Journalist Tom Philpott on how agriculture impacts the environment & agroecology alternatives
The American approach to food production is negatively impacting the environment and depleting natural resources like topsoil and groundwater at an alarming rate. Top agriculture author, journalist, a...
21 Mar 202358min
Mongabay Reports: Monarchs make a comeback
In 2022, the population of western monarch butterflies reached its highest number in decades, 335,000, according to the annual Western Monarch Count in California and Arizona, marking the second year ...
13 Mar 20237min
Indigenous ecological knowledge: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyan talks TEK
This podcast episode won a 2024 Indigenous Media Award. National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyan joins the show to discuss his visits to five Indigenous communities and the value of traditional ...
6 Mar 202339min
Mongabay Reports: Can you fund reforestation by cutting trees down?
As the world pursues reforestation on an expanding scale, a recurring question is: how do we pay for it? One emerging solution is to grow and harvest timber on the same land where reforestation is hap...
27 Feb 202318min
Geoengineering and other 'solution problems': Discussion with author Elizabeth Kolbert
Modern society is constantly crafting mega solutions to problems it has created, many of which come with even more problems, and no guarantee of solving the issue, long term. Whether it's injecting r...
21 Feb 202331min
Mongabay Reports: Cheetahs bring vultures back from the brink in Malawi
In a national park in southern Malawi, the reintroduction of cheetahs (and lions) is bringing four critically endangered vulture species back to the skies, after a 20-year absence: the big cats' kill ...
14 Feb 20239min
Epic struggle for Ecuador's biodiversity is having success
The Intag Valley in Ecuador is one of the world's most biodiverse places, its dense cloud forests bursting with plant and animal species. But the world's largest copper company wants to build a mine ...
8 Feb 202316min
Mongabay Reports: Protecting forests on a budget? Here's how.
It's tough to fund conservation, and deciding exactly how (and where) funding gets used is even trickier. However, researchers recently identified where and when to "get the most bang for our buck," i...
31 Jan 20237min
