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202428 minGdocumentary

biodiversity animals forest-conservation sustainability agro-ecology

Tiny Forests: Mediterranean Olive Woods

202428 minGdocumentary

Mediterranean olive groves in Italy, Spain, and Greece serve as humanized forests, supporting diverse wildlife such as great bustards, eagles, and weasels.

biodiversity animals forest-conservation sustainability agro-ecology

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Channel: Go Wild

Tiny Forests: Mediterranean Olive Woods

2024• 28 minG

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Mediterranean olive groves in Italy, Spain, and Greece serve as humanized forests, supporting diverse wildlife such as great bustards, eagles, and weasels.

Synopsis

The huge expanses of olive groves around the Mediterranean region are a humanized forest where trees grow in an orderly manner. Italy, Spain and Greece benefit from this humanized ecosystem, inhabited by a diverse range of wildlife, including great bustards, eagles, owls, snakes and small carnivores such as weasels and genet.

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