BBC Earth New Guinea

Lost Land of the Volcano is a threepart nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit which follows a scientific expedition to the island of New Guinea The expedition team which includes specialist zoologists explorers and the BBC crew travels to the extinct volcano of Mount Bosavi in central Papua New Guinea to document the biodiversity of this littlevisited area and search for new species At the time of filming logging was taking place about 20 miles 32 km south from the volcano and one of expeditions aims was to find evidence to support the case to protect the area Some members of the expedition team travelled to the island of New Britain several hundred kilometres to the east to chart an unexplored cave system and observe an active volcano The series was broadcast in September 2009 on BBC One in the United Kingdom in a threepart run In the United States it was broadcast the same month in seven parts on consecutive nights