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Europe’s Great Wilderness: Europe’s Green Heart

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Europe was once covered by forest, from the Arctic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Wiped out in a mini ice age, they, and the wildlife that inhabit them are making a spectacular recovery.

Today, Europe's forests cover around 1000 million hectares (about 30 times the size of Poland). From Mediterranean cork forests; Central Europe's great oak and beech woodlands to the evergreen taiga just below the Arctic Circle, these wild woodlands form some of the most secret, complex and beautiful habitats on the planet.

Europe is the second smallest continent, yet is incredibly diverse. Its temperatures range from 40C to -40C across several ecoregions.

Europe's Great Wildernesses is a three-part series exploring its wildlife and the mosaic of habitats in which they live.

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