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WCS Wild Audio

Wildlife Conservation Society

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 105

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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https://www.wcs.org/our-work/wildlife/sharks-skates-rays
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https://www.wildworldshow.com/
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WCS Wild Audio Summer Series, Part 6: Reducing Single-Use Plastics from Our Waste Stream to Protect Marine Wildlife and the Planet

mercredi 28 août 2024 • Duration 07:56

The world produces over 400 metric tons of plastic every year today. Single-use plastics—from utensils and straws to soda bottles and packaging—enter our waste stream at an alarming rate. Less than 10 percent of all plastic is recycled.

For Part 6—and the final episode—of our summer series on marine conservation, we investigate the impact of plastic pollution on marine life and steps being taken to reduce single-use plastic consumption at WCS and its home in New York City.

Reporting: Nat Moss
Guests: Margaret Spring, Niko Radjenovic, Greg Edgar, Chris Durosinmi

Today's episode of WCS Wild Audio is brought to you by our partners at Armitron. Armitron aims to bring awareness and inspire action to help protect marine ecosystems around the world, particularly as it pertains to single-use plastics. Armitron's ocean plastic watches, the Wave and Reef Collections, are crafted from recycled ocean-bound plastic, blending eco-consciousness with impeccable design.

WCS Wild Audio Summer Series, Part 5: Turns Out the World’s Second-Largest Animal is Found Off the Big Apple All Year Round

mercredi 14 août 2024 • Duration 05:52

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

S4 E10: Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities for Jaguar Conservation

lundi 20 mai 2024 • Duration 12:22

When the Cat Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, met in San Diego in 2019 they were keen to identify fresh insights in jaguar conservation. Delayed due to COVID, the effort got back on track in 2023 and this winter its findings were published. It seemed like a good moment to check in with some of WCS’s leading jaguar conservationists to see how Latin America’s biggest cat is faring.

Read the IUCN Cat Specialist Group jaguar status report HERE.

Reporting: Nat Moss
Guests: Esteban Payan, Rob Wallace, Mariana da Silva

Endangered Species Day Archive Episode: Why It Matters That So Many Species Are Vulnerable to Extinction

vendredi 17 mai 2024 • Duration 05:26

This week for Endangered Species Day we revisit a report from a year ago by WCS Wild Audio’s Dan Rosen with WCS Vice President for Species Conservation Elizabeth Bennett. The scale of the current species extinction crisis is dangerous and unprecedented, according to experts. Dan talks to Liz about why it demands our attention and what we can all do to stop it.

Reporting: Dan Rosen
Guest: Elizabeth Bennett

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

Season 4 · Episode 9

jeudi 9 mai 2024 • Duration 07:20

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

S4 E8: Earth Day Inspiration from an African-Led Initiative in Southern Africa

Season 4 · Episode 8

mardi 23 avril 2024 • Duration 04:44

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

S4 E7: Why Are the World’s Foremost Tiger Conservationists Gathering in Bhutan on April 22-23?

Season 4 · Episode 7

jeudi 18 avril 2024 • Duration 13:17

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://youtube.com/live/UWHhgF0JttA
Day 2 (April 23): https://youtube.com/live/_3dQIcaW6DU

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S4 E6: Turns Out the World’s Second-Largest Animal is Found Off the Big Apple All Year Round

Season 4 · Episode 6

mercredi 10 avril 2024 • Duration 05:52

S4 E5: Climate Change and Bear Conservation in Mongolia Come Together in an Award-Winning New Documentary

Season 4 · Episode 5

vendredi 5 avril 2024 • Duration 08:32

Winner of the Conservation Prize at this year’s New York Wild Film Festival, 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

S4 E4: Avian Influenza, Part 2 | Cambodia's Conservation Progress At Risk

Season 4 · Episode 4

jeudi 28 mars 2024 • Duration 09:15

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