Discussions on the human-wildlife interface
Episodes
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Today's episode is part 1 of a two-part series on the Bundy family versus the Bureau of Land Management. This decades-long saga is a dramatic example of the consequences of chronic conflict on the human-wildlife interface. In part 1, we provide some background on Cliven Bundy, the federally-threatened Mojave desert tortoise, ranching on federal land, and public land management in the United States.
Sources & Links:
Learn more about the BLM: https://www.blm.gov/
Learn more about public lands in the United States: https://www.doi.gov/blog/americas-public-lands-explained
And explore the US Fish & Wildlife's species profile for the ESA-listed Mojave desert tortoise, including all of the publically-available documents regarding the species listing and actions taken over the last few decades: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=C04L
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Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
In the first of a new biweekly news segment, Jonah shares four recent news stories about the Texas-Mexico border wall, African Grey Parrot trafficking, black leopards in Kenya, and Russia's "whale jail."
Read about the details of President Trump's border wall decision-making:
https://www.audubon.org/news/beloved-wildlife-sanctuaries-limbo-trump-declares-border-emergency?ms=digital-eng-social-facebook-x-20190200_fb_link&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20190200_fb_link&fbclid=IwAR2mliZI6A0eip03ZdWLutOb1GREB64c47s1QdK4KCbObngVJ30epxeKfCA
Follow the Facebook page 'No Border Wall' for daily updates on the situation in Texas:
https://www.facebook.com/noborderwall/
Read about the new report identifying Turkish Airlines as a primary airline for the African Grey Parrot trade:
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/report-turkish-carrier-is-poachers-airline-of-choice-for-parrot-trade/
Watch San Diego Zoo Global's camera trap footage of the first black leopard documented in Africa in nearly 100 years:
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals-source/00000168-ddf4-d0fe-a76e-fdfd30860000?fbclid=IwAR2mxKOPOhW0qSfyX1K1BsUuZgQZFs9z7K0s-k6OADyotvpEl7X3IM4ZKbY
And also check out photographer Will Burrard-Lucas's stunning photos of Kenya's black leopards:
http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/2019/02/black-leopard-in-africa/
Finally, read about a terrible situation in Russia where killer whales and belugas are in legal limbo:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/orca-and-beluga-whales-trapped-in-russia-for-aquarium-trade/?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dsocial%3A%3Asrc%3Dfacebook%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3Dfb20190207animals-whalestrappedrussia%3A%3Arid%3D&fbclid=IwAR17RVSLlcZQ_Wu8ButlYx3K8SE6gZtBFqWnNByRF3zTRL4mvq4S8Ewr2zU&sf207380571=1
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
In today’s episode, we tackle a problem every young conservationist faces in their career: unpaid labor and volunteer “internships.” We discuss why unpaid labor is more and more anachronistic in a time of student loans and economic hardship for young professionals, and how failing to pay your field assistants compromises the quality of their work and your project.
Sources & Links:
Read today's featured news articles:
On shearwaters and petrels in Hawaii:
http://wildlife.org/unseen-for-300-years-endangered-seabirds-heard-on-oahu/?fbclid=IwAR3hOPJSOg3xzWxlg01KnnEGSIlslw9a6aZ3xJO5dgKcx2jCJn6M3EC-bxE
On another seizure of smuggled pangolin scales and elephant tusks:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47088694?fbclid=IwAR0wX0KBwWhiyKHYy27pnQsb20mlj43BoijMMCWBQshh8wkcqXrRcKjoMLM
Read the Mongabay article covering today's topic with some real-world examples: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/a-rich-persons-profession-young-conservationists-struggle-to-make-it/?fbclid=IwAR2sU1-THn2sx717n9qW6_PKhh_f18IxE8bDnK3uv43vhDuofyaIWDVDgkg
And a thought-provoking blog post on the troubling trend of so-called researchers disguising tourism as conservation: http://www.jamesborrell.com/why-volunteering-with-animals-does-nothing-for-conservation/?fbclid=IwAR3_QbDe0LZVz_iaZmiVxvCO9YNpWhJAqt0HglkwhZLhqZ1yNWzfzVI_68o
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Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
We’re back to hear all about Jonah’s birding and wildlife adventures in Belize! Including the people and place, the local conservation culture, and of course the birds!
Sources & Links:
Read today’s featured news article on tagging invertebrates:
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/a-fitbit-for-squid-could-help-track-the-oceans-squishier-species/
Read the article featured in our sustainability tip:
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/cellphones-are-still-endangering-gorillas-but-recycling-old-ones-can-help/?fbclid=IwAR26FxLdY82_1ID7xZgv4SviQWBJL7rMKrzmKNXrcfrV5dy2oHX4UtQ6GZg
And see Jonah’s Belize photography here:
https://jonahgulaphotography.weebly.com/
Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
While Jonah’s chasing birds in Belize, Mariana gives a quick update and responds to our first listener email.
See listener Ethan Mann’s wildlife photography here: https://www.instagram.com/ethanmannphotog/
Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Friday Jan 04, 2019
Friday Jan 04, 2019
In our first Video Highlight episode, we feature an awesome video filmed at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya, in which a lion pounces on a zebra and gets taken for a wild ride.
Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/LakeNakuruNationalPark/videos/2084534451589941/
Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
In our first Citizen Science Highlight, we discuss the program eBird. Created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, eBird is possibly the largest and most sophisticated citizen science project in the world.
Sources & Links:
Read today’s news on the ivory sting in San Diego:
https://www.apnews.com/c8e730072efb42c1b433398e62a5831f
https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/
Read all about eBird, and sign up for free to become an immediate citizen scientist:
https://ebird.org/home
https://ebird.org/news/a-new-era-of-ebird-science-status-and-trends
Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
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Friday Dec 14, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
In our first Community Conservancy highlight, we discuss the collaboration between local villagers and conservationists in southeast Bangladesh, and how their cooperative research and actions have helped to protect threatened species and their habitats.
Sources & Links:
Read the entire Mongabay article featured in today’s episode:
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/the-bangladeshi-tribe-thats-guarding-turtles-co-authoring-research-papers/?fbclid=IwAR2I4o4jId75bneakUgQ3TfQHZYmAA3yn-IWCYQ0mfElrCuwUJw62g0gWE0
And visit the Creative Conservation Alliance’s website:
https://www.conservationalliance.org/
Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
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Friday Dec 07, 2018
Friday Dec 07, 2018
In this episode we discuss the mechanics of ex situ (off site) conservation, the role zoos (and aquariums) have played and continue to play in species recovery, and what we think captive institutions should prioritize as we forge ahead in this era of collaborative conservation.
Sources & Links:
Read Jonah’s featured articles of the day:
On African Greys:
https://news.mongabay.com/2015/12/catastrophic-decline-nearly-99-of-ghanas-african-grey-parrots-wiped-out/?fbclid=IwAR3gkaj_Z7AI2J1LuwZ3rwb8eAiZ5qO6MnhonzGjDsHjD0BjzWVUazNsy3M
And on the Sumatran rhino:
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/first-wild-sumatran-rhino-in-borneo-captured-for-breeding-campaign/
Visit the AZA’s SAFE program website:
https://www.aza.org/aza-safe
Read more about the history of zoos:
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-ethical-history-of-zoos/6869776
And a thorough paper on the role of zoos in conservation:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259863205_The_Role_of_Zoos
Learn more about the species programs we mentioned:
https://www.saharaconservation.org/node/187
https://www.fws.gov/southeast/caribbean/puerto-rican-parrott-recovery-program/
And lastly, Jonah found this paper on collaborative cheetah conservation after we recorded:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus_Gusset/publication/321361966_The_Role_of_Zoos_in_Cheetah_Conservation_Integrating_Ex_Situ_and_In_Situ_Conservation_Action/links/5ac0c47b45851584fa74b9ae/The-Role-of-Zoos-in-Cheetah-Conservation-Integrating-Ex-Situ-and-In-Situ-Conservation-Action.pdf?fbclid=IwAR29y6kXy3_DnVxFj_BbEajHeLJXUqKcmUX2HHiPP__gCPz7tkBKYRMgN9k
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Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
In this endangered species episode, guest host Camden Martin joins Jonah to talk about the highly endangered Northern Bald Ibis. Historically, populations of this Mediterranean species have declined dramatically to the point where it was on the verge of extinction. Intensive conservation efforts in recent decades, however, have been successful so that it was recently downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered.
Sources & Links:
Read about the sperm whale with 6kg of plastic in its stomach:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46275742
Read about the study in Cyprus on plastic pollution on sea turtle nesting beaches:
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/turtles-exposed-to-record-levels-of-microplastics-on-mediterranean-beaches/
For more on Northern Bald Ibis life history and conservation:
https://www.unep-aewa.org/sites/default/files/publication/unep_aewa_ts55_rev_issap_nbi.pdf
http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita/text
The journal article about the Northern Bald Ibis in ancient Egyptian culture:
Janak, J. 2010. Spotting the Akh. The Presence of the Northern Bald Ibis in Ancient Egypt and Its Early Decline. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 46: 17-31. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41431566
Learn more about Northern Bald Ibis reintroductions in Europe:
http://waldrapp.eu/index.php/en/en-home
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