ARTE Reportage

Sustainable forestry is preserving the huge expanses of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala.

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint.

What lessons are being learnt in Canada from the devastating forest fires of Québec in summer 2023?

Bolivia's second largest lake, has recently dried up, leaving behind a salt desert where Lake Poopó once was.

Local people are fighting to restore the ecosystem of the Niger Delta, polluted by multinational oil companies.

The majestic Andean Condor is critically endangered, but biologists in Argentina are working hard to save the revered bird.

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history with temperatures soared to over 50°C.

‘Green colonialism’ in Rwanda and Kenya means local people lose access to their land in the name of environmental protection.

With dwindling water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying out.

The booming goldmines in the amazon rainforest in Bolivia is causing both deforestation and causing serious health problems for the local population.

A Peruvian farmer is suing the German energy giant RWE for its carbon emissions in what is a landmark case. 

The vast capital of Indonesia, home to 31 million people is sinkingand could be entirely underwater by 2050.

In northern Kenya, a new aggressive malaria carrying mosquito has become a major threat to public health.

More than 80% of Gabon is covered with rainforest, home to the largest population of forest elephants in Africa.

Camp Fire has been the most destructive wildfire in Californian history: 18,000 buildings destroyed, 62,000 hectares scorched and a death toll of 85. 

New forests in New Zealand, planted to absorb greenhouse gases come with unexpected environmental problems.

A new generation of tea growers are revitalising Georgia's plantations, abandoned after the fall of the USSR.

As cheap cashmere clothes flood the world market, the environmental impacts of increased production are becoming clear.  

An enclave of one country in an enclave of another country, itself within an enclave…

In a monastery near Kathmandu, nuns painstakingly create beautiful sand mandalas before destroying them.

Chinese influencers are convincing people from across the country to colonise Xinjiang.

Rare earths are the essential resource of the twenty first century, needed for electric cars, smart phones, and renewable energy.

If a woman gave birth at the top of Mont Blanc, what nationality would the child be?

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

A new generation of men are doing their share of the chores and looking after the children.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Bach’s St John Passion from Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the NDR vocal ensemble and Concerto Köln conducted by Klaas Stok.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

White sand, white citrus blossom, white houses – Spain’s Costa Blanca is aptly named.

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life