Orange-bellied parrot.

The critically endangered orange-bellied parrot is one of the world’s rarest birds, and one of only a few migratory species of parrots. Every year, these small parrots breed in south-western Tasmania during summer before making the long journey across Bass Strait to spend the winter in coastal Victoria and South Australia. Five years ago, orange-bellied Parrots were teetering on the edge of extinction ‒ their numbers had plunged to just 17 birds ‒ but today, through careful management, their population is steadily increasing.

A silent drive home…

Palm cockatoo, Cape York, Queensland

We headed over to Oman for our latest Masterclass and had a fascinating chat with Renaud Salmon, Dominique Roques and Matt Wright about Amouage's frankincense trees in Salalah, which now form the Middle East's first 'smart forest'.

For the seventh episode of my Masterclass series, I headed over to Salalah in southern Oman. Joining me in the virtual studio were Renaud Salmon (Chief Creative Officer at Amouage), Dominique Roques (ingredients expert, former head of sourcing at Firmenich and author of In Search Of Perfumes) as well as Matt Wright (head of Amouage’s innovative Wadi Dawkah site). The focus of our discussion was…