Nature Insight: Speed Dating with the Future

Jan 28 2025 25 ep. 26 mins 1.3k
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Speed dating is about having a short time to communicate things that could change your life. And that’s exactly what we’re doing on this podcast, by introducing you to the people who are thinking deeply about our future relationship with nature.

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Avatars of Extinction: ‘Endlings’ and the protection of the species that remain

Jan 28 2025 31 mins  
George the Pinta Island tortoise and Martha the passenger pigeon achieved fame as 'endlings’ - the last individuals of their species. Their passing is tragic, but can their fate perhaps help us to protect other threatened species? In this final episode of Season 4, Brit interviews Dr. Alexander Lees, from Manchester University in the UK, who has been working on Amazonian conserv

Mobilizing Wider Science & Evidence: Unlocking Engagement with IPBES from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa

Jan 21 2025 30 mins  
Global challenges require the most robust evidence for the best possible responses - which is also key to conserve, restore and sustainably use biodiversity. So, it is vital to include as many perspectives, from as many parts of the world as possible, to understand the full picture, and to ensure that the results are used in every part of the globe. In this episode, we explore why

The ‘Beauty’ of Mr Blobby: Marketing ‘ugly’ species for nature

Jan 14 2025 29 mins  
We humans have our favourites in the natural world. Just consider the status accorded to pandas, lions, and elephants. Charismatic species get a lot of attention, and not only from the public, but also from scientists and policy makers. We spend significant resources on studying, conserving and telling their stories. But what about ‘ugly’ species? What kind of impact does our l

Pathways to a Just and Sustainable World: The Transformative Change assessment

Dec 17 2024 30 mins  
What does transformative change mean? Is it possible, and how can it be achieved and accelerated with so many imminent threats to the natural world? These are the burning questions at the heart of the IPBES ‘Transformative Change Assessment’, which offers tools and guidance for a more just and sustainable world. In this episode, Brit talks to one of the co-chairs of the Assess

A Symphony of Solutions: How best to tackle our biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change challenges together

Dec 10 2024 32 mins  
The crises keep on coming – in food, in water, in health, in biodiversity, and in climate change. IPBES is launching its ‘Nexus Assessment Report’, which looks at how all of these crises are interlinked and often cascade and compound each other. It’s time to ‘tune up our instruments’ - to create greater harmony in tackling them together for a just and sustainable world.

Hidden Layers: The vital importance of genetic biodiversity

Dec 03 2024 31 mins  
When it comes to biodiversity, you have probably heard of the importance of diverse species and ecosystems. But there is one more layer underlying our natural systems… genetic diversity. To kick off the season, Brit gets back in touch with her former mentor, Dr. Sean Hoban, Tree Conservation Biologist at The Morton Arboretum in Chicago, USA. And we hear from Dr. Laura Bertola, Re

We’re back for season 4!

Nov 26 2024 2 mins  
Nature Insight is back for a fourth season! Join Brit and Rob as they speed date with experts who offer unique insights into the values of nature and the world we all share – from the hidden layers of genetic biodiversity, to the beauty of ugly species. Subscribe now, it’s your backstage pass to better-informed choices about protecting all life on earth. Coming in December! To

Getting Things Done: Super-Charging Science Policy Through Youth Engagement

Oct 02 2023 30 mins  
Young leaders around the world increasingly use their voices and power to fight for the future of our planet and their own. In the final episode of this season, Rob opens a window on the important role young people play in the work of IPBES – and the growing number of opportunities for youth involvement in IPBES processes. With insights from one of the IPBES colleagues responsibl

Aliens on Your Doorstep: Invasive Species and You

Sep 25 2023 30 mins  
Did you know aliens live among us? IPBES just launched its landmark new Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control – the largest study ever of its kind. Join Brit as she speaks with one of the co-chairs of that Assessment, Professor Helen Roy, about her enthusiasm for addressing these risks and her optimism about our chances to reduce biological invasions and their very d

No Room for Hopelessness: Media Challenges and Opportunities Covering the Global Biodiversity Crisis

Sep 18 2023 31 mins  
We hear news about climate change every day in the media, but in contrast, biodiversity is often overlooked or relegated to minor mentions. In this episode, Rob ‘flips the script’ and puts journalists who normally report on biodiversity and nature into the spotlight. He talks to Patrick Greenfield from The Guardian and Observer, and Sahana Ghosh from Nature India, about the cha