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'Seeking solutions,' Mongabay's new Africa bureau reports the big issues and conservation wins
Episode 209
Last year, Mongabay launched a brand-new bureau dedicated to covering the African continent daily in French and English. The team is led by veteran C…
2 years ago
How forests affect weather, wind and climate via 'flying rivers'
Episode 208
The biotic pump theory has been controversial in the climate science community ever since Anastassia Makarieva and Victor Gorshkov published their p…
2 years ago
Unmasking the illusion of renewable biomass energy with Justin Catanoso
Episode 207
Burning wood to generate electricity – 'biomass energy' – is increasingly used as a renewable replacement for burning coal in nations like the UK, Ja…
2 years ago
Indigenous economics offers alternative to Wall Street's financialization of nature
Episode 206
Putting a dollar amount on a single species, or entire ecosystems, is a contentious idea, but in 2023, the New York Stock Exchange proposed a new nat…
2 years, 1 month ago
Koala conservation delayed while government pursues faulty offset schemes
Episode 205
Two experts join the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the decline in koala populations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), even as city cou…
2 years, 1 month ago
Can the 'Right to Roam' boost nature connection and restoration?
Episode 204
On this episode of Mongabay's podcast, Rachel Donald speaks with campaigner and activist Jon Moses about the 'right to roam' movement in England whic…
2 years, 1 month ago
What's unique about Canada's environment? 'The Narwhal' brings top news and views
Episode 203
On this episode of Mongabay's podcast, we speak with a co-founder of the award-winning Canadian nonprofit news outlet 'The Narwhal,' Emma Gilchrist.
…2 years, 2 months ago
How a grassroots legal effort defeated a giant Australian coal mine
Episode 202
In recognition of her leadership and advocacy, Indigenous Wirdi woman Murrawah Maroochy Johnson has been awarded the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize…
2 years, 2 months ago
Energy transition minerals: questions, consent and costs are key
Episode 201
Indigenous rights advocate and executive director of SIRGE Coalition, Galina Angarova, and environmental journalist/author of the Substack newsletter…
2 years, 2 months ago
The high costs of resource-based conflicts for people & planet
Episode 200
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, journalist Dahr Jamail joins co-host Rachel Donald to discuss the ways many international conflicts are bas…
2 years, 2 months ago