Episodes
Dr Richard Thomas is the director of communications for Traffic, a non-governmental organisation focused on the sustainable use of wild resources through international trade. From tigers in the U.K. to abalone in South Africa and the global timbre trade, we discuss the benefits and problems of international trade.
Traffic: https://www.traffic.org/
Monthly column: www.modernhuntsman.com/stories/into-the-anthropocene-column-byron-pace
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Published 12/07/20
Marine biologist, Christine Figgener, Ph.D. joins us to discuss the complexities of sea-turtle conservation. From their evolutionary history to environmental threats and their role in marine food webs, we draw on the greater conservation issues of endangered species and their role within ecosystems.
Christine: www.seaturtlebiologist.com
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Column: https://modernhuntsman.com/stories/into-the-anthropocene-column-byron-pace
Published 11/23/20
There is a giant iceberg travelling towards South Georgia, two times the size of Luxemburg, and we are bringing you the latest, with science journalist Sarah Roberts. What will be the impact of one trillion tonnes of ice beaching on the island? We investigate.
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Sarah Roberts: Intsagram @sarahsrealjob / https://www.sarahrobertsofficial.com/
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Published 11/09/20
What can conservation programs learn from wildlife, human co-existence? I speak with Lauren Redmore, Ph.D. about her research into elephant interactions in the Okovango Delta in Botswana.
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Follow Laure on Twitter: @laurenredmore
Related publications: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00117/full
Published 10/25/20
We turn our attention to a potential solution for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and rebuild the health of our soils. I speak with Professor David Beerling about the use of basalt in agricultural production.
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Articles: https://modernhuntsman.com/stories/into-the-anthropocene-column-byron-pace
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Eden-Plants-Transformed-Barren/dp/019879830X
Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2448-9
Published 10/12/20
We are shifting from the marine environment to the terrestrial one, and from fauna to flora, and possibly the greatest threat and challenge of our time: climate change. Are trees always the answer for carbon sequestration? Dr Nina Friggins walks us through a new study which answers this question.
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Read Dr Friggins' paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15229
Published 09/26/20
We are escaping today, in our minds at least, to the coast of British Columbia, to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii. I pick up a story with Dr Jason Goldman, looking at the re-introduction of expatriated wild sea-otters, and the implications of their return on local communities and the eco-system.
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Article: https://www.biographic.com/restoring-harmony-in-haida-gwaii/
Jason Goldman: http://www.jasonggoldman.com/
Published 09/18/20