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ETV Honors Earth Day with a New Episode of "Journey to Planet Earth"

Ninth Episode of the Critically-Acclaimed Series, hosted by Matt Damon, Airs April 18 at 9 p.m.

For Immediate Release
March 24, 2006

Columbia, SC… As Earth Day approaches, ETV presents a global picture of The State of the Planet’s Wildlife.  Hosted and narrated by Academy Award-winner Matt Damon, this ninth episode of the critically acclaimed environmental series Journey to Planet Earth airs on Tuesday, April 18 at 9 p.m.

The program poses one of the most critical questions of the 21st century: Why are nearly half of the world’s wildlife species facing extinction within the next few decades? Through spectacular wildlife photography that captures the beauty and diversity of the natural world, Journey to Planet Earth investigates what scientists are calling “the sixth great extinction of the world’s animals and plants.”

Specific case studies explore the loss of wildlife due to climate change, population and poverty pressures, poaching, the international bush-meat trade and the loss of wildlife corridors.  Journey to Planet Earth: The State of the Planet’s Wildlife visits the high country of Montana, Florida’s Everglades, South Africa, Singapore, Bangladesh, Kenya, Zambia, the Amazon, the Arctic and China to present the variety of threats to animals today.

There are also stories of hope and success, from ranchers learning to restore marshes and bird sanctuaries on their rangeland, to communities that have given up poaching to become stewards of the land, to diverse groups of citizens in Montana who created wildlife corridors to protect endangered species such as the grizzly bear.

During the broadcast, Damon also directs viewers to the Journey to Planet Earth Web site, www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth, where he introduces visitors to a variety of interactive and educational features for parents, teachers and children.

South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

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For more information, contact Rob Schaller at (803) 737-6556 or rschaller@scetv.org.