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  • S4 E9: Empowering Fisherwomen in Belize's Marine Conservation Efforts

    9 MAY. 2024 · WCS supports the government of Belize in the management of two marine reserves in Belize, protected by a dedicated team of local rangers and monitored by experienced local and international scientists.   Beyond preserving marine ecosystems, their focus extends to supporting the livelihoods of fishing communities there.  Ralna Kay Lamb Lewis, WCS Belize's Assistant Director, says it's about ensuring that communities—especially women who have often been underrepresented—have the tools to manage resources, ensuring their own incomes and quality of life.   Reporting: Hannah Kaplan Guest: Ralna Kay Lamb Lewis
    7m 19s
  • S4 E8: Earth Day Inspiration from an African-Led Initiative in Southern Africa

    23 ABR. 2024 · It’s been over 50 years since the first Earth Day in 1970. As we commemorate this year’s edition, says WCS’s John Calvelli, there is a great deal of concern about our future. But there is also reason for optimism. One example comes from the Miombo Woodlands in Southern Africa.  Reporting: Dan Rosen Guest: John Calvelli
    4m 43s
  • S4 E7: Why Are the World’s Foremost Tiger Conservationists Gathering in Bhutan on April 22-23?

    18 ABR. 2024 · April 22 is Earth Day, which could not be a more fitting occasion for conservationists, ministers, and development experts to gather in Bhutan hosted by the Royal Govt of Bhutan, under the Patronage of Her Majesty The Queen, Jetsun Pema Wangchuck. The goal: to develop a long-term plan for sustainable funding to protect tigers across their range.   To understand the stakes and the opportunity, we turned to several representatives of the global Tiger Conservation Coalition, which includes: the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Fauna & Flora, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Natural State, Panthera, TRAFFIC, the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF), and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).   Reporting: Nat Moss   Guests: Stuart Chapman (WWF), John Goodrich (Panthera), Joob Jornburom (WCS), Phurba Lhendup (IUCN), Maxim Vergeichik (UNDP)   You can follow all the action in Bhutan on Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23 at these streaming links (Bhutan time is GMT +6):   YouTube Day 1 (April 22): https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/j7drCo2Kx4f5n7qrH1vgmG Day 2 (April 23): https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/JN-DCpYKy5Uq2jMnCDTC2O    Facebook:  https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/h0CgCqx5z4UnQp08IQaNDu/   
    13m 16s
  • S4 E6: Turns Out the World’s Second-Largest Animal is Found Off the Big Apple All Year Round

    10 ABR. 2024 · The waters off New York City are some of the busiest in the world with both ships and marine life. In fact, new research co-authored by WCS shows that fin whales can be found in these waters all 12 months. And that has important conservation implications. Reporting: Dan Rosen Guests: Carissa King-Nolan, Dr. Melinda Rekdahl
    5m 51s
  • S4 E5: Climate Change and Bear Conservation in Mongolia Come Together in an Award-Winning New Documentary

    5 ABR. 2024 · Winner of the Conservation Prize at this year’s https://nywildfilmfestival.com/film/mongolia-valley-of-the-bears/, Hamid Sardar’s documentary film Mongolia: Valley of the Bears highlights a clash between the traditions of a nomadic community in northern Mongolia and one dedicated ranger’s mission to conserve wildlife in the boreal “taiga.” Reporting: Nat Moss Guest: Hamid Sardar
    8m 31s
  • S4 E4: Avian Influenza, Part 2 | Cambodia's Conservation Progress At Risk

    28 MAR. 2024 · In the second episode of our two-part series on the current avian influenza crisis, WCS Wild Audio’s Hannah Kaplan looks at the rise of this new, more deadly strain in domestic poultry farming.  In places like Cambodia, such farms have become a breeding ground for the virus, and the last five years have seen a dramatic increase in rates of infection of wild birds that share the same habitats.   Meanwhile, scientists continue to track the growing threat to mammals, with the recent transmission to dairy cows in the US causing new concerns of potential new spillover to wildlife and people. Reporting: Hannah Kaplan Guests: Dr Emily Denstedt and Robert Tizard
    9m 14s
  • S4 E3: Avian Influenza Part 1 | A Deadly Virus Spills Over to Mammals 

    20 MAR. 2024 ·  WCS’s Global Health team has been closely watching the spread of avian influenza—first as it decimated populations of bird species around the world, and more recently when it jumped to mammals. In this two-part series, we look at the potentially devastating impacts of this growing wildlife pandemic and what is being done to slow its spread. Reporter: Hannah Kaplan Guests: Dr Christian Walzer, Dr Paulo Colchao
    10m 36s
  • S4 E2: Protecting WCS's Film History to Inform Its Conservation Future

    13 MAR. 2024 · Film Archivist Leopold Krist has been steeped in a century’s worth of WCS history as he catalogues and digitizies historic archive films documenting conservation work globally, and across New York’s zoos and aquariums.   Thanks to funding from the Leon Levy Foundation, which allowed WCS to create the Shelby White and Leon Levy WCS Archives Film Initiative, he is preserving footage of everything from studies of biomechanics of crabs, to the growth of the Bronx Zoo, to polar research expeditions.  To see the full catalogue of films, launching in Spring 2024, visit https://library.wcs.org/ Reporting: Hannah Kaplan Guest: Leopold Krist
    8m 33s
  • S4 E1: The United Nations Development Programme Has a Nature Pledge

    6 MAR. 2024 · The United Nations Development Programme, or UNDP, works in 170 countries and territories around the world to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. Not surprisingly, that work aligns in a variety of ways with nature conservation. Leading the UNDP’s Nature Hub is Midori Paxton. WCS Wild Audio checked in with her to discuss the work of the hub and the implementation of its Nature Pledge. Reporting: Nat Moss Guest: Midori Paxton
    10m 5s
  • Get Ready for Season 4 of the Award-Winning WCS Wild Audio Podcast

    1 MAR. 2024 · WCS Wild Audio returns for its 4th season on March 6 with a conversation with Midori Paxton, who heads the Nature Hub for the United Nations Development Programme. During our break, we were thrilled to receive the Audience Honor in both the Podcasts and the Conservation & Preservation categories, and the juried Gold Honor in the Conservation & Preservation category, of the Shorty Impact Awards, which recognize short form digital content for a better world. As we look to the launch of a new season, check out these highlights from Season 3. You can hear all of our previous episodes at this site and, as always, thanks for listening!
    2m 56s

Welcome to the award-winning WCS Wild Audio podcast, where you will find reported audio stories covering the latest news and newsmakers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's global conservation program, zoos...

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Welcome to the award-winning WCS Wild Audio podcast, where you will find reported audio stories covering the latest news and newsmakers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's global conservation program, zoos and aquarium, and their many conservation partners. www.wcs.org/wcs-wild-audio

Executive Producer, Co-Host, Reporter: Nat Moss
Associate Producer, Co-Host, Reporter: Hannah Kaplan
Web Producer, Co-Host, Reporter: Dan Rosen

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