S1 E1: Life Awakens
Life on Earth is characterized by its enormous richness. Even today, much of its surface is covered with forests and jungles.
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Cameras capture the beauty, diversity and richness of the world's forests and jungles.
Director: Juan Antonio Rodríguez Llano
Life on Earth is characterized by its enormous richness. Even today, much of its surface is covered with forests and jungles.
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The jungles of Borneo and Southeast Asia are among the oldest in the world, at nearly 15 million years old.
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Mangrove forests, which grow along the coasts in the tropics, are magical in appearance.
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The south of Africa is home to an unusual forest that loses its leaves during the dry season. The Mopane tree - or butterfly tree - is the main exponent of this behaviour.
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The laurel forests of the Canary Islands are relics more than 20 million years old.
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The Madagascan rainforest is one of the strangest in the world. It is inhabited by lemurs whose howls at dawn and dusk fill the woodland.
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In the State of California, some of the world's most notable forests in terms of their size, diversity and gigantic trees grow.
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One of the strangest ecosystems on the planet is the Spiny Forest of Madagascar where almost all the plants are armed with thorns like daggers.
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The eucalyptus forests of Australia have adapted to the different environments found on the largest island on the planet.
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The Florida Peninsula is dominated by an immense wealth of woodland, specifically wetlands and swamps.
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The Taiga is the world's largest forest, occupying the northern regions of North America, Europe and Asia.
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The cloud rainforest is a unique ecosystem that grows in equatorial regions, perched on peaks of over two thousand meters, where clouds permanently deposit water and the weather is cold.
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The interior of Madagascar is dry and mountainous, and the forests that grow here lose their leaves during the dry season, except for those that take refuge in narrow canyons eroded by rivers.
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The environment of southern Europe and North Africa is the perfect territory for oak trees, huge trees whose branches may be home to more than 300 species of animals.
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One of the most extraordinary forests in the world grows on top of volcanic cones, between rocks and ashes.
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The rivers of the Northern Hemisphere are naturally flanked by forests adapted to periodic flooding.
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In Northern Africa and Southern Europe, there are forests that grow only on the highest mountain peaks, unique ecosystems of singular beauty that are home to a variety of wildlife.
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The huge expanses of olive groves around the Mediterranean region are a humanized forest where trees grow in an orderly manner.
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African rainforests are the oldest in the world. They are inhabited by some of the most legendary animals, such as gorillas, chimpanzees and okapi.
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In the northern hemisphere, forests are adapted to the extreme seasonality of very cold winters and hot, humid summers.
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The Neotropical forests of South America extend across huge territories with an incredible diversity of trees and plants.
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The coastal regions of the Old Continent are occupied by an evergreen forest that reaches to the very edge of the sea.
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In some regions of Central and South America, a forest adapted to drought combined with intermittent humidity survives.
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Some of the forests with most character in the world are the juniper woods. Each juniper tree has its own shape. Juniper woodlands are open and adapted to the cold and dry climates.
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A fragile strip of tropical woodland extends along the east coast of the huge island of Australia.
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Forests and jungles are home to most of the Earth's wildlife and biodiversity.
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