Undiscovered Colombia

Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment. 

Steve Backshall lives in a new build house which is very energy efficient and almost totally off-grid. However, achieving this has been extremely time consuming, expensive and pretty stressful. For this episode of Costing the Earth, Steve explores why -- when the cost of heating ...  Show more

The public face of Colombia has changed immensely over the past ten years and is still changing for the better. Anthony explores several regions of the country, from the mountains down to the Caribbean coast to the coca leaf growing inlands. Original airdate: 2013, Season 1. To l ...  Show more

In the dense jungles of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, there lies a mysterious “lost city”, which was hidden among the bushes, trees and forgotten trails for over 2,000 years. Home to mystical roads, ritualistic boulders and an immense stone staircase that had remain ...

After decades of exploitation, time is running out for the Amazon rainforest. Eight South American nations came together this week for the first time in 14 years in an attempt to draw up a plan for a more sustainable future. The BBC’s South America correspondent Katy Watson sends ...  Show more

The UN COP16 Biodiversity Conference opens in Colombia, with delegates from over 190 countries discussing biodiversity conservation. Israel begins bombing Hezbollah's financial arm. Leaders of the BRICS members are to gather in the Russian city of Kazan for the 16th BRICS Summit.