England's Beavers: How Nature's Engineers Are Rebuilding Britain's Rivers | Metamorphoses (3/5)

It was a sensation! When photos of free-ranging beavers appeared in England in 2014, the topic dominated the British press for days. After all, the shy rodents had been considered extinct in the wild for 500 years. Their mysterious return polarised the public: conservationists celebrated the animal's new arrival as an enrichment for nature. Opponents demanded that the rodents be recaptured because they could damage agriculture. In order to allow the beavers to continue living in the wild, the regional environmental protection organisation Devon Wildlife Trust tried to prove conclusively the positive effects of the beavers on the environment in a five-year research programme. Their findings are clear: the comeback of the "eco-engineer" beaver increases biodiversity, cleans water and prevents flooding. But will the scientists be listened to despite the fears and lobby of the farmers? ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 01:16 - Devon's Green Fields and a Hidden Mystery ▷ 03:02 - Britain's First Wild Beaver in 400 Years ▷ 06:18 - The Beaver Named Mrs Bob ▷ 07:51 - Beaver Fever - The Hype in Devon ▷ 09:34 - Controversy: Beavers or Farmland? ▷ 10:34 - The Devon Wildlife Trust Steps In ▷ 13:33 - Beavers vs. Farmers - Finding Balance ▷ 16:31 - Nature's Engineers - How Beavers Build Dams ▷ 19:02 - Chaos Creates Life - Beavers Transform the Land ▷ 22:36 - Inside the Beaver Enclosure - A Living Laboratory ▷ 25:13 - The "Chaos Effect" and the Return of Biodiversity ▷ 30:34 - Beavers as Natural Water Filters and Climate Allies ▷ 34:12 - Farmers vs. Beavers - The Cost of Coexistence ▷ 41:07 - Can Beavers Prevent Floods in England? ▷ 46:55 - Beavers: Natural Flood Defenders ▷ 50:09 - A Victory for England's Wild Beavers ▷ 51:24 - Credits #documentary #animals #wildlife #sustainability #england #beaver #rewilding #ecoengineering #saveourplanet #biodiversity #animalbehavior #animalplanet ------- Watch all episodes in our playlist: https://bit.ly/metamorphoses_playlist Subscribe to wocomoWILDLIFE: https://goo.gl/L5puvQ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- In some regions intensively used by man, new habitats are being created – full of amazing beauty and diversity. This series takes us to regions that have undergone – and are still undergoing – radical change. In some places, where flora and fauna were once eradicated to make room for agriculture, industry and the extraction of raw materials, nature is coming back into its own. Landscapes are blooming with new life – because old industries have been closed down and people are recognizing the value of the natural world. On the Great Lakes in North America, in the rainforest of Costa Rica and in the Lausitz region of eastern Germany highly polluted rivers, vast areas given over to monocultures and soaring slag heaps are being transformed into species-rich marvels of nature. Biologists are creating wetlands out of brownfield sites, conservationists are turning cattle pastures into tropical forest and districts devastated by lignite mining are producing refuges for rare species. The individual, self-contained episodes document a range of compelling projects, which demonstrate that even destruction can provide a new beginning for nature. And that we can all help to save the biodiversity of our planet for the future. With lavishly filmed sequences and emotional storylines, the documentary series “Metamorphoses – The Return of the Wilderness” makes a powerful appeal to the mind, the heart and the eye. Original title: England's Beavers: The Chaos Effect | Metamorphoses - The Return of the Wilderness (3/5) A film by Christian Heynen © 2022, 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: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoHUMANITY ▷ wocomoDOCS: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomodocs ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomocook WocomoWILDLIFE is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.