Posted: Sun Dec 05, 04 8:33 am Post subject: The Path of the Panther
Radio 4 Monday 21:00 The Path of the Panther
Central America is one of the richest places for wildlife, but it's under threat from an increasing human population and economic development.
Now, there are plans to join up habitats from Mexico to Panama in a huge biological corridor that also aims to improve people's lives.
In the first of this three-part series, Jeremy Bristow visits a forest in northern Guatemala that is being managed sustainably by the local community and asks if wildlife protection really can be compatible with economic development.