Helena Burke
speaker
669 appearances
18 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Helena Burke’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In 2021, Dr Fernanda Abra carried out a road mortality assessment for wildlife living in a section of the Amazon in northern Brazil.
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The results shocked her.
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something had to be done to stop this.
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And so the Reconnector Project was born.
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Alongside a team of engineers, architects and biologists...
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She designed a special bridge for animals to get from one section of the rainforest to another and avoid walking on the road.
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The bridges cater for a wide range of species, from porcupines using the walkway below to monkeys swinging across the ropes overhead.
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Dozens of these bridges have been installed across the Amazon over the past six years, but the project around the town of Alta Floresta has arguably been the most successful.
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canopy bridges.
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Since those bridges were installed in 2024, not a single primate has been killed on the roads around Alta Floresta.
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traffic for everybody.
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Dr. Abra's project has been so successful that it's now going global, with the first canopy bridges outside Brazil about to be built.
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My
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There's a big variety.
It ranges from things as cute as little sugar gliders, which kind of look a bit like a squirrel, to tiger snakes, which are one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
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