Conservation Chronicles

Jonah closes out the podcast finale with some news and reflections about the show. Grand Teton National Park mountain goat cull:https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2020/02/25/grand-teton-national-park-goat-shooting-halted-after-governor-letter/4866066002/ Feral horse removal in Nevada:https://wildlife.org/court-upholds-wild-horse-removals-in-neva

Jonah and Camden attempt to provide a crash course in the field of biogeography, a synthetic field that describes and analyzes patterns of biodiversity as we see them today. A brief overview of this huge topic:https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-biogeography-1435311 Check out the Journal of Biogeography to get an idea of the (technical) questions this field address:https://onlinelib

Jonah and Camden talk about dead things and things that eat things. Read about the recent changes to the Clean Water Act (they're not good!):https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/trump-rollback-could-leave-waterways-vulnerable-pollution-n1122481 Learn about the Indonesian expedition that discovered 5 new bird species and 5 new subspecies: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/01/on

In part 2 of their two-part series on wetland ecosystems, Jonah and Camden delve into some of the most degraded wetlands in the world, as well as efforts to restore critical wetland ecosystems. Sources & Links: Read today’s news article on the Chinese Paddlefish extinction And follow these links to learn more about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, wetland issues, and the sit

In Part 1 of a two-part series, guest host Camden joins Jonah for a discussion on a personal favorite for both of them: the critically essential wetland ecosystem! Sources & Links: Read the articles featured in today’s news: Okinawa and the Military Base / A Restored Wetland in Chennai Learn more about wetlands: https://www.wetlands.org/wetlands/ / https://www.millenniumassessmen

As the spring/summer job season is upon us, Jonah shares some thoughts and advice for listeners looking for new positions, as well as for those considering graduate school.

Jonah and guest host Camden sit down to talk about some of the latest news in conservation, including some updates on news pieces from previous episodes. Sources & Links: All About Plastic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/05/shipping-plastic-waste-to-poor-countires-just-got-harder/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/10/nearly-all-the-worlds-countrie

Our endangered species for this episode is the gharial, a unique and critically endangered crocodilian found in the rivers of Southeast Asia. Conflict over waterways and habitat encroachment are two of many threats the gharial faces today. Sources & Links: Read Nepal's gharial conservation plan: http://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/gcap_report_2018.pdf And a bit about Ind

For this week's episode, Mariana and Jonah sat down with their first guest to have a conversation about land ethics. Eric Freyfogle has dedicated his career to studying and writing about our relationships with nature and land, and how the Aldo Leopold land ethic can bring culture and conservation together. Thank you so much to Eric for a great discussion! Sources & Links: Learn mor

In this week’s episode, Jonah and Mariana discuss the institutional systems that oversee animal welfare in field research, how they work, how they sometimes don’t work, and how we might even improve them. They also share their own experiences witnessing ethical violations in wildlife research. Sources & Links For today’s news: 1 in 4 Birds Gone Since 1970; Winners of the Wild