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Yaks, curassows, and other cool species overlooked by conservation efforts

Yaks, curassows, and other cool species overlooked by conservation efforts

FromMongabay Newscast


Yaks, curassows, and other cool species overlooked by conservation efforts

FromMongabay Newscast

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week we’re joined by Joel Berger, a professor at Colorado State University and a senior scientist with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, who recently wrote a commentary for Mongabay arguing that there are too many large mammals like yaks and Saiga antelope living in remote regions (so-called “edge species”) that are wrongfully overlooked by conservation initiatives. Then from Peru, Dr. Andrew Whitworth, a conservation and biodiversity scientist with the University of Glasgow, shares rare recordings he recently made in the field of a critically endangered bird called the Sira Curassow.
Released:
Jan 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

News and inspiration from nature’s frontline, featuring inspiring guests and deeper analysis of the global environmental issues explored every day by the Mongabay.com team, from climate change to biodiversity, tropical ecology, wildlife, and more. The show airs every other week.