Podcasts about biodiversity science

A pioneering experiment in San Francisco is looking to restore the Xerces blue butterfly, a species that went extinct over eight decades ago.  Guest: Dr. Durrell D. Kapan, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: What's it like being a real storm chaser? Storm-chasing for scientific purposes is both thrilling and essential for understanding tornado formation and behaviour. Guest: Dr. Yvette Richardson, Professor of Meteorology and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at the Pennsylvania State University Seg 2: View From Victoria: Getting involved with equalization David Eby tries to give the impression that BC is 100% joining Newfoundland's challenge to equalization. Unfortunately he almost immediately began with qualifications. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines. Seg 3: How scientists are bringing a butterfly back from extinction A pioneering experiment in San Francisco is looking to restore the Xerces blue butterfly, a species that went extinct over eight decades ago.  Guest: Dr. Durrell D. Kapan, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Seg 4: Gone Country ending its epic run A major country music festival in the Fraser Valley is coming to an end and we'll hear from the headline performer of the' Gone Country' Music Festival. Guest: Dallas Smith, Musician Seg 5: How is Canada protecting its valuable biodiversity The Canadian government is prioritizing conservation and restoration of nature to capture greenhouse gas emissions and protect biodiversity. Guest: Steven Guilbeault, Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Seg 6: Can we protect students from toxic drug overdoses on campus? In response to the January death of a University of Victoria student from a fentanyl overdose, the B.C. government is developing new safety measures to protect university students from overdoses. Guest: Minister Lisa Beare, BC's Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Seg 7: Can BC improve its Ministry of Children and Family Development? The government is adopting a new approach to child welfare in response to the “Don't Look Away” investigation, which highlighted systemic issues leading to the abuse and death of an Indigenous boy. Guest: Grace Lore, BC's Minister of Children and Family Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss grassroots efforts to protect biodiversity in Canada with Andrew Gonzalez, a professor of biology at McGill University and the founding director of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science.

103 - Endangered Giants What can we learn about Endangered Giant herpetofauna from observing their movements? We take a look at some monster tortoises and gargantuan salamanders from opposite sides of the world. Later on hear the calls of our very red Species of the Bi-week. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights FULL REFERENCE LIST AVAILABLE AT: herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Pike KN, Blake S, Cabrera F, Gordon IJ, Schwarzkopf L. 2021. Body size, sex and high philopatry influence the use of agricultural land by Galapagos giant tortoises. Oryx:1–10. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605320001167. Zhang L, Zhao H, Willard S, Wang Q, Jiang W, Zhang H-X, Kouba A. 2019. Spatial distribution and seasonal movement patterns of reintroduced Chinese giant salamanders. BMC Zoology 4:7. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-019-0046-9. Species of the Bi-Week: Baptista NL, Pinto PV, Keates C, Edwards S, Rödel M-O, Conradie W. 2021. A new species of red toad, Schismaderma Smith, 1849 (Anura: Bufonidae), from central Angola. Zootaxa 5081:301–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.3.1. Other Links/Mentions: Archer A.M. 2016. 910 -- Schismaderma carens. Red Toad (Bufonidae). https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-6628 Baptista & Frommolt 2021. Advertisement calls of the toad Schismaderma branchi from Angola [Dataset]. Data Publisher: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science. https://doi.org/10.7479/063t-ta10. Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com

In this episode, we dive into the long and complex history of Dayak swidden agriculture. What is the history of this practice, what does it look like to manage annual agricultural practices over a short window in a space for perennials, how has it evolved, and what place does it have in the modern world?   Sources: Crevello, S. (2004). Dayak Land Use Systems and Indigenous Knowledge. Journal of Human Ecology, 16(1), 69–73. doi:10.1080/09709274.2004.1190571   Siahaya, M. E., Hutauruk, T. R., Aponno, H. S. E. S., Hatulesila, J. W., & Mardhanie, A. B. (2016). Traditional ecological knowledge on shifting cultivation and forest management in East Borneo, Indonesia. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 12(1-2), 14–23. doi:10.1080/21513732.2016.1169559   Stacy Marie Crevello. Local land use on Borneo: applications of indigenous knowledge systems and natural resource utilization among the Benuaq Dayak of Kalimantan, Indonesia   https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2301&context=gradschool_dissertations     Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at: https://www.patreon.com/PoorProlesAlmanac  

The anthropogenically driven climate crisis and unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss are both threatening the foundations of economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. Treating these two crises separately can be ineffectual or even deepen the problem. A recent landmark study calls for a more integrated approach to tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. Ellie Darbey will be joined by lead author of the article, Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, along with three co-authors, to share their expertise on these issues and help untangle the web of science and policy. Why is it important to tackle both these crises together? How can Nature-based Solutions help? And what needs to be done to integrate these solutions into global science-policy agendas?   Guests: Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, Zoological Society of London Professor Heather Koldewey, Zoological Society of London Professor William Sutherland CBE, University of Cambridge Matthew Lowton, Zoological Society of London   Overview 01:26 – Ellie Darbey introduces the co-host of this episode, Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, to discuss the climate change and biodiversity crises, and introduce Nature-based solutions (NbS). 12:12 – Ellie and Nathalie are joined by Professor Heather Koldewey to explore the use of protected areas and restoration projects in the marine world. 28:59 – Professor William Sutherland joins to explain how to measure the risks of NbS, and emphasises the importance of evidence-based science policies. 38:42 – Ellie and Nathalie welcome Matthew Lowton to discuss the global conventions for climate change and biodiversity, and the ways to get NbS into science-policy agendas.   Resources Article: “Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas”: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.13985 Upcoming live ZSL Event on 12 October: https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/time-to-integrate-global-climate-change-and-biodiversity-science-policy-agendas Putting Nature at the heart of global decision making: https://www.zsl.org/natureatheart “Unite solutions to climate and biodiversity crises to save life on earth”: https://www.zsl.org/news/unite-solutions-to-climate-and-biodiversity-crises-to-save-life-on-earth-says-zsl-led-study Previous ZSL Event “Nature to get out of the climate crisis - how does that work?”: https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/nature-to-get-out-of-the-climate-crisis-how-does-that-work Previous Wild Science Podcast Episode “ZSL #028 What's next for rewilding?”: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-wild-science-podcast United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change: https://unfccc.int/ UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties UK 2021 (CoP 26): https://ukcop26.org/ Convention on Biological Diversity: https://www.cbd.int/ ZSL's Protected Areas and Restoration work: https://www.zsl.org/regions/uk-overseas-territories/chagos-archipelago https://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/asia/rehabilitating-mangroves-in-the-philippines https://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/uk-europe/thames-conservation/native-oyster-restoration Conservation Evidence Resource: https://www.conservationevidence.com Book by William J. Sutherland et al. “What Works in Conservation 2021”: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/1490 Breadth of ZSL's conservation work: https://www.zsl.org/conservation/how-we-work

Indigenous peoples and local communities are increasingly recognized for the importance of their contribution to global biodiversity knowledge. But is indigenous & local knowledge (ILK) being vetted, in a parallel to peer review's vetting of scientific knowledge? And how does ILK add to global biodiversity knowledge, if it is typically very localized? Zsolt Molnár helps me to explore these questions. Zsolt is a botanist and ethnoecologist at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and head of the research group on Traditional Ecological Knowledge at the Academy's Centre For Ecological Research.Links to resources can be found at www.case4conservation.com Visit www.case4conservation.com

There is no qualifying format or timetable to prepare for 24 hours condensed into 15 minutes however as a Media Arts Specialist and Podcaster practitioner since I use colours on a daily basis to communicate executing this initiative as a Author,Student of Film, and License Cultural Practitioner allows me to ensue the theoretical abstract Mise en scène as the underpinning.iMovie and Devgro Media Arts ServicesPresent A Devgro Media Arts Services Production In Association With iMovie A William Anderson Gittens Podcast 24 Hours Condensed Into 15 Minutes©2020Directed,Edited,Produced, Shoot on Location, Scripted, and Narrated By William Anderson Gittens Author, Dip. Com. Art, Editor-In-Chief, Media Arts Specialist Publisher, License Cultural Practitioner PodcasterCEO Devgro Media Arts ServicesSome of the digital flowers Filmed on Location Thorsby Barbados-WORKS CITED Anderson-Fye, E., & Becker, A. (2003). Socio-cultural aspects of eating disorders. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), The handbook of eating disorders and obesity (pp. 565– 589). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Ang, Tom. Digital Photographer’s Handbook, Published by Dorling Kindersley Limited in Great Britain, 2004. Ayala, Francisco J. (1978), “The Mechanisms of Evolution,” Scientific American, 239[3]:56-69, September. Aiyejina, Funso and Rawle Gibbons. “Orisa (Orisha) Tradition in Trinidad”. Caribbean Quarterly, vol 45, no 4, December 1999, 35-50. Barriteau, Eudine. Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender, Barbados University of The West Indies Press 2003 Brathwaite, Kamau Edward. Contradictory Omens. Mona: Savacou, 1974. Bloch, M. (1985). Almost eating the ancestors. Man, 20(4), 631–646. Blum-Kulka, S. (1997). Dinner talk: Cultural patterns of sociability and socialization in family discourse. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: Feminism, Western culture, and the body. Berkeley: University of California Press. Bourdieu, P. (1977). Outline of a theory of practice (R. Nice, Trans.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the judgment of taste. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bourdieu, P. (1990a). In other words: Essays towards a reflexive sociology (M. Adamson, Trans.). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. Bourdieu, P. (1990b). The logic of practice (R. Nice, Trans.). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. Chamberlain, Susan (2013). "Parrot History: Yesterday and Today". BirdChannel. Retrieved 9 August 2016.Ducarme, Frédéric; Couvet, Denis (2020). "What does 'nature' mean?". Palgrave Communications. Springer Nature. 6 (14). doi:10.1057/s41599-020-0390-yGittens William Anderson.Author, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Cultural Practitioner, Publisher ISBN 978-976-96220-3-6ISBN 978-976-96220-6-7 http://plainviewpure.com/12-incredible-orchid-facts-no-one-ever-told/E.O. WILSON, Har- vard, Father of Biodiversity Science, 2-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem natureandculture.org E.O. WILSON, Har- vard, Father of Biodiversity Science, 2-time The term was first used in work launched by the association Diversum (“Mesurer et amélior-er son empreinte culturelle : nouvelle thématique du développement durable” [“Measuring and Improving One’s Cultural Footprint: The New Topic in Sustainable Development”], Jérôme Gouadain’s contribution to the 2nd European Conference on Plurilingualism, Berlin, 19 June 2009)Gittens.William Anderson ISBN 978-976-96220-7-4 Author, Dip., Com.,Arts., B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Cultural Support the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

The natural world is a subtle balance of complex inter-relationships in which the existence of organisms are dependent on the existence of others within ecosystems. E.O. WILSON said “I believe Nature & Culture will be remembered in history as one of the few organizations who did the right thing, on the right scale, in the right place, and in time.“,WILSON’s ideology can be predicated on the fact that Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. External factors such as climate, parent material which forms the soil and topography, control the overall structure of an ecosystem but are not themselves influenced by the ecosystem.An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows.Energy enters the system through photosynthesis and is incorporated into plant tissue.Cultural ecology is the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments. WORKS CITEDhttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclo- pedia/ecosystem/ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/habitats- and-ecosystems-of-brazil.html https://www.loc.gov/preservation/about/history/ pres-hist.pdf https://www.meteoheroes.com/en/ecosystems/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclo- pedia/ecosystem/ https://www.dw.com/en/why-biodiversity-loss- hurts-humans-as-much-as-climate-change/ a-48579014 https://www.loc.gov/preservation/about/history/ pres-hist.pdf https://www.loc.gov/preservation/about/history/ pres-hist.pdf https://www.boulderweekly.com/legacy/earth- talk/environmental-impacts-of-the-haiti-earth- quake/ https://www.brhoward.com/new-blog/2018/8/7/ why-is-it-important-to-preserve-historical-arti- facts https://www.dw.com/en/why-biodiversity-loss- hurts-humans-as-much-as-climate-change/ a-48579014Pulitzer Prize Winner Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. https://natureandculture.org E.O. WILSON, Har- vard, Father of Biodiversity Science, 2-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. Pulitzer Prize Winner Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. https://natureandculture.org E.O. WILSON, Har- vard, Father of Biodiversity Science, 2-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. https://natureandculture.org E.O. WILSON, Har- vard, Father of Biodiversity Science, 2-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem https://natureandculture.org E.O. WILSON, Har- vard, Father of Biodiversity Science, 2-time William Anderson GittensAuthor, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Cultural Practitioner,PublisherISBN 978-976-96336-6-7Support the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

The pandemic resulting from SARS-CoV-2 has had profound impacts on the conduct of scientific research and education: A large proportion of field research has ground to a halt, and research and science education were forced to move online. In light of these developments, the nation's biodiversity infrastructure—natural history collections housed in museums, herbaria, universities, and colleges, among other locations, and often available digitally—are ready to play an even larger role in enabling important scientific discoveries. Further, collections may also be instrumental in preventing or mitigating future infectious outbreaks. Two recent BioScience publications, linked below, highlight these issues. In this episode BioScience Talks, we're joined by representatives from the collections and science education communities. Guests included John Bates, Natural Science Collections Alliance, the Field Museum of Natural History; Pam Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History, the University of Florida; Gil Nelson, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, the University of Florida; Barbara Thiers, New York Botanical Garden; Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University, the BLUE Project; Janice Krumm, Widener University, BCEENET (Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network); Liz Shea, Delaware Museum of Natural History, BCEENET; Carly Jordan, George Washington University, BCEENET; and Joseph Cook, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico. Read the Editorial in BioScience. Read the Viewpoint in BioScience. Listen to our earlier discussion of the Extended Specimen Network. Learn more about the BLUE project. Learn more about BCEENET. Subscribe on iTunes. Subscribe on Stitcher. Catch up with us on Twitter.  

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncovering its roots in tropical fieldwork and the southward expansion of U.S. empire at the turn of the twentieth century, ecologists took advantage of growing U.S. landholdings in the circum-Caribbean by establishing permanent field stations for long-term, basic tropical research. Megan Raby describes how, from these outposts of U.S. science, a growing community of American "tropical biologists" developed both the key scientific concepts and the values embedded in the modern discourse of biodiversity.

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncovering its roots in tropical fieldwork and the southward expansion of U.S. empire at the turn of the twentieth century, Megan Raby details how ecologists took advantage of growing U.S. landholdings in the circum-Caribbean […]

Watch Prof. Kyle McDonald from CCNY-CUNY/JPL talk about Remote Sensing Physics and Measurements at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Prof. Jeannine Cavender-Bares from University of Minnesota talk about Biodiversity Science at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Watch Dr. Gary Geller from JPL present his talk Biodiversity Policy and Assessing Progress Toward Policy Goals at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Robert Guralnick from Florida Museum of Natural History evaluate Species Distribution Modeling at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Prof. Phil Townsend from University of Wisconsin analyze Imaging Spectroscopy from Space at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica...

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica served as laboratories for Americans in search of knowledge from “the tropics.”  Here, often at the expense of local populations and resident scientists, U.S. scientists developed the concept of biodiversity as they worked to make sense of the species and ecosystems at their doorstep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica served as laboratories for Americans in search of knowledge from “the tropics.”  Here, often at the expense of local populations and resident scientists, U.S. scientists developed the concept of biodiversity as they worked to make sense of the species and ecosystems at their doorstep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica served as laboratories for Americans in search of knowledge from “the tropics.”  Here, often at the expense of local populations and resident scientists, U.S. scientists developed the concept of biodiversity as they worked to make sense of the species and ecosystems at their doorstep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica served as laboratories for Americans in search of knowledge from “the tropics.”  Here, often at the expense of local populations and resident scientists, U.S. scientists developed the concept of biodiversity as they worked to make sense of the species and ecosystems at their doorstep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica served as laboratories for Americans in search of knowledge from “the tropics.”  Here, often at the expense of local populations and resident scientists, U.S. scientists developed the concept of biodiversity as they worked to make sense of the species and ecosystems at their doorstep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The benefits of specimen collection are well known. Natural-history archives are increasingly used by researchers to investigate evolutionary processes, examine the effects of climate and environmental change, explore the ecology of emerging diseases, and so on. However, the effects of specimen removal on the wild populations and communities is a question that has rarely been addressed. Writing in BioScience, Dr. Andrew Hope and his colleagues draw on historical data from a Long-Term Ecological Research site to examine the effects of one such specimen collection program. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss those results in particular, as well as broader the research opportunities afforded by natural-history collections. Read the article. Subscribe on iTunes. Subscribe on Stitcher. Catch up with us on Twitter.  

What does the scientific study of biological diversity have to do with the history of U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean? Just about everything, says the author of a new book on American field stations in the tropics. The post The Tangled Roots of U.S. Imperialism and Biodiversity Science: A Conversation with Megan Raby appeared first on Edge Effects.

Nov. 21, 2014. Gerald Guala discussed big data in Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) and highlighted efforts to link related data across the Federal system led by the working group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Informatics. Speaker Biography: Gerald "Stinger" Guala is director of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) at the U.S. Geological Survey. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6620

Prof. Walter Jetz, Yale University, delivers the introduction to the Spatial Biodiversity Science and Conservation at a Global Scale Seminar.