Entry #19: Empty Stomachs Have No Ears with John Kahekwa

Entry #19: Empty Stomachs Have No Ears with John Kahekwa

John Kahekwa is the director of the Pole Pole Foundation from The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Pole Pole Foundation recently reached international acclaim as a finalist for the first ever Earthshot Prize founded by Prince William, and has been recognized previously by the Goldman Sachs Whitley Award. John grew up among the endangered eastern lowland gorillas of the DRC and always dreamed of working with them to help their population survive. He believed that the fates of the gorillas and local people were bound together by the poverty and war surrounding Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the DRC. Since 1992, he has led the Pole Pole Foundation to try to solve the root causes of deforestation and poaching, poverty, and hunger in local communities. In this episode, we discuss the Pole Pole Foundation's agricultural projects that grow low-cost nutritious foods to help lower local community dependence on the resources of the national park and build local capacity. John discusses how these agricultural programs protect biodiversity (the gorillas in particular) by engaging the surrounding communities in conservation efforts, and how this model can be applied anywhere in the world.

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Entry #23: Careers in Wildlife Conservation with Dr. Nick Askew

Entry #23: Careers in Wildlife Conservation with Dr. Nick Askew

Dr. Nick Askew is the Founder and Director of Conservation Careers, one of the biggest advice centres and job boards for conservationists in the world. Nick started his career as an ornithologist and ...

28 Jan 202250min

Entry #22: Why We Should Kiss the Ground with Karen Rodriguez

Entry #22: Why We Should Kiss the Ground with Karen Rodriguez

Karen Rodriguez is Vice President of Program Operations at Kiss the Ground. Originally from Guatemala, Karen grew up in California and followed a deep love of food into the restaurant industry. Throug...

4 Jan 202249min

Entry #21: Making the Holidays a Little Greener with Katie Bell

Entry #21: Making the Holidays a Little Greener with Katie Bell

Katie Bell leads Opwall's fundraising team and manages our site in Borneo. She originally joined Opwall after becoming passionate about marine science, and achieving a bachelor's degree in marine envi...

6 Des 202128min

Entry #20: Sowing the Fields with Ellie Field

Entry #20: Sowing the Fields with Ellie Field

Ellie Field is Opwall's Rewilding Lead and International Sales Manager. She spent much of her time during the Covid-19 pandemic learning about efforts to improve agriculture in the UK and rejuvenate b...

2 Des 202132min

Entry #18: How to Create a Protected Area with Manuel Sanchez

Entry #18: How to Create a Protected Area with Manuel Sanchez

Manuel Sanchez is an Ecuadorian ornithologist and science communicator who joined our expedition in Ecuador this year to run the bird surveys. Manuel grew up in Southern Ecuador and fell in love with ...

30 Sep 202149min

Entry #17: Wildlife Tourism for Conservation with Sophia Wood and Gara Trujillo

Entry #17: Wildlife Tourism for Conservation with Sophia Wood and Gara Trujillo

Gara Trujillo ran Opwall's Galapagos site in 2019. She recently completed an Erasmus Master's program in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management while traveling across Greece, Hungary, and Swed...

30 Sep 202152min

Entry #16: On birds and Biodiversity with Joe England

Entry #16: On birds and Biodiversity with Joe England

Joe England is a British ornithologist who has worked with Opwall in Fiji since 2017 when he helped set up the first research sites on the Natewa Peninsula. Joe is deeply passionate about birds, biodi...

1 Sep 202151min

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