Synopsis
Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan investigate two ambitious river restoration projects: in the US, the largest dam removal in the world, and in France, the colossal detox of Paris’s River Seine.
- Programme: Our Changing Planet
- Episode: Restoring Our Rivers
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2025
- Geography | Climate Change and Ecosystems
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