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Whether it's the bottle of water that you hastily grab at the train station, or your favourite guilty-pleasure fizzy pop, you may have noticed something different about your drinks lately - or at least their containers. Since July 2024, it's been EU law that bottle caps are attached, or 'tethered', on all single-use plastic bottles. But what exactly is the reason for this change? Will it really help to save the planet, or is it just there to annoy us? We chat to Dr Diogo Veríssimo about "nudge", "sludge", and changing human behaviour for a better world.
Just like many other conservation issues, the illegal wildlife trade originates from the actions and choices of people, so, to help solve the problem, we need to mobilise changes in human behaviour. In this episode we talk to Dr Diogo Veríssimo, a Research Fellow at Oxford University for the Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade and Grace Ge Gabriel, IFAW's Regional Director for Asia. Join us as we look into demand reduction activities that use behaviour change interventions as an approach to reducing the purchase and consumption of tiger products. Additional reading: Making more effective use of human behavioural science in conservation interventions - ScienceDirect Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science | Nature Human Behaviour Using theory and evidence to design behaviour change interventions for reducing unsustainable wildlife consumption - Doughty - 2021 - People and Nature - Wiley Online Library The Society for Conservation Biology (wiley.com) Influencing consumer demand is vital for tackling the illegal wildlife trade (researchgate.net)
Back in 2014, Corey Knowlton paid $350,000 for a hunting trip to Namibia to shoot and kill an endangered species. He’s a professional hunter, who guides hunts all around the world, so going to Africa would be nothing new. The target on the other hand would be. And so too, he quickly found, would be the attention. This episode, producer Simon Adler follows Corey as he dodges death threats and prepares to pull the trigger. Along the way we stop to talk with Namibian hunters and government officials, American activists, and someone who's been here before - Kenya’s former Director of Wildlife, Richard Leakey. All the while, we try to uncover what conservation really means in the 21st century. Reported & produced by Simon Adler with production help from Matthew Kielty. Special thanks to Chris Weaver, Ian Wallace, Mark Barrow, the Lindstrom family, and everyone at the Aru Game Lodge in Namibia. Thanks also to Sarah Fogel, Ray Crow, Barbara Clucus, and Diogo Veríssimo. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.
Some of the world’s most incredible animals are on the verge of disappearing forever – but many of us have never even heard of them. We speak to Bruna Capozzoli and Diogo Veríssimo from On the EDGE Conservation to find out how technology is helping to engage a new generation of activists and save lesser-known endangered species from extinction.
Come fai a parlare del cambiamento climatico? Be', chiami Fabio "Faz" Deotto. E infatti scivolano via novantuno minuti di interesse che è un piacere. Buckle up!, però, perché le note sono sostanziose.I film citati:* Antropocene (Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal e Nicholas de Pencier, 2018), disponibile a noleggio a 3,99 euro.* Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2019), si trova gratis su YouTube. https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE* Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens, 2016), si trova gratis su Youtube. https://youtu.be/A_lFSIj8g4A* Chasing Coral (Jeff Orlowski, 2017), si trova su Netflix.* Cowspiracy (Kip Andersen e Keegan Kuhn, 2014), si trova su Netflix.* le docuserie naturalistiche di BBC, curate da David Attenborough e presenti nel catalogo di Netflix: ad esempio Planet Earth, The Blue Planet e Il nostro pianeta.* Domani (Cyril Dion e Mélanie Laurent, 2016).I saggi/reportage/articoli citati:* Nature documentaries and saving nature: reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet, di Julia P. G. Jones, Laura Thomas‐Walters, Niki A. Rust e Diogo Veríssimo. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10052* Homo videns: Televisione e post-pensiero, di Giovanni Sartori. https://www.laterza.it/index.php?option=com_laterza&Itemid=97&task=schedalibro&isbn=9788842061564* Il debunking di Planet of the Humans, a firma di Ketan Joshi. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/24/planet-of-the-humans-a-reheated-mess-of-lazy-old-myths/* La risposta di Bill McKibben a Planet of the Humans. https://350.org/response-planet-of-the-humans-documentary/* Ambiente, le domande scomode di Michael Moore: pezzo pubblicato sul Manifesto, da leggere in particolare la parte a firma di Stella Levantesi https://ilmanifesto.it/ambiente-le-domande-scomode-di-michael-moore/* Vale la pena anche di (ri)leggere Notizie dal fronte del riscaldamento globale, il reportage che Fabio Deotto ha scritto per Esquire e nel quale, fra le altre cose, tornano un paio di cose dette in puntata: a proposito degli orsi polari e dell’approccio non prescrittivo alla crisi climatica. https://www.esquire.com/it/news/attualita/a29139243/antropocene-reportage-esquire-carta/
Come fai a parlare del cambiamento climatico? Be', chiami Fabio "Faz" Deotto. E infatti scivolano via novantuno minuti di interesse che è un piacere. Buckle up!, però, perché le note sono sostanziose. I film citati: * Antropocene (Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal e Nicholas de Pencier, 2018), disponibile a noleggio a 3,99 euro. * Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2019), si trova gratis su YouTube. https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE * Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens, 2016), si trova gratis su Youtube. https://youtu.be/A_lFSIj8g4A * Chasing Coral (Jeff Orlowski, 2017), si trova su Netflix. * Cowspiracy (Kip Andersen e Keegan Kuhn, 2014), si trova su Netflix. * le docuserie naturalistiche di BBC, curate da David Attenborough e presenti nel catalogo di Netflix: ad esempio Planet Earth, The Blue Planet e Il nostro pianeta. * Domani (Cyril Dion e Mélanie Laurent, 2016). I saggi/reportage/articoli citati: * Nature documentaries and saving nature: reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet, di Julia P. G. Jones, Laura Thomas‐Walters, Niki A. Rust e Diogo Veríssimo. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10052 * Homo videns: Televisione e post-pensiero, di Giovanni Sartori. https://www.laterza.it/index.php?option=com_laterza&Itemid=97&task=schedalibro&isbn=9788842061564 * Il debunking di Planet of the Humans, a firma di Ketan Joshi. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/24/planet-of-the-humans-a-reheated-mess-of-lazy-old-myths/ * La risposta di Bill McKibben a Planet of the Humans. https://350.org/response-planet-of-the-humans-documentary/ * Ambiente, le domande scomode di Michael Moore: pezzo pubblicato sul Manifesto, da leggere in particolare la parte a firma di Stella Levantesi https://ilmanifesto.it/ambiente-le-domande-scomode-di-michael-moore/ * Vale la pena anche di (ri)leggere Notizie dal fronte del riscaldamento globale, il reportage che Fabio Deotto ha scritto per Esquire e nel quale, fra le altre cose, tornano un paio di cose dette in puntata: a proposito degli orsi polari e dell'approccio non prescrittivo alla crisi climatica. https://www.esquire.com/it/news/attualita/a29139243/antropocene-reportage-esquire-carta/
Come fai a parlare del cambiamento climatico? Be', chiami Fabio "Faz" Deotto. E infatti scivolano via novantuno minuti di interesse che è un piacere. Buckle up!, però, perché le note sono sostanziose.I film citati:* Antropocene (Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal e Nicholas de Pencier, 2018), disponibile a noleggio a 3,99 euro.* Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2019), si trova gratis su YouTube. https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE* Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens, 2016), si trova gratis su Youtube. https://youtu.be/A_lFSIj8g4A* Chasing Coral (Jeff Orlowski, 2017), si trova su Netflix.* Cowspiracy (Kip Andersen e Keegan Kuhn, 2014), si trova su Netflix.* le docuserie naturalistiche di BBC, curate da David Attenborough e presenti nel catalogo di Netflix: ad esempio Planet Earth, The Blue Planet e Il nostro pianeta.* Domani (Cyril Dion e Mélanie Laurent, 2016).I saggi/reportage/articoli citati:* Nature documentaries and saving nature: reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet, di Julia P. G. Jones, Laura Thomas‐Walters, Niki A. Rust e Diogo Veríssimo. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10052* Homo videns: Televisione e post-pensiero, di Giovanni Sartori. https://www.laterza.it/index.php?option=com_laterza&Itemid=97&task=schedalibro&isbn=9788842061564* Il debunking di Planet of the Humans, a firma di Ketan Joshi. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/24/planet-of-the-humans-a-reheated-mess-of-lazy-old-myths/* La risposta di Bill McKibben a Planet of the Humans. https://350.org/response-planet-of-the-humans-documentary/* Ambiente, le domande scomode di Michael Moore: pezzo pubblicato sul Manifesto, da leggere in particolare la parte a firma di Stella Levantesi https://ilmanifesto.it/ambiente-le-domande-scomode-di-michael-moore/* Vale la pena anche di (ri)leggere Notizie dal fronte del riscaldamento globale, il reportage che Fabio Deotto ha scritto per Esquire e nel quale, fra le altre cose, tornano un paio di cose dette in puntata: a proposito degli orsi polari e dell’approccio non prescrittivo alla crisi climatica. https://www.esquire.com/it/news/attualita/a29139243/antropocene-reportage-esquire-carta/
Come fai a parlare del cambiamento climatico? Be', chiami Fabio "Faz" Deotto. E infatti scivolano via novantuno minuti di interesse che è un piacere. Buckle up!, però, perché le note sono sostanziose. I film citati: * Antropocene (Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal e Nicholas de Pencier, 2018), disponibile a noleggio a 3,99 euro. * Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2019), si trova gratis su YouTube. https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE * Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens, 2016), si trova gratis su Youtube. https://youtu.be/A_lFSIj8g4A * Chasing Coral (Jeff Orlowski, 2017), si trova su Netflix. * Cowspiracy (Kip Andersen e Keegan Kuhn, 2014), si trova su Netflix. * le docuserie naturalistiche di BBC, curate da David Attenborough e presenti nel catalogo di Netflix: ad esempio Planet Earth, The Blue Planet e Il nostro pianeta. * Domani (Cyril Dion e Mélanie Laurent, 2016). I saggi/reportage/articoli citati: * Nature documentaries and saving nature: reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet, di Julia P. G. Jones, Laura Thomas‐Walters, Niki A. Rust e Diogo Veríssimo. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10052 * Homo videns: Televisione e post-pensiero, di Giovanni Sartori. https://www.laterza.it/index.php?option=com_laterza&Itemid=97&task=schedalibro&isbn=9788842061564 * Il debunking di Planet of the Humans, a firma di Ketan Joshi. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/24/planet-of-the-humans-a-reheated-mess-of-lazy-old-myths/ * La risposta di Bill McKibben a Planet of the Humans. https://350.org/response-planet-of-the-humans-documentary/ * Ambiente, le domande scomode di Michael Moore: pezzo pubblicato sul Manifesto, da leggere in particolare la parte a firma di Stella Levantesi https://ilmanifesto.it/ambiente-le-domande-scomode-di-michael-moore/ * Vale la pena anche di (ri)leggere Notizie dal fronte del riscaldamento globale, il reportage che Fabio Deotto ha scritto per Esquire e nel quale, fra le altre cose, tornano un paio di cose dette in puntata: a proposito degli orsi polari e dell’approccio non prescrittivo alla crisi climatica. https://www.esquire.com/it/news/attualita/a29139243/antropocene-reportage-esquire-carta/
Om handel med fladdermöss, grisfarmar och skövlade skogar. Har människan gått för långt i sin vilja att tämja och nyttja djur och natur? Är coronaviruset signalen på det? Medverkande: Inger Andersen, chef för FN:s miljöprogram, Peter Daszak, orförande EcoHealth Alliance, Björn Olsen, professor i infektionssjukdomar, Tom Arnbom, docent i ekologi och naturvårdsexpert på Världsnaturfonden, Lukas Sterner, på NOA:s en speciella grupp för artkskyddsbrott, Diogo Veríssimo, forskare vid Oxfords universitet, Mama Mouamfoum, miljöaktivist i Kamerun, Sven-Erik Johansson, grisuppfödare Nibble gård Programledare: Robin Olin robin.olin@sr.se Producent: Anja Sahlberg anja.sahlberg@sr.se Reporter: Ulrika Bergqvist Tekniker: Elin Hagman
In the early 2000s, Brian Zimmerman and his team at London Zoo received a donation from a private fish-breeder of some Mangarahara cichlids. At the time, scientists hadn’t yet officially described the species. Not much was known about it, other than its provenance, the Mangarahara river in Madagascar. Little did the team know that within a decade they would be putting up a ‘wanted’ poster in a last-ditch attempt to save the species from extinction! In this episode of the Big Questions podcast we visited Brian Zimmerman and Diogo Veríssimo, to ask: Where are all the Mangarahara cichlid hiding?
Diogo Veríssimo (https://www.diogoverissimo.com and @verissimodiogo) is a social scientist focussing on how marketing and insights into human behaviour can help us to tackle conservation issues, particularly human-wildlife conflict and the illegal trade in wildlife. He’s an Oxford Martin Fellow, part of the Oxford Martin programme on the illegal wildlife trade. In 2016 he was given the Young Professional Award by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Commission of Education and Communication and in 2017 he received the Early Career Conservationist Award from the Society for Conservation Biology. In this conversation he tells us how tripping over a fossil was how he stumbled into an interest in the natural world. And he tells us how he realised that nature conservation is fundamentally dependent on human actions and interactions with the natural world. And then Diogo explains how social marketing and influencing human behaviour can help us to protect wildlife, creating incentives rather than imposing rules and regulations. This marketing can take the form of focusing on charismatic umbrella species that are particularly appealing but which are connected to others. Diogo also tells us about the Lost and Found project he founded, about species previously thought to have gone extinct that have been rediscovered. And he also tells us about setting up ‘I Fucking Love Biodiversity’ (https://www.facebook.com/Ilovebiodiversity/ and The Wild Voices Project podcast tells the stories of people saving nature. You can find us online at www.wildvoicesproject.org and @WildVoicesProj on twitter. And you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Stitchr. We are part of WILDVoices media, a global production team bridging emerging storytellers with aspiring environmental professionals. Learn more about the global community at wild-voices.org.
While Roger is away for the day, Rob talked to Diogo VerÃssimo, theDavid H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow about Cecil the Lion