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Can 'road ecology' save millions of animals?
Episode 179
Nearly a million animals are killed on roads every day. That's just in the U.S., and this sobering statistic is very likely an underestimate.
"If an…
2 years, 9 months ago
Profitability and sustainability go together, Patagonia's advocacy director says
Episode 178
Traditional capitalism is not working for the planet or the public, and needs an overhaul, says Beth Thoren, environmental action and initiatives dir…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ecuadorian environmentalists win historic vote for Yasuní National Park
Episode 177
Ecuadorians have just approved a referendum to halt oil drilling in Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet, which wil…
2 years, 10 months ago
Protecting the Amazon requires fresh thinking
Episode 176
Tim Killeen is a top conservation biologist and author whose book is a straight-shooting, non-naive dive into "everything you need to know about the …
2 years, 10 months ago
XPRIZE-Rainforest finalists for $10m conservation tech award announced
Episode 175
Conservation technology such as drones, remote sensing, and machine learning plays a critical role in supporting conservation scientists and aiding p…
2 years, 11 months ago
Biological field stations are key to conservation but often 'invisible'
Episode 174
Field research stations are vital to rewilding and conservation efforts yet they're often absent from global environmental policy, a Nature paper arg…
2 years, 11 months ago
Big problems and potential for great ape conservation
Episode 173
Great apes are facing a concerning future. If humans neglect to address climate change, they could lose up to 94% of their range by 2050.
In the Cong…
3 years ago
Can the boom in psychedelics boost Amazon conservation?
Episode 172
Famed ethnobotanist and conservation advocate, Mark Plotkin, joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss traditional ecological knowledge about the increa…
3 years ago
The Boom: Amy Westervelt examines Guyana's massive oil project on 'Drilled'
Episode 171
"Drilled" is a true-crime podcast series from Critical Frequency and journalist, Amy Westervelt, examining the back-door dealings and environmental i…
3 years ago
Mongabay Reports: Solutions abound for staying within this planetary boundary
Episode 170
"The planetary boundaries" is a concept that measures the point at which human impact on our Earth's natural systems goes beyond "safe operating grou…
3 years, 1 month ago