21st Century

Tajikistan is a country poised to succumb to a crime that's spreading rapidly - drug trafficking. Our cameras take you to the frontline of that nation's drug trade and inside the battle to stop it.

Imagine you've lost your son, your husband, or your wife - and you've lost your home. You're just one person in a vast migration - and you have no hope of peace returning to your country any time soon. This is the situation faced by millions of Iraqis who are on the run from the war. Where are they going? And what is happening to them? Here's the story of four Iraqi families whose lives have been changed forever by the conflict.

Known to some as "nature's lab", Galapagos is a unique ecological haven. In the 1830s its pristine, isolated ecosystem allowed Charles Darwin to make his discoveries about the origin-- and evolution --of species. But in today's globalized world, Galapagos is in danger.

It has been said that information is the oxygen of democracy.  Nowhere is an independent media more needed than in a place like Somalia – which has seen over sixteen years of violence at the hands of domestic warlords and foreign troops. Somali journalists face untold dangers. Here is the story of a group of brave individuals and the terrible price they’ve paid to provide neutral reporting and a dialogue for peace in Somalia.

In Thailand, a large resettlement program is underway to resolve one of Asia’s most protracted and forgotten refugee problems.  For nearly two decades, tens of thousands of Karen, an ethnic minority displaced by civil war in neighboring Myanmar, have lived in limbo in camps along the Thai border.  Some Karen are now offered an opportunity to rebuild their lives.

The bio-fuel, ethanol, is generating a revolution in renewable energy that could help reduce the world's thirst for oil. In Brazil, the production of ethanol from sugarcane is booming...but what is not clear is the impact it is having on the industry's sugarcane cutters.

In many parts of the world, women still face the prospect of being murdered to protect family honour. It is estimated that as many as 5,000 women are victims of so-called 'honour killings' every year. One country that's been trying to do something about this is Turkey. But, some traditions -- no matter how violent -- are hard to change.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is recovering from a period of conflict which claimed the lives of millions of people. While many focus on the human tragedy, the country's wealth of flora and fauna has also suffered.

The Black Sea borders several countries in South Eastern Europe, including Russia and Turkey. It is home to a wealth of beautiful marine life...like dolphins. Once the waters teemed with them, now they are on the verge of extinction as they compete with man for limited resources. Attempts are now being made to save them, but could it be too late?

More than 200,000 people were killed or disappeared during the civil war which raged in Guatemala for more than three decades at the end of the 20th century. To this day, people in that Central American country are searching for their loved ones, and are being helped by a dedicated band of forensic anthropologists.