Conservation Chronicles (Jonah & Mariana)

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://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652699 

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Welcome to Conservation Chronicles, a new podcast covering the human-wildlife interface. In this first episode, we tell you a little about ourselves and cover a story about a museum collection and an unjustly labeled bird murderer.

Sources & Links:

Read the main article we reference in Dr. Filardi’s story:

The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/sunday/moustached-kingfisher-internet-harassment.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Read Dr. Filardi’s response to the controversy:

Why I Collected a Moustached Kingfisher (Audubon) https://www.audubon.org/news/why-i-collected-moustached-kingfisher

For more on our DDT reference, and museum collections, according to the experts:

Eggshells, DDT, Collections, and Study Design (The Field Museum) https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/eggshells-ddt-collections-and-study-design

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Mariana returns from traveling in Germany, and we recover from our hiatus by discussing her trip and laughing at how little wildlife she saw.

Sources & Links:

See & read the articles featured in Jonah’s news update: http://wildlife.org/oversized-house-mice-shrink-albatross-populations/ http://wildlife.org/in-warming-puerto-rico-insects-plummet-impacting-food-web/ https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/thousands-of-radiated-tortoises-seized-from-traffickers-in-madagascar/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-rhino-horn-tiger-bone-ban-animal-medical-wildlife-conservation-wwf-a8608181.html

For the curious, Berchtesgaden is spelled like so.

Learn more about the legendary wolpertinger, possibly the funniest (and creepiest) cryptid in all of folklore: https://www.paranormalpapers.com/cryptozoology/wolpertinger/

The Aldo Leopold quote we couldn’t quite remember was “To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.”

Lastly, find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles, and visit the show’s webpage at conservationchronicles.podbean.com

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In the second episode of our Endangered Species series, Jonah tells us the story of the Kihansi spray toad, from its discovery in 1996 to its extinction from the wild only 13 years later. Learn how an animal with one of the smallest known ranges in the world collapsed so dramatically under the pressure of human forces.

Sources & Links: Read today’s featured article on thresher shark tagging and why it’s important: https://www.fauna-flora.org/news/tails-unexpected-historic-first-thresher-shark-tag-team?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR3Eg1Iv0Maxx1zulCTRzGnIwi1LZS8Eq2jrulUYqfiY_f0xffjk79Zjn38

And for further reading on the one-of-a-kind Kihansi spray toad: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/once-extinct-kihansi-spray-toad-returns/ https://www.iucn.org/es/node/12892

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In this endangered species episode, guest host Camden Martin joins Jonah to talk about the highly endangered Northern Bald Ibis. Historically, populations of this Mediterranean species have declined dramatically to the point where it was on the verge of extinction. Intensive conservation efforts in recent decades, however, have been successful so that it was recently downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered. 

Sources & Links: Read about the sperm whale with 6kg of plastic in its stomach:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46275742 

Read about the study in Cyprus on plastic pollution on sea turtle nesting beaches: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/turtles-exposed-to-record-levels-of-microplastics-on-mediterranean-beaches/

For more on Northern Bald Ibis life history and conservation: https://www.unep-aewa.org/sites/default/files/publication/unep_aewa_ts55_rev_issap_nbi.pdf 

http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita/text 

The journal article about the Northern Bald Ibis in ancient Egyptian culture: Janak, J. 2010. Spotting the Akh. The Presence of the Northern Bald Ibis in Ancient Egypt and Its Early Decline. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 46: 17-31. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41431566 

Learn more about Northern Bald Ibis reintroductions in Europe: http://waldrapp.eu/index.php/en/en-home 

http://www.uva-bits.nl/project/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita-reintroduction-programme-in-andalusia/ 

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In this episode we discuss the mechanics of ex situ (off site) conservation, the role zoos (and aquariums) have played and continue to play in species recovery, and what we think captive institutions should prioritize as we forge ahead in this era of collaborative conservation.

Sources & Links: Read Jonah’s featured articles of the day: On African Greys: https://news.mongabay.com/2015/12/catastrophic-decline-nearly-99-of-ghanas-african-grey-parrots-wiped-out/?fbclid=IwAR3gkaj_Z7AI2J1LuwZ3rwb8eAiZ5qO6MnhonzGjDsHjD0BjzWVUazNsy3M  And on the Sumatran rhino: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/first-wild-sumatran-rhino-in-borneo-captured-for-breeding-campaign/

Visit the AZA’s SAFE program website: https://www.aza.org/aza-safe

Read more about the history of zoos: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-ethical-history-of-zoos/6869776

And a thorough paper on the role of zoos in conservation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259863205_The_Role_of_Zoos

Learn more about the species programs we mentioned: https://www.saharaconservation.org/node/187  https://www.fws.gov/southeast/caribbean/puerto-rican-parrott-recovery-program/

And lastly, Jonah found this paper on collaborative cheetah conservation after we recorded: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus_Gusset/publication/321361966_The_Role_of_Zoos_in_Cheetah_Conservation_Integrating_Ex_Situ_and_In_Situ_Conservation_Action/links/5ac0c47b45851584fa74b9ae/The-Role-of-Zoos-in-Cheetah-Conservation-Integrating-Ex-Situ-and-In-Situ-Conservation-Action.pdf?fbclid=IwAR29y6kXy3_DnVxFj_BbEajHeLJXUqKcmUX2HHiPP__gCPz7tkBKYRMgN9k

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In our first Community Conservancy highlight, we discuss the collaboration between local villagers and conservationists in southeast Bangladesh, and how their cooperative research and actions have helped to protect threatened species and their habitats.

Sources & Links: Read the entire Mongabay article featured in today’s episode: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/the-bangladeshi-tribe-thats-guarding-turtles-co-authoring-research-papers/?fbclid=IwAR2I4o4jId75bneakUgQ3TfQHZYmAA3yn-IWCYQ0mfElrCuwUJw62g0gWE0

And visit the Creative Conservation Alliance’s website: https://www.conservationalliance.org/

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In our first Citizen Science Highlight, we discuss the program eBird. Created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, eBird is possibly the largest and most sophisticated citizen science project in the world.

Sources & Links: Read today’s news on the ivory sting in San Diego: https://www.apnews.com/c8e730072efb42c1b433398e62a5831f  https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/

Read all about eBird, and sign up for free to become an immediate citizen scientist: https://ebird.org/home  https://ebird.org/news/a-new-era-of-ebird-science-status-and-trends

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In our first Video Highlight episode, we feature an awesome video filmed at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya, in which a lion pounces on a zebra and gets taken for a wild ride.

Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/LakeNakuruNationalPark/videos/2084534451589941/

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While Jonah’s chasing birds in Belize, Mariana gives a quick update and responds to our first listener email.

See listener Ethan Mann’s wildlife photography here: https://www.instagram.com/ethanmannphotog/

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We’re back to hear all about Jonah’s birding and wildlife adventures in Belize! Including the people and place, the local conservation culture, and of course the birds!

Sources & Links: Read today’s featured news article on tagging invertebrates: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/a-fitbit-for-squid-could-help-track-the-oceans-squishier-species/

Read the article featured in our sustainability tip: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/cellphones-are-still-endangering-gorillas-but-recycling-old-ones-can-help/?fbclid=IwAR26FxLdY82_1ID7xZgv4SviQWBJL7rMKrzmKNXrcfrV5dy2oHX4UtQ6GZg

And see Jonah’s Belize photography here: https://jonahgulaphotography.weebly.com/

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In today’s episode, we tackle a problem every young conservationist faces in their career: unpaid labor and volunteer “internships.” We discuss why unpaid labor is more and more anachronistic in a time of student loans and economic hardship for young professionals, and how failing to pay your field assistants compromises the quality of their work and your project.

Sources & Links: Read today's featured news articles: On shearwaters and petrels in Hawaii: http://wildlife.org/unseen-for-300-years-endangered-seabirds-heard-on-oahu/?fbclid=IwAR3hOPJSOg3xzWxlg01KnnEGSIlslw9a6aZ3xJO5dgKcx2jCJn6M3EC-bxE

On another seizure of smuggled pangolin scales and elephant tusks: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47088694?fbclid=IwAR0wX0KBwWhiyKHYy27pnQsb20mlj43BoijMMCWBQshh8wkcqXrRcKjoMLM

Read the Mongabay article covering today's topic with some real-world examples: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/a-rich-persons-profession-young-conservationists-struggle-to-make-it/?fbclid=IwAR2sU1-THn2sx717n9qW6_PKhh_f18IxE8bDnK3uv43vhDuofyaIWDVDgkg

And a thought-provoking blog post on the troubling trend of so-called researchers disguising tourism as conservation: http://www.jamesborrell.com/why-volunteering-with-animals-does-nothing-for-conservation/?fbclid=IwAR3_QbDe0LZVz_iaZmiVxvCO9YNpWhJAqt0HglkwhZLhqZ1yNWzfzVI_68o

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In our second episode we dive into one of the most critical issues for the environment today (and the last few decades): plastic pollution. We explore how the problem came to be, where we are now, and what you can do in your everyday life to be part of the solution. Sources & Links:

One of many articles on the Thailand whale: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/06/04/whale-died-of-starvation-after-eating-80-plastic-bags-off-thailands-coast/#7b6df3116c31 McDonald’s rejects plastic proposal: http://fortune.com/2018/05/24/mcdonalds-shareholders-vote-keep-plastic-straws/ Read more about the Global Programme of Action and the Clean Seas Agreement: https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/oceans-seas/what-we-do/addressing-land-based-pollution http://cleanseas.org/ The National Geographic Planet or Plastic Campaign: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/planetorplastic/ The sea turtle and the plastic straw (Viewer Discretion Advised): https://youtu.be/4wH878t78bw The stork in the plastic bag, and other photos: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-planet-animals-wildlife-impact-waste-pollution/ TIME magazine – Throwaway Living: http://time.com/3879873/throwaway-living-when-tossing-it-all-was-all-the-rage/ The Malaysia Airlines plastic cameo: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140404-garbage-patch-indian-ocean-debris-malaysian-plane/ The EU and UK race to reduce: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/28/eu-challenges-uk-to-race-to-the-top-on-plastics-reduction Visit the show’s website at www.conservationchronicles.podbean.com to learn more Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles

Today's episode is part 1 of a two-part series on the Bundy family versus the Bureau of Land Management. This decades-long saga is a dramatic example of the consequences of chronic conflict on the human-wildlife interface. In part 1, we provide some background on Cliven Bundy, the federally-threatened Mojave desert tortoise, ranching on federal land, and public land management in the United States.

Sources & Links:

Learn more about the BLM: https://www.blm.gov/

Learn more about public lands in the United States: https://www.doi.gov/blog/americas-public-lands-explained

And explore the US Fish & Wildlife's species profile for the ESA-listed Mojave desert tortoise, including all of the publically-available documents regarding the species listing and actions taken over the last few decades: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=C04L

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In our third episode, we explore the simplicity and complexity of technology in the hands of researchers and conservationists, and how tech “amplifies” our work. Sources & Links: Read more about the WWF’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project: https://www.worldwildlife.org/projects/wildlife-crime-technology-project Read more about the Carnegie Airborne Observatory: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2015/11/pulse-of-the-planet/ https://cao.carnegiescience.edu/ See the Submersible Pressure Chamber in action: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/twilight-zone-fish-pressure-chamber-innovation-science/ Read more about the Zoological Society of London’s Conservation Tech program: https://www.zsl.org/conservation/conservation-initiatives/conservation-technology Tech for Wildlife “we amplify conservation impact”: https://www.techforwildlife.com/ Visit the show’s website at www.conservationchronicles.podbean.com to learn more Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles

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. 

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 sites mentioned in today’s episode:

https://www.wetlands.org/wetlands/ 

https://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.358.aspx.pdf 

https://www.ramsar.org 

Aral Sea:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea 

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/77193/the-aral-sea-before-the-streams-ran-dry 

Iraqi Marshes: 

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Iraq 

https://www.wetlands.org/casestudy/conserving-and-restoring-the-iconic-marshes-of-southern-iraq/ 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/07/150709-iraq-marsh-arabs-middle-east-water-environment-world/ 

Prairie Potholes:

https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/documents/Status-and-Trends-of-Prairie-Wetlands-in-the-United-States-1997-to-2009.pdf 

Inner Niger Delta & other African wetlands:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286443601_Zwarts_L_Bijlsma_RG_van_der_Kamp_J_Wymenga_E_2009_Living_on_the_edge_Wetlands_and_birds_in_a_changing_Sahel_KNNV_publishing_Zeist_The_Netherlands 

https://www.water-energy-food.org/resources/resources-detail/the-inner-niger-delta-nexus-dynamics-at-the-heart-of-the-sahel/ 

Colorado River Delta:

https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/colorado-river-delta-proof-natures-resiliency 

https://raisetheriver.org 

Danube River Delta:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/27/it-is-amazing-how-quickly-mother-nature-can-recover-restoring-ukraines-rich-wetlands-aoe?fbclid=IwAR0NhikZB24lzz8A2FJFPsvXgGtxlpBtGPrr5vSzPAnTsTQm_LjL5LtJ0k4

The Salton Sea:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/the-airborne-toxic-lake-event/414888/ 

A recent paper on stork breeding success in a mosaic landscape in Nepal:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336207835_First_assessment_of_factors_affecting_the_breeding_success_of_two_stork_species_in_lowland_Nepal_using_Bayesian_Network_models 

AND some good literature on wetlands worldwide:

Darwall, W.R.T, R.A. Holland, K.G. Smith, et al. 2011. Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species. Conservation Letters 4: 474-482.

Junk, W.J., S. An, C.M. Finlayson, et al. 2013. Current state of knowledge regarding the world’s wetlands and their future under global climate change: a synthesis. Aquatic Sciences 75: 151-167.

Strayer, D.L. and D. Dudgeon. 2010. Freshwater biodiversity conservation: recent progress and future challenges. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 344-358.

Thanks for listening! We’d love to hear from you. Send any questions or comments to conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and find us on Facebook & Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Lastly, our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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In the first of our Endangered Species episodes, we cover everything about the Hawaiian monk seal, one of two living tropical earless seals. Sources & Links:

Read all the details you need to know about Hawaiian monk seal life history and population recovery: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-hawaiian-monk-seal  Read the full report on the study of monk seal movement using visual sightings: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/pubs/tech/NOAA_Tech_Memo_PIFSC_44.pdf  Read about National Geographic's Crittercams, an important technology for studying monk seals: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130819-hawaiian-monk-seal-crittercam-conservation-ocean-science/  Read a summary of monk seal translocation efforts: http://www.academia.edu/25373031/Translocation_as_a_tool_for_conservation_of_the_Hawaiian_monk_seal  Read about toxoplasmosis, the disease spread through cat feces that is killing monk seals: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/07/seals-endangered-species-health-disease-oceans/ 

Check out this helpful information about monk seal critical habitat: http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/Library/PRD/Hawaiian%20monk%20seal/HMS_CH_FAQ_Tabloid_FNL.pdf  Read about the human-monk seal interface and how it is impacting population recovery in the main islands of Hawaii: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/magazine/who-would-kill-a-monk-seal.html?pagewanted=all 

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We're returning from a short hiatus to share some stories from the field and laugh a little over what we’ve learned from our misadventures. Mud pits, questionable plants, and poetry are involved. Sources & Links: See what a rufous-capped warbler looks like: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/rufous-capped-warbler

Decide for yourself if you’d put a jack-in-the-pulpit in your mouth (don’t do it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaema_triphyllum

And learn more about the incomparable Neil Rettig: http://www.neilrettigproductions.com/

~ Leonard by Jonah Gula My world is large. I cross continents and waters, By land and by sky. I see mountains and forests, The rivers, the seas. Yet I know not these lands. For they are deep, Deeper than a thousand years can reveal. And there is Leonard, Just a blip on a map. His twitches and brooks, The ponds, the stands. His corners are mapped In my mind, so I think. But he is deep, Deeper than a thousand years can reveal. Then I zoom. Zoom to the flow Where beavers keep work. The engineer and his home, His pond, his dam. But it is deep, Deeper than a thousand years can reveal. Who inhabits the flow? More than I see Make their home up the dam. There are otters and turtles, The dragons, the trout. And that is deep, Deep as I’ll go in a thousand years. On the shores of the pond Are the softwoods inmixed. Riches and wonders I supposedly see. The moose and the bear, No midges, no ants. I feel the depth, And for a thousand years search. Wait! So easy to miss Are Leonard’s ditches and pools. My wheel will destroy What I’m too blind to see. Here live leopards and snappers, The pupa, the swallowtails. There seems no depth, So a thousand years, wasted. Leonard’s a friend, I believe when I leave. But a friend with great secrets, Is hardly a friend. For what of his ponds and shores, The ditches, the pools Can I ever know in a thousand years? ~

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We’re back to delving into the heavy topics, with an episode covering the devastating fungal infections Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans - collectively known as chytrid. Culpable for contributing to the extinction and imperiling of many amphibian species worldwide, chytrid has been called “the worst pathogen in the history of the world” for biodiversity. Sources & Links: To read some recent articles on chytrid and those studying it: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/amphibians-decline-frogs-chytrid-fungi-bd-animals-science/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/some-frogs-may-be-bouncing-back-after-killer-chytrid-fungus https://www.wired.com/story/some-frogs-may-be-developing-a-resistance-to-the-disastrous-chytrid-fungus/ And to learn more about chytrid and threatened amphibians: http://www.amphibianark.org/the-crisis/chytrid-fungus/ https://amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chytridiomycosis.html Visit the show’s website at conservationchronicles.podbean.com to learn more Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com

In this first episode of a short series, we explore the origins of poaching and the wildlife trade, and discuss the social and economic environments this illicit industry thrives in.

We also introduce a new segment in which Jonah shares a tip on sustainable living! The P word makes an inevitable cameo…plastic…the P word is plastic.

Sources & Links:

To read the article we featured on nighthawk migration: http://wildlife.org/where-do-nighthawks-spend-the-winter/

To read the article we featured on elephant poaching in Botswana: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-10/botswana-investigates-reports-of-elephant-poaching-near-okavango

To read more about the history of poaching: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/elephant/conservation/conservhistory.html

And to learn more about CITES: https://www.cites.org/eng/disc/what.php

Lastly, to see pictures we post for each episode, find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles *As we will be continuing this series for the next couple of episodes, you have a chance to let us know what you think! Post your comments on Facebook!

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We continue our series on poaching in this second part, where we provide some staggering statistics, and discuss supply and demand, the market structure behind this lucrative industry, and the myriad issues and solutions behind anti-poaching law enforcement.

Sources & Links Read Jonah’s featured article on the incredible numbers of migrating birds over North America: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/4-billion-birds-will-fly-through-american-airspace-this-fall/

Visit and contribute to Jonah’s GoFundMe campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/wetland-conservation-in-africa

Get a head-start education on the 2014 London Declaration, which we’ll be talking about next episode: https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/illegal-wildlife-trade-2014

Read about the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime: https://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Environmental-crime/International-Consortium-on-Combating-Wildlife-Crime

Learn more about Wildlife Enforcement Networks (WENs): https://cites.org/eng/prog/iccwc.php/Action/report_second_global_meeting_WENs

And about Conservation South Luangwa and community-based law enforcement: https://cslzambia.org/

And finally, learn more about the awesome all-female anti-poaching Akashinga unit in Zimbabwe: https://www.iapf.org/akashinga/

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In this special extended episode, we close out our series on poaching with a look at the complicated world of smuggling and trafficking. We discuss the many demands driving the trafficking of wild animals and parts, and explore some solutions to this dreadful problem on the legislative, judicial, and personal levels.

Sources & Links: Read Jonah’s news article featuring tiger populations in Nepal: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/new-survey-results-show-nepal-is-on-track-to-double-its-tiger-population-by-2022/

And read more about anti-trafficking task forces in the United States: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/03/268182.htm

Learn more about the USFWS Forensics Lab in Ashland, Oregon: https://www.fws.gov/lab/

Take action on the Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/27?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22wildlife+trafficking+enforcement+act%22%5D%7D

Read about trafficking in Ancient Rome: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/exotic-animals-ancient-rome/475704/

Explore all that CITES is about and all the information they have to offer: https://www.cites.org/

Fall in love with the pangolin: https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/pangolin

See what TRAFFIC does and why they’re an authority on the wildlife trade: https://www.traffic.org/

Learn more about the Lacey Act – we know you want to: https://www.fws.gov/international/laws-treaties-agreements/us-conservation-laws/lacey-act.html

Lastly, find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles, and visit the show’s webpage at conservationchronicles.podbean.com. And thank you for listening!

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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-nevada/

Sage-grouse management in need of a revamp: https://wildlife.org/jwm-study-upends-management-strategy-for-sage-grouse/

New federal budget threatens conservation efforts: https://wildlife.org/agriculture-budget-proposal-contains-mixed-bag-for-wildlife/

https://wildlife.org/administration-budget-would-cut-wildlife-funding/

Migratory Bird Treaty Act further weakened by administration’s proposal: https://abcbirds.org/article/new-rule-weakens-migratory-bird-treaty-act/?fbclid=IwAR1zr2aXVFMxNzlNE2l3tu7r6JsW3fA9VLG0TQJlMRGDahBNTyyIqyY4uts

Comment on the regulation here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090-0002

Lawsuit against Total oil development in Uganda: https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/france-uganda-green-groups-total-oil

Road collisions and giant anteaters: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/study-investigates-impact-of-road-deaths-on-giant-anteater-population-in-cerrado/

Gorillas officially recorded in a region of Equatorial Guinea for the first in a decade: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/camera-traps-confirm-presence-of-lowland-gorillas-in-central-mainland-equatorial-guinea-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade/

New laws to protect rays: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/small-steps-aim-to-make-a-large-ocean-safer-for-rays/

Stay tuned for an upcoming podcast called Nature's Archive: https://www.naturesarchive.com/Podcast

In today's episode, we finish our two-part series on the Bundys' conflict with the Bureau of Land Management. We explore how decades of tension over a tortoise and its protected land led to two armed standoffs with federal officials, both orchestrated by a member of the Bundy family, but both hundreds of miles apart in two different states. In case you missed it, go back and listen to Part 1 for the background on why this interface conflict began.

Sources & Links:

Listen to the Bundyville podcast for more on this complicated family and its history: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/606441988/bundyville

Learn more about the BLM: https://www.blm.gov/

Learn more about public lands in the United States: https://www.doi.gov/blog/americas-public-lands-explained

And see the US Fish & Wildlife's species profile and public documents for the ESA-listed Mojave desert tortoise: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=C04L

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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/one-six-week-expedition-discovered-ten-new-songbird-species-and-subspecies-in-indonesia/

India plans to reintroduced cheetahs: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-can-be-reintroduced-indian-habitats-supreme-court-rules-180974075/ 

Roadkill statistics : https://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15268

https://patch.com/us/across-america/deer-collisions-across-u-s-odds-hitting-animals

Two studies demonstrating the role of pumas in an ecosystem: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329325727_Pumas_as_ecosystem_engineers_ungulate_carcasses_support_beetle_assemblages_in_the_Greater_Yellowstone_Ecosystem

http://wyominguntrapped.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Vertebrate-diversity-benefiting-from-carrion-provided-by-pumas-and-other-Mark-Elbroch.pdf

Why large herbivores matter in ecosystem food webs: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226946

Scavenger study in the UK: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513233/pdf/ECE3-6-7015.pdf

The human-scavenger relationship throughout history : https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/64/5/394/2754213

Worldwide vulture declines: https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/vulture-crisis

http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/researchers/uploads/580/2011_dropping_dead.pdf

How humans benefit from vultures: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23644288_Counting_the_costs_of_Vulture_decline_-_an_appraisal_of_human_health_and_other_benefits_of_Vultures_in_India

Rewilding Europe’s Circle of Life: https://www.rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/circle-of-life/index.html

Polar bears in Chukotka: https://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/56-hungry-polar-bear-besiege-village-in-chukotka/

Ethiopia's urban hyenas: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41682522?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents 

Listener Patrick's blog about restoring prairie Iowa: https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2019/01/09/one-man-and-a-chainsaw-a-journey-in-faith-and-prairie-restoration/ 

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Jonah and guest-host Leon bring us back from a long hiatus with a passionate discussion on the controversial topic of feral horses, which are protected in the United States by the Wild Horses & Burros Act. Learn all about why feral horses are a problem for wildlife and wild spaces, and how misguided animal activism has made controlling these invasive species a near-impossible problem in the U.S.

Sources & Links:

Learn more about the BLM’s horse and burro program: www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/about-the-program

Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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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.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.358.aspx.pdf

And some relevant literature we recommend:

Junk, W.J., S. An, C.M. Finlayson, et al. 2013. Current state of knowledge regarding the world’s wetlands and their future under global climate change: a synthesis. Aquatic Sciences 75: 151-167.

Strayer, D.L. and D. Dudgeon. 2010. Freshwater biodiversity conservation: recent progress and future challenges. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 344-358.

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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 more about Eric Freyfogle and his writings: https://law.illinois.edu/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/eric-t-freyfogle/#about

And read Guy McPherson's essay Going Back to the Land in the Age of Entitlement

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In the first of a new biweekly news segment, Jonah shares four recent news stories about the Texas-Mexico border wall, African Grey Parrot trafficking, black leopards in Kenya, and Russia's "whale jail." Read about the details of President Trump's border wall decision-making: https://www.audubon.org/news/beloved-wildlife-sanctuaries-limbo-trump-declares-border-emergency?ms=digital-eng-social-facebook-x-20190200_fb_link&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20190200_fb_link&fbclid=IwAR2mliZI6A0eip03ZdWLutOb1GREB64c47s1QdK4KCbObngVJ30epxeKfCA  Follow the Facebook page 'No Border Wall' for daily updates on the situation in Texas: https://www.facebook.com/noborderwall/  Read about the new report identifying Turkish Airlines as a primary airline for the African Grey Parrot trade: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/report-turkish-carrier-is-poachers-airline-of-choice-for-parrot-trade/  Watch San Diego Zoo Global's camera trap footage of the first black leopard documented in Africa in nearly 100 years: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals-source/00000168-ddf4-d0fe-a76e-fdfd30860000?fbclid=IwAR2mxKOPOhW0qSfyX1K1BsUuZgQZFs9z7K0s-k6OADyotvpEl7X3IM4ZKbY And also check out photographer Will Burrard-Lucas's stunning photos of Kenya's black leopards: http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/2019/02/black-leopard-in-africa/  Finally, read about a terrible situation in Russia where killer whales and belugas are in legal limbo: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/orca-and-beluga-whales-trapped-in-russia-for-aquarium-trade/?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dsocial%3A%3Asrc%3Dfacebook%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3Dfb20190207animals-whalestrappedrussia%3A%3Arid%3D&fbclid=IwAR17RVSLlcZQ_Wu8ButlYx3K8SE6gZtBFqWnNByRF3zTRL4mvq4S8Ewr2zU&sf207380571=1 

This week Jonah has a few quick pieces of wildlife news from around the world.

Join the 'No Border Wall' Facebook group to get frequent updates on the situation in South Texas and beyond: https://www.facebook.com/noborderwall/  Read more about the turtle trafficking bust in the Philippines:  https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/philippines-customs-find-more-than-1500-live-turtles-in-suitcases/?fbclid=IwAR2KSgVHuQ_gU8p8WKjSoMwz0YK4KKK9mXXEOXN-25p2iN-vx0TB2nc6AhE  Learn more about the study on migrant songbirds as a dispersal agent for invasive hemlock woolly adelgid:  https://www.audubon.org/news/migrating-birds-may-be-spreading-invasive-pest-decimates-forests?ms=digital-eng-social-facebook-x-20190200_fb_link&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20190200_fb_link&fbclid=IwAR2PAuWNcVjIoFRPbYyCKgh14Rf7MuSYzwpPCOFsVEitpDaFGxqjvAGIrbI  Read about infrared drone surveys of koala populations in Australia: http://wildlife.org/heat-sensing-drones-spot-koalas-through-the-leaves/  Read a brief report on the USFWS's decision to list the northern Scarlet Macaw under the Endangered Species Act: http://wildlife.org/usfws-to-list-scarlet-macaw-subspecies-as-endangered/  See one of the photos of the rare Arabian caracal capture on a remote camera in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates:  https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/arabian-caracal-spotted-for-first-time-in-abu-dhabi-in-35-years-1.829133?fbclid=IwAR0NUcvjmVpngSD91HBpmWs-qzvs57oednRL2eVe-vG_PHi5FTgICsp4t7A  Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.

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-countries-sign-plastic-waste-deal-except-us

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/europe/eu-single-use-plastics-ban-intl-scli/index.html

https://time.com/5560105/european-union-plastic-ban/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/uk/uk-straw-ban-scli-intl-gbr/index.html

Bei Bei the Panda

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/11/18/bei-bei-showered-with-attention-national-zoo-prepares-send-him-china-tuesday/

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/brief-history-giant-pandas-zoo

Rancho Guimbalete

https://www.rainforesttrust.org/new-desert-refuge-in-mexico-to-provide-critical-habitat-for-wildlife/

The Silver-backed Chevrotain

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/scientists-rediscover-mammalian-oddity-in-remote-vietnam/?fbclid=IwAR2n41e8rSfXjWmpY-WXpwcCErrufVVKrKb1rK08sHv30muzRlPYLD9lAuU

Russia's Whale Jail

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/whale-jail-russia-beluga-orca-freed-released/?__hstc=117075033.325b3190eb8a8def920e9720b3d4f732.1574005541225.1574005541225.1574005541225.1&__hssc=117075033.1.1574005541225&__hsfp=1830832727 

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/14/russian-whale-jail-company-slapped-900k-fine-over-orca-captures-a66005

Malaysia's Last Sumatran Rhino

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/malaysias-last-sumatran-rhino-dies-leaving-indonesia-as-the-final-refuge/

Documentary on European Bison Reintroduction in Romania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ml2M9kO2U

Blue Whale Heart Rate

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/science/blue-whale-hearts.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

https://www.nwf.org/Our-Work/Wildlife-Conservation/Policy/Recovering-Americas-Wildlife-Act

https://wildlife.org/policy/recovering-americas-wildlife-act/

https://wildlife.org/recovering-americas-wildlife-act-legislation-reintroduced/

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This week's episode is Part 1 of a two-part series on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. The NAM is a series of principles (pillars) which are meant to inform the way we manage wildlife in the U.S. In this episode, Jonah and Mariana discuss the fundamental Public Trust Doctrine, its historical beginnings, the modern challenges it faces, and how it provides the central tenet behind the NAM as its first pillar.

Sources & Links:

Read the articles in today's news update: Murder of Philippine ranger / Indigenous Pueblo loses land claim

And read the Wildlife Society's report on the Public Trust Doctrine: https://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ptd_10-1.pdf

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Jonah and Mariana are back for a second season of exploring the human-wildlife interface and all its many conservation issues. In this episode, Mariana talks about her brief time with a pika survey in New Mexico, and Jonah fills us in on his pilot field season for his graduate work with Saddlebill Storks in Zambia. Lessons learned, adventures had, and much more to come!

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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 Wildlife Photographer of the Year; Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer Contest

For further reading: McMahon et al. (2012) on the Bateson’s Decision Cube; and Paul et al. (2015) on Animal Welfare Policy

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In our newest episode, friend and frequent guest Camden joins Jonah for a thought-provoking discussion on rewildling. Whether it be returning a lost tree species back to a degraded forest, or a rare leopard back to mountains it roamed long ago, rewildling efforts can help to restore entire ecosystems that have been damaged by the loss of key species.

Sources & Links:

Check out our favorite rewilding initiatives:

Rewilding Europe: https://rewildingeurope.com

Yellowstone to Yukon: https://y2y.net

Trees for Life: https://treesforlife.org.uk

Rewilding Foundation: http://www.rewildingfoundation.org

And read the excellent NatGeo article on rewilding lions in Mozambique: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/mozambique-spirit-lion-relocation/?fbclid=IwAR3rFpTTfmYl68DXcwVeJDebcuLutP-MtfSV6c6DNo5XkRbF276oseERmYY

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Sources & Links: Get the basics about saiga ecology and conservation: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19832/50194357#geographic-range Some hope for Kazakhstan’s saiga population: https://www.fauna-flora.org/news/steppe-change-kazakhstan-saiga-population-doubled-last-two-years Read about the most recent saiga mass mortality events: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/a-time-bomb-for-the-saiga-bad-news-central-asias-beleaguered-antelope/ Check out a very detailed report on the saiga horn trade: https://www.trafficj.org/publication/10-Saiga_Antelope_Trade.pdf Learn more about conservation issues surrounding saiga: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/saiga-antelope-poaching-disease/ This site has all of the resources you need and more on saiga: https://www.saigaresourcecentre.com The paper we mentioned on European saiga history (found on Saiga Resource Centre): Lushchekina, A. and A. Struchkov. 2001. The Saiga Antelope in Europe: Once Again on the Brink? The Open Country 3: 11-24.

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In a new endangered species episode, Mariana and Jonah get together to talk about sawfish, of which all five species are endangered or critically endangered. The sawfish are so-called for their chainsaw-shaped rostra (noses), and their ecologies are just as interesting as their faces.

Sources & Links:

Read the fascinating NatGeo features that inspired today's topic:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/searching-for-last-remaining-sawfish

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150601-virgin-birth-animals-sawfish-endangered-genetics-science/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110616-sawfish-snout-sixth-sense-animals-environment-science/

Visit the IUCN profiles for all five species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=sawfish&searchType=species

And watch an incredible video of a sawfish birth: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/endangered/first-ever-sawfish-birth-filmed-in-the-wild-video/?fbclid=IwAR0tGROiu0UINCEjZSnoMV_zKKstTrujpXEYJRhOVfrms5dB4WOi_ViD0mI

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Jonah and Mariana sit down for a conversation on the perils of field work, and share some first-hand advice on taking care of yourself in the field.

Sources & Links:

Check out the organization advocating for wildlife at the US/Mexico border: No Border Wall Facebook Page

And learn how important proper nutrition is to your body: Nutrition Facts

Today's News:

A Philippine island employs a rare cockatoo in its fight against mines

Watch: California embarks on massive wildlife overpass

CITES convention passes new wildlife trade protections

Several groups challenge new ESA rules

Biologists document oldest recorded Kentucky Warbler

This upland sandpiper was banded 13 years ago. And it's still alive.

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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 India's gharial conservation history: https://www.ircf.org/portfolio-view/gharial/ 

The gharial on IUCN: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8966/149227430

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This week's episode is Part 2 of a two-part series on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. In this installment, Jonah and Mariana discuss the remaining pillars (principles) of the NAM, how they influence management in the U.S., and what challenges they face.

Sources & Links:

Read the article featured in today's news: Traffic Report on Sharks and Rays

And check out The Wildlife Society's Technical Review of the NAM: https://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/North-American-model-of-Wildlife-Conservation.pdf

Make your own toothpaste and deodorant with these recipes to reduce plastic waste: https://wellnessmama.com/1772/natural-toothpaste/

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