Podcasts about african forest

Every year, research by the World Resources Institute WRI indicates that Africa losses nearly 3 million hectares of forests. The continents 65% of the land is affected by degradation, and three percent of GDP is lost annually from soil and nutrient depletion on cropland. To tackle the high rates of degradation, African countries, after the Paris agreement, pledges to restore 100 million hectares on land by 2030 under the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) Listen to previous episodes on the restoring drylands series Today, Bernadette Arakwiye, a research associate at the WRI Africa Forest Program, says 31 African countries have pledged to restore 128 million hectares of forests by 2030. Four million hectares are currently under Restoration across the 31 countries. AFR100 is A country-led effort contributes to the Bonn Challenge, the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (ARLI), the African Union Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals, among other targets. As you listen to today's episode, remember the GLF Africa 2021 Conference happens online on the 2nd and 3rd of June this year. Click here to register. The Restoration of the African Dryland series is a six-part series on the upcoming Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Africa Digital Conference led by the Center for the International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). In collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. The GLF 2021 Conference will be happening online on the 2nd and 3rd of June this year.

African forest elephants are under human pressure in central and west Africa.

In honor of National Elephant Appreciation Day, Jessica from West Hampton and Miranda from Royersford go head to head in our Elephant In The Room game. Whoever answers the most questions correct wins! 1- Which one of these is heavier, an African Forest elephant or a Rolls-Royce Phantom? 2- An elephant with the trunk pointed upwards stores luck and energy true or false. 3- How old was the oldest elephant ever?  4- How much weight can an elephant lift with its trunk?  5- How many ribs do Asian elephants have? 6- Elephants control what with large ears? a)  Space Time continuum b)  Their body temperature. c)   Sense of Humor TIE BREAKER: How much food can an elephant consume per day? Whoever is closer gets the question right. How much food can an elephant consume per day? Whoever is closer gets the question right. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This conversation is absolutely fascinating. In fact, it blew me away. My guest for this episode is science, nature, and travel writer David Quammen. David's books have included The Song of the Dodo, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin which chronicles' Charles Darwin's reluctance to publish his On the Origin of Species, Spillover which later informed shorter books Ebola and The Chimp and the River: How AIDS emerged from the African Forest. David has also written hundreds of articles for the likes of National Geographic, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, amongst others. The bulk of this episode however relates to David's latest book The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, which explores the dramatic revisions in our understanding of life's history on this planet caused by recent discoveries of genome sequencing and the story of a scientist called Carl Woese. You will also hear about the concept of ‘horizontal gene transfer' amongst others which revolutionises our understanding of the human genome, how we think about all species of life on earth and other profound and radical implications. David has a wonderful knack in his writing and speaking for making science understandable and pleasurable to absorb. We get into all of that and much more including: David's background in writing and how he got into writing about science and nature; Pandemics and what we know and don't know about them, drawing heavily on David's recent writing on the Ebola outbreak in West and Central Africa; The various themes of The Tangled Tree; The role of personalities in science – to quote David “science itself, however precise and objective is a human activity”; The risks and implications of some of the findings described in The Tangled Tree; Much, much more Show notes: David's website; David on Twitter; The Tangled Tree: A Radical History of Life on Earth; Review of the Tangled Tree in the New York Times Spillover; Ebola; The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From the African Forest; The Reluctant Mr. Darwin; Horizontal gene transfer; Carl Woese; Barbara McClintock; CRISPR  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Get your free audio book and 30 day free trial at Audible: US listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible UK listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Have you made a big decision lately? We'd love to hear how you did it – take this short anonymous survey. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmK Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings Drop us a note: allthingsrisk@gmail.com  

Sep. 5, 2015. David Quammen and NPR's Steve Inskeep discuss "The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From an African Forest" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: David Quammen is an author and journalist whose books include “The Song of the Dodo,” “The Reluctant Mr. Darwin” and “Spillover.” He writes op-ed pieces for The New York Times, and his articles and essays have been featured in publications such as Harper’s, National Geographic, Outside, Esquire, The Atlantic, Powder and Rolling Stone. Quammen has received several National Magazine Awards, a Science and Society Book Award and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2014, he elaborated on a section of his book “Spillover” to create the informative “Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus.” His latest work, “The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From an African Forest," also expands on “Spillover” by mapping in detail the historical development of AIDS over the past three decades. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7014

Host: John J. Russell, MD The beginning of AIDS epidemic has been traced to a single event, localized rather precisely in place and time. David Quammen's book, The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest explores these origins. Dr. John Russell's interview with David Quammen explores the real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people.

Host: John J. Russell, MD The beginning of AIDS epidemic has been traced to a single event, localized rather precisely in place and time. David Quammen's book, The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest explores these origins. Dr. John Russell's interview with David Quammen explores the real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people.

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