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The case for conservation podcast

The case for conservation podcast


The case for conservation podcast

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Length:
46 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

The case for conserving the biodiversity of life on Earth needs to be credible and robust. Sometimes that requires a willingness to question conventional wisdom. The case for conservation podcast features long-form conversations with conservation thinkers, in which we try to untangle issues into which they have some insight.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 46 episodes

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44. What happened to the Anthropocene? (Erle Ellis)

Humankind’s transformation of the Earth is embodied in the idea that we are living in t...

41 minutes
Apr 29, 2024

43. What is stealth advocacy in conservation? (Françoise Cardou)

Conservation and sustainability scientists are often expected to advise policymakers an...

38 minutes
Mar 30, 2024

42. Political polarization in sustainability science? (Örjan Bodin)

Sustainability science, which includes conservation biology and various other environme...

44 minutes
Mar 04, 2024

41. Is capitalism bad for the environment? (Russell Galt)

Capitalism gets a lot of negative press these days, and one of the main arguments again...

51 minutes
Feb 05, 2024

40. Should we resurrect extinct species? (Virginia Matzek)

As a result of our success as a species, we have been ushering other species toward ext...

52 minutes
Jan 12, 2024

39. The global biodiversity targets (Alice Hughes)

Many conservation managers and scientists may not be aware that there is a single, comm...

48 minutes
Dec 13, 2023

38. Should science and activism be kept separate? (Andrea Bandelli)

This month’s episode is about activism and science communication, and whether or not th...

41 minutes
Nov 08, 2023

37. What is climate change doing to biodiversity? (Adam Welz)

Climate change gets a lot more attention and funding than biodiversity. But, as conserv...

58 minutes
Oct 02, 2023

36. Biodiversity & agriculture: appreciating the trade-offs (Prabhu Pingali)

In decades past, conservation was notorious for ignoring other development goals. These...

41 minutes
Sep 04, 2023

35. Are we obsessed with species? (Frank Zachos)

Species. We take them for granted as the main currency of biodiversity. But how many of...

55 minutes
Aug 07, 2023