Desertification: a Growing Threat
In this month's podcast, we visit some of the driest parts of the world, where ecosystems and the communities that depend on them face a growing threat: desertification. Human activity and our warming...
21 Apr 202332min
Life in Syria today
This month we return to a country that no longer dominates headlines, but where the reality of war, and its impacts, are still very much felt. Syrian infrastructure, and its economy, have been devast...
30 Aug 202249min
Debating rewilding and a conservation success in Rwanda
In this month's podcast we take a closer look at the complex and often controversial concept of rewilding, considering the many challenges of reintroducing lost species back to a land they once called...
22 Jul 202232min
How small-scale fishing communities have to fight to survive
This month we take a trip to Cameroon, where a policy to help small-scale fishers is under severe strain. And we talk to Maarten Bavinck, a professor at the University of Amsterdam to find out why so ...
28 Jun 202236min
Cashmere crisis: Working towards more sustainable production in India, Mongolia and China
Cashmere is produced in cold regions of India, China and Mongolia, among other places. It is produced from the very fine fibres of hardy goats, looked after by herders. But as we discover in this mont...
20 Mai 202228min
The problem with CITES, the international convention meant to protect wildlife
This episode of The Geographical Podcast features a long-read from the April issue of Geographical magazine in which Roman Goergen investigates the workings of CITES, the international agreement desig...
28 Apr 202229min
The way of the jaguar: Forest fragmentation in a developing world
This month, we’re exploring the subject of forest loss. Around the world, outright deforestation grabs headlines, and was a key theme of COP26. But ecologists understand that, in addition to outright ...
24 Mar 202251min
Should we mine the deep sea?
This month, we’re venturing to the deepest, darkest places of the ocean. There are those that would like to mine these remote and unexplored places. But many scientists are concerned by this issue; th...
24 Feb 202234min
