Name: Metamorphoses: The Return of the Wilderness
Released: 2021-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Metamorphoses: The Return of the Wilderness

TV Show · Documentary · Travel

Featuring regions that have undergone, and are still undergoing, radical change. In some places, where flora and fauna were once eradicated, nature is reclaiming space. Landscapes are blooming with new life as old industries close down.

2021 · 51m

Director Frank Nischk

EPISODE 1

Costa Rica: Operation Tropical Forest

Costa Rica is famous for its national parks, tropical forests, and rare animals. Over the years, the forest has had to give way to more development. Since the 1980s, the country have been fighting for the return of its tropical forests.

42 min
EPISODE 3

USA: New Life for Lake Erie

Agriculture, urban development, and industry have taken their toll on Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes on the northern edge of the USA. More and more people are now working to restore nature around the lake as far as possible.

43 min
EPISODE 1

England's Beavers: The Chaos Effect

It is a sensation when photos of wild beavers appear in England in 2014. Opponents called for the rodents to be recaptured, but an environmental protection organisation try to prove the positive effects of beavers on the environment.

43 min
EPISODE 2

Brazil: Saving the Atlantic Forest

The Atlantic Rainforest stretches around the major cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo all the way to Argentina. However, only 12 per cent of it remains today. Over 300 private initiatives now want to restore the tropical forests.

43 min