have the same temperatures as we have here.
02:55But this is not just a place that measures loss.
02:58Here, they're reversing it by hand,
03:00one coral at a time.
03:02The coral nurseries that are outside the laboratory here
03:06are basically what we use is tables
03:10anchored in the seabed.
03:12And on top of these tables,
03:13you basically put small mini corals under optimal conditions.
03:18It will grow out and produce a new coral
03:20because a coral is an animal.
03:22But this fight to bring nature back
03:24is not unique to the ocean.
03:26Thousands of kilometers from here,
03:27in Uzbekistan,
03:29the same battle is being fought on land.
03:30for the saiga antelope at the Desert Plateau
03:33and the mark are high in the mountains.
03:36Behind me stretches the Ustuart Plateau.
03:39Somewhere out there,
03:40a herd of saiga antelopes is moving.
03:43Thirty years ago,
03:44there were a million of them
03:46living across the region.
03:47Today, less than 1% of that number survive.
03:51This saigatcha reserve
03:52is Uzbekistan's answer to that collapse.
03:56Here on the Ustuart Plateau,
03:57the Ustuart part of the saigas range
03:59has become a test of recovery after collapse.
04:02For saigas, survival depends on movement,
04:05water and protection.
04:07The saigatcha sanctuary
04:08covers more than 600,000 hectares.
04:11Here conservation means practical work
04:13in extreme conditions.
04:15The saigas are now a test of recovery.
04:37Dzień dobry.
04:38Dzień dobry.
04:43Dzień dobry.
05:07Dzień dobry.
05:12Dzień dobry.
05:23Dzień dobry.
05:24Aby wszystkie prędkości, to jest stracenia,
05:26ale zresztą się z powrotem.
05:33W zamianie na tym połacaniu do FLAMINGO,
05:35z tych stacji są imediate.
05:36Z Uzbekistanem, oni tylko w zbiegach.
05:38W zbiegach, w zbiegach nie jest tylko w zbiegach.
05:42a nie jest tylko w zbiegach.
05:47Zbiegach się na połacaniu.
05:51Kukitang, w zbiegach się na bieżący.
05:54W zbiegach się zbiegach w zbiegach,
05:54w kukitangach,
05:54Tak, species that had nearly disappeared from this range, the marhor and the buchara, or yl.
06:18Those counts are hard-won.
06:21Many animals live on steep slopes and are rarely seen, so the reserve combines field patrols with scientific monitoring.
06:45Technology helps, but protection still depends on rangers in the field.
06:49Their work follows plants, animals and signs of movement across the reserve.
07:01In Surkhan, the latest counts give the story its clearest sign of recovery.
07:06The marhor population is rising even as threats around the reserve remain.
07:12The global marhor population is still listed as endangered.
07:15The threats, poaching, livestock pressure and fragmented habitat have not gone away.
07:21But the population is growing and this reserve, located in one of Uzbekistan's most remote mountain ranges, is a proof
07:28that the sustained effort of wildlife recovery is possible.
07:32From the Gulf of Oman to Uzbekistan, this proves that protecting our planet isn't just possible, it's already happening whenever
07:40people choose to act.
07:41That's all now for this episode of Earth Now.
07:45Join us next time as we uncover more about the work underway across our planet to safeguard it.
07:51Good thing!
07:57Thank you!
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