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Mongabay Reports: Anteaters lead the way for species reintroductions
Episode 159
Reintroducing rescued anteaters from hunters in northern Argentina into the country's Iberá reserve is no small task. However, In 2007, the first pa…
3 years, 3 months ago
A bittersweet bioacoustics bonanza
Episode 159
After 6 years and nearly 160 episodes, podcast host Mike Gaworecki is putting his microphone down. The show will go on, but we will miss his expertis…
3 years, 4 months ago
Into the Wasteland, 3: Buried in Europe's Recycling
Episode 158
We all send our recycling somewhere for proper handling, but the operations of one such handling center in Poland makes one ask, is it being done rig…
3 years, 4 months ago
Into the Wasteland, 2: The New Narcotics
Episode 158
The U.K.'s Environment Agency calls waste crime — where instead of delivering recycling or rubbish for proper disposal, companies simply dump it in t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Into the Wasteland: The true crime of the UK's waste mountain
Episode 158
The British countryside is increasingly under siege from a scourge of illegal waste dumping – polluting both water and air – but one man is bravely t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Finned: A tale of illegal fishing and the fate of Pacific sharks
Episode 158
Host Mike G. speaks with Mongabay reporters whose new investigations reveal a major and illegal shark finning operation by one of China's largest fis…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mongabay Reports: Lebanon's inspiring restoration success
Episode 157
In a nation gripped by currency depreciation, harsh economic fallout and civil unrest, the Shouf Biosphere Reserve endures as a rare conservation suc…
3 years, 5 months ago
An escape into soundscapes
Episode 157
Healthy ecosystems are often noisy: from reefs to grasslands and forests, these are sonically rich places, thanks to all the species defending territ…
3 years, 5 months ago
Mongabay Reports: Sky Bridges for Sloth Safety
Episode 156
On Costa Rica's Carribbean coast, sloths are losing their habitat to houses and roads, forcing them to cross between forest patches on the ground, ma…
3 years, 5 months ago
How the Indigenous Shuar regained their ancestral forest
Episode 156
"Ecuador had not declared community protected area management by Indigenous peoples until Tiwi Nunka Forest. This area is the first of its kind in Ec…
3 years, 5 months ago