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Secretive regional fisheries management organizations need media coverage
Episode 230
Seventeen regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) regulate commercially valuable fish species across the world's oceans. The members of t…
1 year, 4 months ago
A new tropical forest conservation fund with great potential
Episode 229
A new forest finance fund known as the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will work like an investment portfolio (unlike the familiar – and ofte…
1 year, 4 months ago
Do we need a 'moral reckoning' on aquaculture's environmental impacts?
Episode 228
Animal aquaculture, the farming of fish, has outpaced the amount of wild-caught fish by tens of millions of metric tons each year, bringing with it n…
1 year, 4 months ago
Conservation is key for planetary health & preventing pandemics
Episode 227
Neil Vora MD is a former epidemic intelligence service officer with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with experience combati…
1 year, 5 months ago
Grounded: This pilot quit flying to help the aviation industry change, for the better
Episode 226
Todd Smith wanted to be a pilot since the age of 5, but an epiphany spurred by seeing a retreating ice cap in Peru revealed that his love of flying c…
1 year, 5 months ago
Don't call it the 'high seas treaty': New oceans agreement should center biodiversity, expert says
Episode 225
The new BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) marine conservation agreement is impressive in scope but has since been rebranded by some as…
1 year, 5 months ago
Global Nature Positive Summit features Indigenous & conservation leaders but gets negative marks on government action
Episode 224
Just prior to the latest world biodiversity summit (COP 16 in Colombia), a similarly-themed event was hosted by the Australian Government in Sydney: …
1 year, 6 months ago
Jane Goodall and Rhett Butler celebrate Mongabay's 25th anniversary
Episode 223
The Mongabay Newscast recently traveled to San Francisco to join an event hosted by the popular radio show and podcast, Climate One, reflecting on bo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Community conservation, Indigenous rights, and phasing out fossil fuels at Climate Week NYC
Episode 222
An array of top voices are interviewed or heard on this episode straight from Climate Week in New York, a global gathering of leaders and experts wor…
1 year, 6 months ago
High CO2 levels are greening the world's drylands, is that good news?
Episode 221
Drylands are vast and home to a wide array of biodiversity, while also hosting a large portion of the world's farmland, but they face continued deser…
1 year, 6 months ago