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Winnie - the real-life bear who inspired A.A. Milne to create Winnie-the-Pooh - died at London Zoo on 12th May, 1934. Brought to the UK by Canadian soldier Harry Colbourn, who'd named her after Winnipeg, the approachable bear took up residence at the Zoo during the First World War, where she became a favourite with visiting children, who were permitted to ride on her back and feed her treats. One such visitor was none other than Christopher Robin. In this episode, The Retrospectors explain why Winnie's enclosure was an architectural triumph; consider A.A. Milne's attempt to distance his family from Pooh's legacy; and discover that the literary Pooh could have been a swan… Further Reading: • ‘The True Story of the Real-Life Winnie-the-Pooh' (HISTORY, 1934): https://www.history.com/news/the-true-story-of-the-real-life-winnie-the-pooh • ‘The skull of the 'real' Winnie goes on display' (BBC News, 2015): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-34844669 • ‘The bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh' (ZSL, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdOymRprTqM Love the show? Support us! Join
With firefighters in London battling a huge blaze at an electrical substation, just over a month since a similar incident brought Heathrow Airport to a standstill, how worried should we be about the frequency of these substation fires? And, in light of the recent events in Spain and Portugal, are there greater concerns about the stability of the UK's power network? John Loughhead, Professor of Clean Energy at the University of Birmingham and Fellow and Former President at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, is here to offer an insight to the situation both here and abroad. Plus, in part two, could you help the Zoological Society London uncover mystery film footage in time for their 200th anniversary celebrations in 2026? ZSL's Bicentenary Project Manager, Tina Campanella joins us to explain how to get involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said a "strong oscillation" in the European grid was behind the unprecedented power outage across Spain and Portugal on Monday.Both countries saw train stations, phone lines, traffic lights, and ATM machines knocked out.A large fire has broken out at an electrical substation in West London. This comes a month after a substation fire shut down Heathrow airport.Plus, ZSL hope to unravel the mystery of 230 film reels found hidden in their archive - some with cryptic titles, some with no title at all.Tech & Science Daily spoke to Tina Campanella, ZSL's Bicentenary Project Manager, to find out what help they need from historians and film buffs.Also in this episode:Hugging Face release their latest 3D printed arm for $100World-first clinical trial for fridge-free vaccine launches in the UK15% rise in applications to study artificial intelligence at UK universitiesWhy 15 avatar dogs interrupted a live football match on Twitch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Helen shares how ZSL fosters a culture of experimentation, inspired by the scientists and innovators within the organisation. This mindset has led to impactful initiatives, from diversifying visitor demographics to creating inclusive career pathways in conservation, transforming both workplace culture and the communities ZSL serves. Helen highlights the power of storytelling in shaping culture. With purpose-driven employees investing deeply in their work, she emphasises the need to support wellbeing and resilience, particularly in roles involving care and conservation. Reflecting on the evolving role of HR, Helen shares the importance of truly listening, and being open to unexpected insights. The conversation even explores how the natural world communicates in ways we may not yet understand. An inspiring reminder that HR can drive lasting change by challenging the status quo, embracing new perspectives, and embedding purpose into every aspect of work. This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab® If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®. By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance. There's no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter. CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award' for the Rail Industry. How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by Uplifting People We're an amazing community of cutting-edge HR Changemakers. Together, we share experiences, tools and clear, actionable ideas. Ideas that will help you solve the challenges you face today and will inspire you with brilliant opportunities to push boundaries and positively impact people in your organisation - and beyond. And what's even better, is every penny of our profit empowers vulnerable children to be safe, loved and learning. Together, we uplift people.
Rachelle Abbott joins London GP Dr Sonia Adesara, who explains the ‘wild west' culture of online weight-loss jab prescriptions. Plus Louise Edwards, chief strategy officer & deputy registrar at the General Pharmaceutical Council, on tougher new rules to combat unregistered online pharmacies.Endangered Darwin's froglets, the size of a grain of rice, born at London Zoo - with Dr Ben Tapley, ZSL's curator of amphibians and reptiles.How AI helped The Beatles secure their eighth Grammy Award.Also in this episode:Major AI breast cancer screening trial ‘to cut waiting times'Source Code by Bill Gates: Microsoft co-founder believes he would have been diagnosed with childhood autismCould You Be Loved named Bob Marley's most played track in UK this century Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can AI be leveraged for wildlife conservation?
In Australia rotten meat is a valuable commodity that monitor lizards compete for against dingoes and red foxes. Plus new work from a team including ZSL has discovered a key ingredient to some lizard and crocodilian teeth that explains how they are so tough. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Cairncross RJ, Spencer EE, Meisuria N, Crowther MS, Newsome TM. 2024. Carrion use by a reptile is influenced by season, habitat and competition with an apex mammalian scavenger. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70211. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70211. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: LeBlanc ARH, Morrell AP, Sirovica S, Al-Jawad M, Labonte D, D'Amore DC, Clemente C, Wang S, Giuliani F, McGilvery CM, Pittman M, Kaye TG, Stevenson C, Capon J, Tapley B, Spiro S, Addison O. 2024. Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02477-7. Editing and Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com
W programie "Rozmowa dnia" gościem Pawła Orlikowskiego był poseł Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego Marek Sawicki.Zapytaliśmy polityka, czy w świetle tego , że politycy PiS publicznie twierdzą, że rozmawiają o koalicji z członkami PSL-u, nie obawia się, że część ludowców przejdzie na stronę partii Jarosława Kaczyńskiego.- Te rozmowy, które miały miejsce z naszymi posłami, którymi chwalił się Stefan Krajewski i Urszula Pasławska (posłowie PSL-red.) , miały charakter rozmów z posłami z ich okręgu wyborczego. Ja wczoraj też kilku posłów PiS-u widziałem na korytarzu, podaliśmy sobie rękę i przynajmniej tych starszych, którzy byli członkami ZSL-u zapraszałem do PSL-u. Mówię: "Wracajcie do ruchu ludowego, przecież korzenie wam jeszcze nie uschły". No i w tych żartach kilku chętnych do powrotu jest. Więc tego typu zabawy zawsze były, są i będą. Nie jestem osobą, która może ręczyć za wszystkich 32 posłów. Wiem co ja zrobię-mówi Sawicki.Polityk również odniósł się do słów Przemysława Czarnka, który ostatnio nagle zapałał sympatią do Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego.- Pan minister Czarnek jeszcze trzy tygodnie przed wyborami, w moim okręgu wyborczym, w mieście Łosice, pół spotkania poświęcił szkalowaniu mojej osoby i atakowaniu Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego. Teraz mówi, że jest prawie w PSL-u, wiec tu widać hipokryzję pana Czarnka-surowo ocenia poseł SawickiZapytaliśmy również posła PSL-u, w jakiej roli widzi Kosiniaka-Kamysza w przyszłym rządzie.- Z tego co wiem wybiera się do rządu na funkcję wicepremiera, ale te rozmowy będą dopiero dzisiaj i jutro nabierały kształtów i rumieńców- mówi Sawicki, a na pytanie, jakimi resortami jest zainteresowany PSL w rządzie koalicyjnym odpowiada- Rozmawiałem z Kosiniakiem-Kamyszem we wtorek, mówiłem o resortach gospodarczych, ale jakie ostatecznie wybiorą negocjatorzy z Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego, nie wiem- mówi Marek Sawicki
Lucinda travels to London Zoo to meet the Zoological Society of London's head of procurement, Sara Muller.Sara gives the low-down on the ins and outs of her role and describes her motivations for working in procurement, including a special interest in promoting sustainability in the sector.She provides tips for anyone interested in joining the procurement profession and outlines the key qualities she looks for in a budding procurement officer.Lucinda is joined by Third Sector's editor, Emily Burt, to reflect on the visit. And reporter Rory Poulter provides analysis on two of the top news stories from the sector, namely the dismissal of new employees at the eating disorder charity Beat just four weeks into the job and an initiative to raise awareness about firms impersonating charities online.Watch footage and bonus content from the ZSL visit on the Third Sector TikTok page.Do you have stories of people whose lives have been transformed for the better thanks to your charity? If so, we'd like to hear them! All it takes is a short voice message to be featured on this podcast. Email lucinda.rouse@haymarket.com for further information.Tell us what you think of the Third Sector Podcast! Please take five minutes to let us know how we can bring you the most relevant, useful content. To fill in the survey, click here.Read the transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Three species go extinct every hour. We talk to zoologist, wildlife TV presenter and photographer Megan McCubbin and Dr John Ewen, Senior Research Fellow at ZSL's Institute of Zoology about their work to highlight and tackle threats to wildlife, how far we should go to stop a species going extinct and the painstaking work, hope and courage it takes to bring a species back from the edge of extinction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Did you know that a giraffe has the same number of bones in their neck as a mouse!? In today's episode we'll be eating, tilting and tangling our necks like a giraffe. Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Maya Politaki Keeper: Anusia Acus Composer & Sound Designer: Yaniv Fridel & Ben Kelly (Soho Sonic Studios) Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
We're keeping watch for our meerkat friends today, get ready to turn, climb, and dig. Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with Year 5 at Primrose Hill Primary School. Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Maya Politaki Keeper: Veronica Heldt Composer & Sound Designer: Yaniv Fridel & Ben Kelly (Soho Sonic Studios) Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
Meet Labradors Bess and Buster, trained by police in the UK for detection work in the fight against illegal wildlife trade in Thailand. Bess and Buster will be combating the trafficking of the Critically Endangered pangolin, the worlds only scaly mammal. Thailand is a key trafficking route for both alive and dead pangolins to China and Vietnam, where there is a ready market for their scales and meat. Grant Miller of ZSL talks to Dogs with Jobs presenter Kate Fairweather about the conservation context and why pangolins matter. He describes what lies ahead for Buster and Bess, who will join the conservation charity's team of experts in Thailand and work alongside conservationists, border force operatives and Thailand's own police and law enforcement. International collaboration The pair are just one element of a multi-prong approach orchestrated by the conservation charity, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). It is an excitingly collaborative effort, involving the dog training instruction team at the UK's Metropolitan Police, ZSL and Thailand's own law enforcement. Grant explains the knowledge transfer going on, with modern dog training best practices being shared with local conservation workers. The dogs' initial training in the UK - which both passed with flying colours - will be completed in Thailand, where the scents they've been training with will be mixed with pangolin scales and eventually be withdrawn entirely. At this stage, Bess and Buster will be ready to work in the field with expert local handlers to detect the scent of pangolins being smuggled at airports, ports and roads, so the pangolins can be rescued and released back into the wild. Why Pangolins? All eight species of pangolin are on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and considered threatened with extinction. Although a total ban on commercial trade in pangolins was introduced in 2017, the world's only scaly mammal is victim to highly unsustainable levels of poaching and illegal trade for their meat, scales and other body parts – with 200,000 pangolins believed to be trafficked every year. Find out more about ZSL's conservation work. Browse Dogs with Jobs for more dogs with interesting jobs! Do you work your dog or dogs? If you work your dog or dogs and would be interested in coming on the show, please get in touch with Kate at team@shineradio.uk. © & ℗ Kate Fairweather, 2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Did you know that penguins have more feathers than any other bird? In today's episode we'll be flipping and flapping, diving and gliding through the water like the Humboldt penguin! Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with Year 3 at Primrose Hill Primary School. Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Meera Paten Keeper: Jessica Jones Composer & Sound Designer: Ellie Isherwood Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to Tom Clutterbuck for editing support! Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
Get ready to wriggle like a caterpillar, then melt, jiggle and burst into a butterfly! Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with Year 1 at Friars Primary School! Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Maya Politaki Keeper: Sam Aberdeen Composer & Sound Designer: Yaniv Fridel & Ben Kelly (Soho Sonic Studios) Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
Did you know elephants have to swap sides when they sleep because they are sooooo big!? In this episode we're stomping, snacking and snoring like elephants. Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with the Houghton Regis Arts Explorer group. Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Bridie Donaghy Keeper: Samantha Bullock Composer & Sound Designer: Yaniv Fridel & Ben Kelly (Soho Sonic Studios) Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the teams at London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo, ZSL conservation zoos. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
Did you know that Komodo Dragons smell with their tongue? Not only that, but they can smell up to 6 miles away! We'll be stretching, smelling and swimming like a Komodo Dragon. Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with Year 3 at Primrose Hill Primary School. Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Meera Paten Keeper: Joe Capon Composer & Sound Designer: Ellie Isherwood Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
We'll be kicking, pouncing, and pawing in today's episode which is all about the majestic Asiatic Lions. Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with Year 1 at Loughborough Primary School. Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Bridget Lappin Keeper: Martin O'Sullivan Composer & Sound Designer: Ellie Isherwood Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
Ever wondered why flamingos have such long legs? Or why they're that beautiful pink colour? Find out this and more in today's episode of Audiomoves at the zoo. Get ready to wade, gulp and flutter like a Flamingo! Audiomoves is a podcast for little ones to move to, and in this series we're going to the zoo! We're meeting lots of animals and their zookeepers, and finding out all about how they move, eat, sleep and play - the animals that is, not the humans! This episode was developed with Year 1 at Hermitage Primary School! Creative Team Creator & Director: Daphna Attias Narrator: Charlie Hendren Writer: Bridget Lappin Keeper: Vicky Fyson Composer & Sound Designer: Ellie Isherwood Producer: Bridie Donaghy Access Consultant: Amelia Cavallo Marketing Manager: Vic Shead Podcast Illustration: Evie Fridel Thank you to the team at London Zoo, a ZSL conservation zoo. To find out more about their amazing work, visit www.zsl.org Audiomoves at the Zoo is funded by Arts Council England, with support from Phoenix Court, Unicorn Theatre, The Place, Full House Theatre, & Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peut-Être Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation & Phoenix Court. To find out more about us and our work, visit www.peutetretheatre.co.uk @peutetretheatre
The world is facing a crisis of species extinction, however targeted efforts in conservation biology can provide a glimmer of hope. A new study led by ZSL, published recently in Science, is the first to assess animals and plants categorised as ‘Extinct in the Wild' by the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species – until now, a surprisingly overlooked group. In this episode, our host Ellie Darbey, with the help of four fantastic guests, discovers the incredible potential for conservation zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and seedbanks across the world to save these species from the brink of extinction. What are the problems associated with tiny populations? How is ZSL involved in Extinct in the Wild projects? And why won't anyone just choose their favourite species?! Overview 03:36 - Ellie Darbey introduces the first guest, Dr Donal Smith (Postdoctoral Research Associate) to discuss the new publication and small population biology 18:50 - Ellie is joined by Dr John Ewen (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, ZSL) to talk about ZSL's Extinct in the Wild initiative and conservation decision making 28:25 - Species Spotlight: Partula snails! 29:40 - Ellie welcomes Alex Cliffe (Ectotherms Team Leader, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo), to discuss breeding programmes in zoos, and ZSL's work with the Mexican pupfish 39:45 - Ellie is joined by the final guest, Melanie Mesa Blas (Guam Department of Education and recipient of 2022 National Geographic Explorer Grant with ZSL) to find out about the future of the Sihek, or Guam kingfisher and considerations for releasing back into the wild 49:28 - The guests give their thoughts on the most important thing needed now to save these species on the brink of extinction Resources If there's a topic you'd like to hear on a future podcast, or if you'd like to share your thoughts on the one thing these Extinct in the Wild species need to survive, email the ZSL Wild Science Podcast at: wild.science@zsl.org Check out our science and conservation work at: www.zsl.org/Science or www.zsl.org/conservation Previous Episode mentioned #010 on the IUCN Red List: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-wild-science-podcast IUCN Red List: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ The new publication ‘Extinct in the wild: The precarious state of Earth's most threatened group of species': https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add2889 and blog: https://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/news/conservation-zoos-have-powerful-potential-reverse-extinction ZSL's conservation work with partula snails: https://www.zsl.org/what-we-do/projects/partula-snail-conservation ZSL's Sihek or Guam Kingfisher conservation project: https://www.zsl.org/what-we-do/projects/sihek-conservation Previous ZSL Science and Conservation Event: https://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/events/return-wild-how-can-we-recover-extinct-wild-species Get in touch Email wild.science@zsl.org with your questions, comments, and thoughts for future episodes! Tweet us @ZSLScience with the hashtag #ZSLWildScience Follow us on Facebook @ZSLScienceAndConservation
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Globally, 500 billion plastic bottles are used every year – that's 66 bottles for every person on the planet! This week, we're chatting to ape2o's Anthony Newman, the man on a mission to tackle that alarming statistic. Anthony identified that a lot of people clearly have a thirst for water on the go, and favour the taste of bottled water, but there is an indisputable crisis with our consumption. In the UK alone, seven million plastic water bottles are thrown away every day; 80% end up burned, in landfill, or in our oceans and some microplastics end up being ingested by us.The B Corp-certified anti-plastic bottle water company operates an array of water dispensers in and around London, that provide commuters and travellers with on-demand chilled still or sparkling triple-filtered UV-treated purified water, for the affordable price of £0.25 per half litre!ape2o has already saved hundreds of thousands of plastic bottles from polluting our oceans, and impressively 10% of what you do spend with ape2o goes towards marine and freshwater conservation and clean-ups. The first recipient of ape2o's 10% promise was the Zoological Society of London, and the money donated helped ZSL develop their marine and freshwater conservation!Check out ape2o's website where you can find out where ape2o's dispensers are located and get your hands on a variety of merch, including the 100% plastic-free SILVERBACK bottle mentioned in this episode. Cup only half full? Follow Tea with the Changemakers on TikTok, for behind-the-scenes content and clips from our episodes!
Tu gutes und rede darüber – das ist im Bereich der Inklusion sehr wichtig.Deshalb hat das Projekt von Ottmar Miles-Paul „Gute Nachrichten zur Inklusion“ einen sehr hohen Stellenwert in diesem Bereich bekommen und ist auch für den IGEL-Podcast immer wichtig.Wir wollen nicht nur den Finger in die Wunden pressen sondern durch gute Beispiel Mut machen.In Mainz startete am 24.01.2023 eine Reise die wir zusammen mit dem Projekt angetreten sind und welche uns in viele Städte Deutschlands führen wird.Das ZSL feiert 2023 30 Jahre bestehen, die VHS, die Kunsthalle und die Stadt selber tun einiges wenns um Inklusion geht.Animiert und sicherlich auch gepuscht durch das Engagement vom ZSL Mainz fühlst sich die Stadt mit ihren diversen Angeboten angespornt, Inklusion Ganze Einvach zu leben.Ottmar Miles-Paul, Gerlinde Busch und Sascha Lang führen durch diese vielseitige Episode mit vielen guten Nachrichten zur Inklusion.
It's no secret that cities are generally perceived as spaces of little conservation relevance, yet local urban wildlife underpins a range of ecosystem services. In a time where rapid changes in the climate are causing more extreme natural events, wildlife is disappearing and we are becoming more and more disconnected from nature through urbanisation, could the recovery of urban ecosystems be a potential solution for a more resilient planet? In this episode, our host Ellie Darbey will discover how we can recover nature in our cities, with ZSL's experts in rewilding, reconnecting habitats and river restoration. Does the answer lie in empowering local communities? Or is it in the plight of the hedgehog? And why must we enact the mysterious Schedule Three? Guests Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, Institute of Zoology, ZSL Dr Chris Carbone, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, ZSL Joe Pecorelli, Conservation Project Manager, Marine and Freshwater, Conservation & Policy, ZSL Overview 03:31 – Ellie Darbey introduces the first guest, Professor Nathalie Pettorelli to discuss how to rewild in urban environments 16:39 – Ellie is joined by Dr Chris Carbone to talk about the London Hogwatch Project, and their community engagement 26:59 – Species Spotlight: The European hedgehog! 28:12 – Ellie welcomes the final guest Joe Pecorelli to discuss river restoration in London, and the power of the waterways 37:19 – The guests give their answer for the one thing they'd like to change in policy or legislation to help recover urban nature. Resources If there's a topic you'd like to hear on a future podcast, or if you'd like to share your thoughts on the one change you'd like to see in policy or legislation to help recover nature in cities, email the ZSL Wild Science Podcast at: wild.science@zsl.org Check out our science and conservation work at: zsl.org/Science or www.zsl.org/conservation Living Planet Report: https://www.zsl.org/global-biodiversity-monitoring/indicators-and-assessments-unit/living-planet-index/living-planet Previous Episode mentioned #035 on Nature-based solutions: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-wild-science-podcast Rewilding your cities ZSL report: https://www.zsl.org/science/news/rewilding-our-cities-could-reduce-impacts-of-extreme-weather-says-new-report Rewild my street: https://www.rewildmystreet.org/ London Hogwatch: https://www.zsl.org/conservation/species/mammals/london-hogwatch Pine Marten sighting: https://www.zsl.org/conservation/news/nationally-critically-endangered-pine-marten-spotted-in-london London's Rivers: https://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/uk-europe/londons-rivers State of the Thames Report: https://www.zsl.org/natureatheart/the-state-of-the-thames-2021 Volunteer for London's Rivers: https://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/uk-europe/volunteer-for-londons-rivers Flood and Water Management act: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/contents Get in touch Email wild.science@zsl.org with your questions, comments, and thoughts for future episodes! Tweet us @ZSLScience with the hashtag #ZSLWildScience Follow us on Facebook @ZSLScienceAndConservation
This week, Christina Dixon, ocean campaign leader at the Environmental Investigation Agency talks with Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson about the prospects for a United Nations global pact on plastic pollution as the first negotiation session commences. They discuss why voluntary measures have not tackled the plastic pollution problem, despite its high public profile. Plus: more than half major palm oil companies failing to evaluate supplier risk of deforestation, says ZSL; Ahold Delhaize's ambitious decarbonisation initiatives; Vodafone asking consumers to trade in devices to reduce network waste; Rolls-Royce and EasyJet testing green hydrogen-powered aero engine, in the news digest. And, Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari shares details about the upcoming sustainable apparel and textiles conference in Amsterdam in April 2023. Use discount code “podcast” for a €500 discount on conference passes, extended to 6th December for podcast listeners. Host: Ian Welsh
Summary: Pangolins are in danger of extinction but there are people out there trying to help. Join Kiersten as she highlights four organizations that are working toward saving the pangolin. For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean. Show Notes: Save Pangolins: https://www.savepangolins.org Zoological Society of London: https://www.zsl.org Rare and Endangered Species Trust Namibia: https://www.restnamibia.org Save Vietnam's Wildlife: svw.vn Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Kiersten - Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right outside our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating. This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. This episode concludes pangolins and my tenth favorite thing about pangolins is all the organizations trying to help keep these amazing animals alive. I want to highlight some organizations that are working to try and help pangolins survive. Each organization that I talk about in this episode is one that I recommend supporting because they are doing amazing work in pangolin conservation. Save Pangolins Save Pangolins is an organization that supports conservation actions in Africa and Asia and raises public awareness of pangolins around the world. The first step to successful conservation efforts is education and awareness. If people don't know what's going on with wildlife they have no idea that they need to help. Save Pangolins publicizes the need for pangolin conservation through their extensive social media campaigns and facilitates communication between conservation organizations about pangolins. They are also a fund raising organization and offer support through three granting programs 1. Pangolin Crisis Fund: Is a program run in connection with Wildlife Conservation Network that invests in the best projects to stop the poaching of pangolins, stop the trade and demand for pangolin products, and raise the profile of the little known pangolin. They work in 26 countries with 45 projects and 31 grantees. PCF maintains a 100% donation model meaning all the money donated goes directly to the projects they support. 2. Pangolin Champions Fund: This program supports individual conservationists who are emerging leaders in pangolin conservation. They are currently funding 12 passionate, committed, and inspiring pangolin conservationists. 3. Innovation Grants: This funds key projects that are creative and innovative and are often harder to find support for such as ATREE, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment that is currently researching how many pangolins are left in the Darjeeling Himalaya region of India and how agricultural land my be affecting their survival. In Africa, they are supporting the Tikki Hywood Foundation and Pangolin.Africa to develop new fencing technology to save pangolins from electrocution on electric fences used throughout South Africa. Zoological Society of London Our second organization is the Zoological Society of London. They have a diverse conservation branch that focuses on saving wildlife from disappearing by working with local communities on monitoring animal populations and habitat use, educating the world about what is happening with the wildlife around the planet, and supporting conservation programs in situ, which means on site where the animal lives, to make the biggest impact for that specific species. ZSL is working on over 50 conservation projects around the world and protecting pangolins is one of those projects. In 2015, ZSL launched the Pangolin Conservation Initiative. This was a two-year program that help protect four species of pangolin, the giant pangolin, the black-bellied pangolin, the whit-bellied pangolin, and the Sunda pangolin from the black market trade through supporting anti-poaching patrols and law enforcement at sites in Cameroon and Thailand. In Cameroon, the ZSL team trained and equipped eco-guards to undertake anti-poaching patrols using the SMART method. SMART stands for Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool. This technology lets law enforcement agencies focus their resources on hotspots of trafficking activity. ZSL also got the community involved by establishing programs to empower locals to report traffickers through anonymous informants and setting up surveillance networks and secure reporting mechanisms. In Thailand, ZSL also helped set up the SMART technology with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Plant Conservation in two key areas that are important to the Sunda pangolin. They also tested various survey methods to determine the population of the Sunda pangolin so that we can determine whether the conservation efforts in use are effective. ZSL knows that supporting these programs is important, but to save these pangolins from extinction due to poaching we must eradicate the demand for pangolin products. So they delved into the market demand to determine why pangolins are being sold so they could develop a public education outreach program to let people know about how these products are affecting pangolin populations. With the information gained from this program, ZSL was able to do the same in Nepal with the local law enforcement there and to reach out to local hunters to help identify sustainable livelihoods as an alternative to hunting pangolins. Rare and Endangered Species Trust - Namibia The third organization I'll highlight is REST Namibia. It is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 to spotlight the plight of five groups of animals in Namibia including vultures, frogs, snakes, dik dik, and pangolins. REST stands for Rare and Endangered Species Trust and they are based in Namibia. Their mission statement is “To initiate and support the scientific and practical study of rare and endangered species in Namibia and to help develop and facilitate solutions to conservation problems among these species at community, national, and international levels .” REST has successfully rehabilitated Cape pangolin babies and adults that are rescued from poachers. They are an invaluable source of information about how to keep them alive in captivity and have shone a light on Cape pangolin behaviors in the wild. This is the home to the most famous pangolin named Honeybun. She was a Cape pangolin rescued from poachers and now resides at the facility but forages for ants in the surrounding land. A REST volunteer follows her around whenever she is on a walk-about and we are learning so much about their behavior because Honeybun does not fear humans. She will one day be on her own out in the wild but if you'd like to see Honeybun in action check out the PBS Nature video titled “The World's Most Wanted Animal”. Save Vietnam's Wildlife Our Fourth organization is Save Vietnam's Wildlife a non-profit organization in Vietnam that was founded on the critical need for more effective solutions to secure a future for Vietnam's wildlife. They are involved with wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, habitat protection, education outreach, conservation research, and conservation breeding. The wildlife they rescue are individuals confiscated by the authorities from illegal poachers. Vietnam's wildlife is poached and illegally traded for consumption, traditional medicine, pets, and souvenirs. SVW takes in those confiscated animals, provides veterinary care and releases those they can into protected areas to give them the best advantage for continued survival. They have rescued 1,591 pangolins. Those that are releasable are taken to places that are difficult for poachers to travel to so they are not re-caught and those that cannot survive in the wild are kept at their facility. By keeping these pangolins in captivity, they are on the forefront of learning how to keep pangolins healthy and alive in a captive setting. This is valuable information to the future of pangolins. SVW also makes it a goal to educate local people about the plight of the pangolin. Their mission statement is bringing communities and conservation together. The only way forward to a future filled with both humans and animals living together successfully is education. If you are looking for a way to help with pangolin conservation, please consider donating to one of these originations. You can find links to their websites in the show notes of this episode. Also consider recommending this podcast to someone you know. Thank you for joining me on this pangolin journey, I truly hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Join me next week for the first ten-minute podcast focusing on the vaquita. (Piano Music plays) This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.
Küresel çapta temiz enerji ve enerji verimliliği tüm dünya ülkelerinin önceliği artık. Zorunlu bir öncelik haline gelmeseydi ve halının altına süpürülen pislikler ortaya çıkacak kadar çoğalmasaydı hala dünyayı kirletmeye devam edeceklerdi. Bugün yaşanan enerji ve iklim krizinin tek çıkış noktası; kendini sınırsız tekrarlayan, yenilenebilir ve ham maddeye bağımlı olmayan hani şu bize bedava verildiğini düşündüğümüz nimetler; Güneş, rüzgar, biyoatıklar ve su. «« Türkiye'de yenilenebilir enerji sektörüne son yıllarda büyük yatırımlar yapıldı. Yenilenebilir enerji sektörü ihracatta 1 milyar doların üzerine çıktı. Enerji sektöründe kurulu güç kapasitesi 102,3 Megawatt'a ulaştı. Bu kurulu gücün 23,6 bin Megawatt'lık dilimini yenilenebilir enerji türleri olan rüzgâr, güneş, jeotermal ve biyokütle temsil etti. Yenilenebilir enerji sektöründe yeni hedef, kurulu güçte 50 bin Megawatt'a ulaşmak. Türkiye, yenilenebilir enerji kurulu gücünü her geçen ay artırdı. Sektörün ana ve yan sanayisinde üretim yapan çok sayıda şirket, aynı zamanda yüksek ölçekli ekipman ihracatı gerçekleştirdi. Sektörün ihracat hedefi 2023 yılında 2 milyar dolar. Jeotermal enerji özelinde ise Türkiye'nin kurulu gücü son on yılda yüz kat arttı. Jeotermal enerjide bugün ulaştığımız bin 686 Megavat (MW) kurulu güç seviyesi, dünyada 4'üncülüğüne işaret etse de potansiyel bu seviyenin çok üzerinde. «« Karavanla seyahat, pandemiyle birlikte vites büyüttü. Araştırma şirketi Grand View Research'ün sağladığı verilere göre, 2021'de 21,2 milyar dolar olan küresel karavan pazarının, 2030'a kadar her yıl ortalama yüzde 13,6 büyümesi bekleniyor. Yılı 30,6 milyar dolarla kapatması beklenen karavan turizminin, 2030'da ise 66,9 milyara ulaşacağı tahmin ediliyor. Karavanla seyahat, başka sektörlerin de gelişmesini tetikliyor. Bunların başında taşınabilir güç kaynakları geliyor. Fortune Business Insights'a göre, küresel taşınabilir güç kaynakları pazarının büyüklüğü 2028'de 439,3 milyon dolara ulaşacak. Güneş enerjisi sektörünün gelişmesi başka sektörlerin de hızlı büyümesini sağlayacak. «« Bir de madalyonun herkesi ilgilendiren öbür yüzüne bakalım. Uluslararası küresel sermaye ve onun peşinden giden küçük orta büyük temsilciler, doğal kaynakları herhangi bir bedel ödemeden, savurgan ve sürdürülemez bir şekilde kullandı. Bu çok kazanma hırsı ile israf ve savurganlığın bedeli, aşırı hava koşullarından kaynaklanan can ve mal kayıpları, kuraklık ve sellerle ağırlaşan yoksulluk ve gıda güvenliği sorunu, toplumsal karışıklıklar, artan göç dalgaları ve zoonotik (hayvan kaynaklı) hastalıklar ve covid19 olarak karşımıza çıktı. Bugünkü ve gelecek nesillerin refahını tehdit eden, birbiriyle bağlantılı iki acil durumla karşı karşıyayız: iklim değişikliği ve biyoçeşitlilik kaybı. WWF (Dünya Doğayı Koruma Vakfı) ve Londra Zooloji Derneği'nin (ZSL) hazırladığı Yaşayan Gezegen Raporu 2022 yayımlandı. İki yılda bir yayımlanan Yaşayan Gezegen serisinin 2022 sayısı, ortalama insan ömründen kısa bir sürede omurgalı yaban türlerinin yüzde 69 azaldığını ortaya koydu.
Anna Turns investigates what over 30 years of post mortems on dolphins, porpoises, and whales has revealed about the state of the seas. The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme in England and Wales, and the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme, have carried out thousands of autopsies. Anna goes into the pathology lab with Rob Deaville from ZSL as he examines a Harbour Porpoise for clues about how it died, and how it lived. As Anna finds out from toxicologist Dr Rosie Williams and veterinary pathologist Dr Andrew Brownlow, evidence from post mortems shows animals' ability to survive and breed is threatened by pollution from long banned but peristent chemicals, known as PCBs. To find out how these chemicals could still be leaching into the environment Anna travels to the Thames Estuary with Professor of Environmental Geochemistry Kate Spencer. Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol : Sarah Swaddling
Ahead of taking over as BVA president, Malcolm Morley joined us to discuss his priorities for the year ahead – including his theme of investing in people, and how he's looking forward to leading the association over the next 12 months. Malcolm also previews several sessions at the London Vet Show that tie in with his theme. We also speak to Justine Shotton about her presidency, which has just ended. Justine reflects on the success of her theme of sustainability, as well as some of the BVA's ongoing campaigns, and discusses how much she enjoyed her term. ___________________
Rutendo and Sebastian explore death and its role in the natural world. For Sebastian, death is a permanent state, a complete end to a life. But for Rutendo and her family, death is just a temporary parting. Around the world burial customs differ, but throughout nature, death and decay provide sustenance to other life-forms. Sebastian explores the extraordinary diversity within the ground, with soil ecologist Frank Ashwood, who explains that a single teaspoon of healthy soil contains more than a billion organisms. Among them, the nematode worm – the most abundant organism on the planet. Wildlife pathologist Simon Spiro performs a post-mortem on an elderly cheetah from Whipsnade zoo, and takes us through ZSL's archive of specimens from nearly 120 years of animal post-mortems. Samples such as worms from the gut of a European bison, or stones from the stomach of a llama, are used to help scientists learn more about the basic biology of each species. Rutendo and Sebastian are joined by TikTok star Mamadou whose animal fact videos have brought him more than 15 million followers. Rutendo and Mamadou bond over their shared belief that jaguars are disrespectful, and he leaves Sebastian with a disturbing story about Pelicans. CreditsThe BBC Earth podcast is presented by Sebastian Echeverri and Rutendo Shackleton.The producers were Rachel Byrne and Geoff Marsh.The researcher was Seb MastersThe Production Manager was Catherine Stringer and the Production Co-ordinator was Gemma Wootton.Podcast Theme Music was composed by Axel Kacoutié, with mixing and additional sound design by Peregrine Andrews.The Associate Producer is Cristen Caine and the Executive Producer is Deborah Dudgeon. Special thanks toSimon Spiro from the Zoological Society of London.Soil ecologist Frank Ashwood.Jennifer Jerret from The Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University for providing the soundscape from Yellowstone National Park.Mamadou Ndiaye who can be found on TikTok under @mndiaye_97 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Jezero Crater on Mars was targeted by Nasa's Perseverence rover because from orbit, there was strong evidence it had at some point contained a lake. When the Mars 2020 mission landed, it didn't take long to spot rocks protruding from the bottom that looked for all the world like sedimentary rocks – implying they were laid down from the liquid water and maybe perhaps even contain signs of past life. This week, the science team have published some of their analysis from the first 9 months of the mission. And, as Principal Scientist Kenneth Farley of Caltech tells Science In Action, the geology is clearly more complex, as it turns out they are igneous, perhaps resulting from subsequent volcanic activity. Back on earth, Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland has been digging into the legend of the Kuwea volcano in Vanuatu. Folk tales have long talked of an inhabited island that once disappeared beneath the sea. Over the years some have linked these and the submarine caldera with an eruption that occurred in 1452, yet the evidence has been debated. But the Hunga-Tonga eruption earlier this year has shifted Shane's perception of the evidence. As he describes, he now suspects the 1452 eruption was as much as 5-7 times bigger in magnitude, and likely preceded by smaller eruptions that could fit with some of the legends surrounding the story. This type of evidence, interpreted from the testimony of those who live there, is increasingly being employed in conservation studies. Heidi Ma of ZSL in London and colleagues this week declared in Royal Society Open Science, the Dugong – a relative of the manatee - is now functionally extinct in Chinese waters, but they reached this conclusion from interviewing hundreds of individuals in fishing communities along that coast. And very few of them had ever seen one. When CrowdScience listener Eric spotted a few gnats flying around on a milder day in mid-winter, he was really surprised - as surely insects die off in the cold? It got him wondering where the gnats had come from and how they'd survived the previous cold snap. So he asked CrowdScience to do some bug investigation. Presenter Marnie Chesterton takes up the challenge and heads out into the British countryside – currently teeming with buzzes and tiny beasties - to learn about the quite amazing array of tactics these small creatures use to survive the arduous days of cold. She hears how some insects change their chemical structure to enhance their frost resistance whist others hunker down in warmer microclimates or rely on their community and food stocks to keep them warm. Marnie also asks how climate change might be affecting insect over-wintering behaviour - and its implications for the lives of these crucially important organisms. (Image: Jezero Crater. Credit: Getty Images)
The Jezero Crater on Mars was targeted by Nasa's Perseverence rover because from orbit, there was strong evidence it had at some point contained a lake. When the Mars 2020 mission landed, it didn't take long to spot rocks protruding from the bottom that looked for all the world like sedimentary rocks – implying they were laid down from the liquid water and maybe perhaps even contain signs of past life. This week, the science team have published some of their analysis from the first 9 months of the mission. And, as Principal Scientist Kenneth Farley of Caltech tells Science In Action, the geology is clearly more complex, as it turns out they are igneous, perhaps resulting from subsequent volcanic activity. Back on earth, Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland has been digging into the legend of the Kuwea volcano in Vanuatu. Folk tales have long talked of an inhabited island that once disappeared beneath the sea. Over the years some have linked these and the submarine caldera with an eruption that occurred in 1452, yet the evidence has been debated. But the Hunga-Tonga eruption earlier this year has shifted Shane's perception of the evidence. As he describes, he now suspects the 1452 eruption was as much as 5-7 times bigger in magnitude, and likely preceded by smaller eruptions that could fit with some of the legends surrounding the story. This type of evidence, interpreted from the testimony of those who live there, is increasingly being employed in conservation studies. Heidi Ma of ZSL in London and colleagues this week declared in Royal Society Open Science, the Dugong – a relative of the manatee - is now functionally extinct in Chinese waters, but they reached this conclusion from interviewing hundreds of individuals in fishing communities along that coast. And very few of them had ever seen one. (Image: Jezero Crater. Credit: Getty Images) Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield
Welcome to another exciting episode of ReZOO - the Zoo Review Podcast! Today Jack and Jodi are back for Part 2 of their ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Review! Last time the pair covered everything up to their lunch break, so today they are back to discuss...
In which you will learn: A lot about London Zoo Some of the craziest zoo record-holders Anna and Jazz's favourite zoos and how weirdly similar they are...
Welcome to another exciting episode of ReZOO - the Zoo Review Podcast! Today Jack and Jodi are back for Part 2 of their ZSL London Zoo Review! Last time the pair covered everything up to their lunch break, so today they are back to discuss...
Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Kelly Molson, MD of Rubber Cheese.Download our free ebook The Ultimate Guide to Doubling Your Visitor NumbersIf you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this episode.Competition ends April 29th 2022. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.zsl.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-wessell-8517b484/ Kelly Wessell's bio: My career in Visitor attractions started with a seasonal role at Chessington aged 18, I worked there whilst studying. After I finished studying I was lucky to get a managerial role there and in 2014 progressed into a role at ZSL as Experiences Product Manager for London Zoo.I've been fortunate enough to develop my career at ZSL and I am now part of the Senior Management team as Visitor Operations Manager for London Zoo! I am responsible for the Security, First Aid and Duty Management teams with a key focus on Visitor Experience.Our focus for 2022 is all about Visitor Experience and to kick off our peak season we launched Operation:OKAPI this was also an opportunity for all of us to fall in love with the zoo again after a tough few years!Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my family, I have daughter who is 4 we're always out and about on the go! Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip The Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Each episode, I speak with industry experts from the attractions world. In today's episode, I speak with Kelly Wessell, Visitor Operations Manager at Zoological Society of London. We talk all about reengaging your team with their workplace and the internal program that they've developed to help them get to know and love the zoo again. If you like what you hear, subscribe on all the YouTube channels by searching Skip The Queue.Kelly Molson: Kelly, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. That's lovely to have another Kelly on the podcast. Two Kelly's. Double treat for everybody..Kelly Wessell: You're welcome.Kelly Molson: As I've always started, with our icebreakers. So, Kelly, I can't not ask you this question. What is your favourite zoo animal?Kelly Wessell: Oh, that's like the worst question you could ask, because we should say all of the animals are our favourite.Kelly Molson: Of course.Kelly Wessell: But I love giraffes. I have done, ever since I was really little. Also, I'm only small myself. I'm only 4'11", so I would quite like to see what the world would look like up there and being so close to animals that big is amazing. So, yeah. I've just loved them ever since I was really small and then being able to work at a zoo where they live is just fantastic.Kelly Molson: Oh, Kelly. That's so awesome. They actually, they're my daughter's favourite animal as well. She's a big fan of them so you're in good company there, and also,4'11”? I'm 5'2”. We were destined to be friends.Kelly Wessell: There we go. And both called Kelly, that's it, it's fate.Kelly Molson: Absolutely. Okay. What hobby have you always wanted to do? But you've never jumped in with two feet to give it a go?Kelly Wessell: I would love to be able to speak different languages, but at GCSE, I went to a language college actually at secondary school, so we had to take two languages. I took German and French and I was awful for whatever reason it was, nothing would stay in my brain. I'd love to be able to speak different languages, but for some reason it's just something that I can't quite grasp. I can't quite learn. I was very good at other subjects, but just languages have never been my forte. I've gone back to try and learn through different apps and things, but for whatever reason, it just won't sink in it.Kelly Molson: It is really hard though, isn't it? I did Duolingo all throughout lockdown. I was trying to learn Spanish and I realised that I was... I could read and listen and understand more than I could actually speak it because you're not doing that element of it and you need to immerse yourself into the place. Don't you? You need to really throw yourself in. It's really, really hard. Yeah. I think I agree with you on that one. I think I would like to be better at languages, not very good.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: Okay. What is, this is a weird one, and you might have a really good answer to this because of where you work. What is your favourite smell and why?Kelly Wessell: Oh. It's not going to be zoo related.Kelly Molson: I should hope not, to be honest.Kelly Wessell: I know a lot of people don't like this smell, but when it's just rained and it's got that muddy, earthy smell. I love it. Absolutely love it. Love it. On holiday, you have that smell at home when it's really rained and you go out and it smells. I don't know what it is. It just smells nice to me. Yeah. A lot of people don't like it, but that I say that would be my favourite smell.Kelly Molson: Good smell. Yeah. It feels it's like the world has been refreshed to start again.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: I like it. All right, Kelly, what is your unpopular opinion? What have you prepared for us?Kelly Wessell: So, it's food related. I detest them. I absolutely hate them. When I turn 30, everyone was like, you'll love them, everyone does. I would love to ban them in any food whatsoever, and that is olives. I cannot stand them. Anything they touch, anything they've been in, you pick them out, the whole dish still tastes like olives. Yeah. I just really, really dislike them.Kelly Molson: I knew that you were going to say olives when you said everyone had said I'd like them when you turned 30.Kelly Wessell: Yes.Kelly Molson: Because that you're supposed to mature into olives, aren't you? The taste of them.Kelly Wessell: Exactly. Wine and olives. It sounds great. Oh, I just can't. Any of them. Any colour. Just can't eat them.Kelly Molson: I feel the same way about peas, if it makes you feel any better, they taint everything that they touch for me. But I mean, you don't, I mean... I can have happily have a glass of wine without having to have a bowl of peas put next to me.Kelly Wessell: Exactly.Kelly Molson: A bit of a nicer experience.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: All right. Brilliant. All right, listeners. Well. I mean, you might feel the same about olives, let me know. Kelly, tell me a little bit about your background before we get into what we're really going to talk about today.Kelly Wessell: Yep. So, I'm currently the Visitor Operations Manager at ZSL London Zoo. I have been there for seven years now. I started out in attractions very, very young, actually. 17, 18 as a seasonal host back at Chessington, who are owned by Merlin and worked there while I studied and went to uni and then I was very lucky that a role came up there, which was managing their fast track and animal experiences team. So, I gave it a shot and I got lucky. I stayed there in that role for about a year and a half, and then did exactly the same job pretty much, but starting from the ground up came up at ZSL.Kelly Wessell: I've always loved animals. I love what ZSL does. Being a conservation charity, I felt that sat really well with my ethos and morals. So, gave it a go, applied for the role and took on their experiences at the zoo there, and then slowly worked my way up to now being part of the senior management team at London Zoo and heading up visitor ops, so I look after security and first aid for the site. It's all our emergency procedures and incident management, as well as having a real focus on visitor experience now, which we hadn't had for a few years, especially with COVID hitting us. But now we're really a driving force with that. That's a real part of our plan for this year.Kelly Molson: I mean, what an amazing place to be able to work at, Kelly. Obviously, like what you've said, it just fitted so well with your ethos and what you love. There must be a bit of a pinch me every day and you walk in there. Ooh, this is it, I'm here.Kelly Wessell: I feel so privileged. I feel really privileged to work there. I've got a four year old daughter who tells everyone at nursery that I work at the zoo, and being able to inspire her is amazing. It's such a fantastic organisation and I work with some absolutely amazing people. I feel very, very lucky to be where I am.Kelly Molson: That's lovely. That's really good to hear. I'm sure they would love to hear that as well. But we had a really good chat a few weeks ago about a really interesting topic. It's very topical actually, this topic. So, obviously the pandemic is now over. Restrictions are done, pretty much and so there is a resurgence of people going back to their workplaces in some way, shape, or form. We might have this hybrid mix of people working a little bit from home and back in their offices.Kelly Molson: We had this talk about it in respect to the zoo. You've been tasked with developing a really interesting program to support your team in getting to know and love the zoo again.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: Which I thought was really interesting because, for me, if I worked at the zoo, I'd be like, oh my God, this is the best place ever. I'm going back to it. But I think people have been at home for so long and haven't been able to engage with their workplaces. You've got to spur them back a little bit, right? You've got to show them how amazing it is again. Can you, how did this all come about? Can you tell us about it?Kelly Wessell: Yeah. Yeah. So, obviously COVID hit the zoo, let's say for the last two years. We've been operating very differently to how we did prior to COVID. A lot of learnings and a lot of changes operationally, which have been really, really helpful and have changed us for the better. But what we found was that our teams were tired. Our operational teams have been working so hard and we've been putting a lot of pressure on them in regards to getting us up and running and operating. Things changed quite a lot, sometimes very quickly. My chief operating officer, who is my boss, she said people are feeling a bit flat, what's going on? I'm one of those individuals who... I'll talk to everyone who works at the zoo. I will ask how people are, what's going on, how people's teams are feeling. I started to put feelers out as to how teams are feeling. Across the board, everyone was knackered. Everyone was feeling a bit flat.Kelly Wessell: Taking that back to her and speaking to her about what we could do, and we'd come up with this concept that we would create a pre-peak season launch, but it would be for everyone. So, whether you worked in marketing or HR or our Comms teams, and those teams worked throughout the whole entire pandemic, all of them from home. Most of them haven't come back to the office full time. As well as our operational teams, including all of us in something that could get everyone excited again and show off how good of a job we are doing and what we are going to be doing, and really give everyone some key skills in regards to speaking to visitors, whether you work in catering or whether you are just on site, hot desking and going to, and from meetings across site, you'd be able to interact with our visitors and just make everyone realise what a good job we've done and that we are doing. That's where Operation OKAPI was born, really.Kelly Molson: Operation OKAPI. Is that what it's called?Kelly Wessell: Yeah. Yes.Kelly Molson: What does that, is that... What's the meaning behind that?Kelly Wessell: So, OKAPI is an acronym for Operational Knowledge and Procedural Information. One of our retail team came up with the name, so I'm not going to take any credit here for that, but also everyone loves the okapi at the zoo.Kelly Wessell: We had a baby last year and they're just amazing animals. They were discovered by someone who used to work for ZSL. So, it's got a really good link back to our history, and they're just super cute.Kelly Molson: Yeah. Oh, that's lovely that it's gone a little bit full circle with the name then. This sounds great. It is, I guess... I mean, everybody that worked through that pandemic was exhausted. I mean, anyone that's gone through the pandemic regardless of whether you were working or not working is exhausted because it was such a difficult time. So much to process each day, so much new things to process each day. Never really knowing where you are at all the time, so to be able to reengage your team in such positive ways, obviously you're going to have some really strong benefits for them and for the visitors. What are some of the things that you are actually doing with the program? Can you talk us through that?Kelly Wessell: Yeah. Yeah. We actually run it for the whole of last week. So, Monday to Sunday. We did two hour sessions. We did tea, coffee, and biscuits. Always gets people to come along to this type of stuff. That was the thing we offered.Kelly Molson: Well, get me. Definitely.Kelly Wessell: We then refreshed everyone on our emergency procedures, which is something that we need to do anyway. It's super important, but I think people just assume they're doing the right thing sometimes because they've been there for so long. So, we did emergency procedures. We then went through what was coming up for 2022. Our whole entire program is planned by our programs team. They're absolutely fantastic, they bring in some amazing stuff so we could really get people excited about what was coming up for Easter,Summer, Christmas, the Jubilee.Kelly Wessell: Then had a bite size session on customer service. We're just about to embark on a really big customer service journey. Our operational teams are about to start mystery shopping and put together a program. So, this was a really good opportunity to put customer service on everyone's radar and that we all have the responsibility for it with our internal customers, each other, as well as our visitors. So, we did a bite size session on that and then we went through some accessibility and disability awareness. We're a nearly 200 year old site, and all our staff thought, "Oh, we're so inaccessible. We're not accessible at all." We are, and it's really amazing to share that with everyone, that actually there's only two places in the whole entire zoo that are difficult to access for someone who has additional needs and special care. But the rest of our zoo is totally accessible. All of the additional engagement pieces that we do are part of that as well.Kelly Wessell: It was really nice to be able to share a really good story and message with those teams. Then we did an orientation activity. Bit of a scavenger hunt, and that was to get people out of their seats. Not sitting there just listening to us talk to them, but to go out on site and see some of those things. For example, we have a changing places toilet, which is phenomenal to have and means that individuals with extra needs may have only visited us for a couple of hours because they need to get home and use facilities. We've now ensured that those individuals can have a full day out with us and be dignified and have a space to go if they need it. So, we showed everyone that. We took them to key areas around zoo, and we just made it fun.Kelly Wessell: Talked to people about us having a giraffe house that was, is the only building now on site that is [inaudible 00:14:42] purpose it was built for, and that the people who built it had never seen a giraffe.Kelly Molson: Really?Kelly Wessell: Yes. All these quirky facts, all the historical facts we should be using to our advantage. If you can give visitors little nuggets of information like that, they go away saying, “I never knew that”. I've had, they've told me something secret about the zoo and in turn, hopefully that then retains them, turns them into a member or gets them to visit or share their experience.Kelly Wessell: So, we just tried to make it as fun as possible but giving that really key and core information to everyone. In total, Monday to Sunday, we had 250 members of staff attend, which is a really good turn out for the first time running something like this. All the anecdotal feedback that we've had at the moment has been super positive. We've already had emails saying, "I need to get this team on, or these people couldn't attend. Are you going to run anymore?" So, it is really positive and I have to thank my deputy, Karl, for organising the presentation section and the orientation because actually he did a fabulous job getting all that information together from key teams and was a real big player in delivering. So, yeah. It was a really, really great week.Kelly Molson: Oh, what fantastic feedback that you've had. So, that's really positive, isn't it? Think what you said was really interesting about, and we'll go back to the giraffe house that you said that fact about, whoever had designed and built it had never actually seen a giraffe before, which is crazy. Can only imagine what was going through their heads. But you said that little fact is something that you can share with the guests and they'll be really engaged with it because it's like a secret piece of knowledge that they just discovered, but I guess that's the same for your internal team, right? How many of the people on that day didn't know that little fact? It's those little things that you can share with your team to re-excite them about the place that they work, right? They've just found out something new that they didn't know about yet.Kelly Wessell: Definitely. There's another one where we've got photos of Walt Disney filming our old penguin pool that no one's seen before. So, we're able to share really amazing facts and information, like you said, with our own teams. Going to go away and say, did you know that about the zoo? I think sometimes we see the zoo as being really old, and we are, we can't shy away from that. We are, we have restrictions, we have listed buildings and things like that, but we're really trying to show it in a positive light and share our history because actually that's what's really unique about us.Kelly Wessell: We were founded in 1826 and we were the first scientific zoo and we shouldn't shy away from it. I think that's what we were really trying to get across to people that we know that we have restrictions and barriers because of being one of the oldest zoos, but actually that's really cool, and share it with people, tell people that we are that because then they ask, well, what else can I find out, or why is that like it is? And we can hopefully explain it. So yeah, it was really nice to share historic stuff in a really positive manner.Kelly Molson: Yeah.Kelly Wessell: And it not be seen as a barrier, but be seen as knowledge.Kelly Molson: Well, it's a massive benefit, isn't it? I guess that was one of my questions about this process that you're going through. So, you are, you said earlier that you are now behind driving the visitor experience. But, I mean, that drive can't really happen without an engaged internal team, right? So, what are the benefits of doing this for the team?Kelly Wessell: When you are having a good day, every person that you speak to is having a good day. That's what we are instilling in the teams. If you are excited about coming to work and you are doing something that you're engaged with and you are having fun, people see that and it radiates off of you. In turn, people feel happy and you're giving them a good day.Kelly Wessell: By giving someone a fact that we've given you in their coffee sessions, you could potentially make their whole entire day by just sharing that nugget of knowledge with people. I think that's one of the things that a lot of the teams sat there and went, actually, I can make a difference. I can just turn someone's day around by just interacting with them or sharing some knowledge. That's from teams who aren't visitor focused or aren't out on the ground. We're asking anyone and everyone to just acknowledge obvious to say hello as you're walking across the zoo, because that can really make a difference. I hope that all those people that we had the sessions with last week, if they take anything away that's what they take away and use the most.Kelly Molson: That's really nice, isn't it? It's empowering them to make someone's day a little bit more special.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: Love it. I guess then the benefits to the visitors are they see how engaged your team are that work there. They get a better experience because people have been really positive to them throughout the day. Does it... Is there any other benefits for the visit, for the visitor's perspective?Kelly Wessell: Ultimately, them having a good day out. There's lots of opportunities to potentially transform those day visitors into members, which commercially is fantastic. We've got a huge membership base already, but our members are really important to us and we want to keep growing that, as well as... Someone might see one of our volunteers and see that they're having a great time volunteering with us. They might then want to lend us their time and be engaged in that sense, as well as, we've tasked all the teams with just trying to get people to write in about their day. People love to write a TripAdvisor about a bad day, and we are trying to change that narrative and get people to write about having a good day out with us. Bonus if they mention someone's name. Amazing, because we can track it back. But ultimately, we're all responsible for visitor experience wherever we work. So, we want to try and push those positive reviews and give people the best day out with us.Kelly Molson: Yeah. That's a big statement, isn't it? Ultimately, we are all in control of the visitor experience. So, that's quite a big statement when you put that out there, isn't it? I guess that's a hard thing to instil into someone who works in an office in the middle of the zoo, for example, or isn't a zookeeper, because you could see how the zookeeper would change someone's experience, but they might struggle to engage with it if they just, well I'm so... The job that I do is so detached from the actual day-to-day experience that people are getting here. What other things have you been doing as part of the program that you could share with us?Kelly Wessell: Talking about the power of hello, I think people don't realise how amazing it is to be able to just say hello to someone and welcome them. Also, it helps you with that awkwardness at times. We've got a part of the zoo as you come in the entrance, there's a board, there's a big map. You've walked in, you don't know where you're going, you're excited. The kids are running around and you try to find the first place that you want to go to. Just turning around to that person, seeing that family and saying hello totally sets the tone for their day out. You're proactive. You're saying, “I can see you. I want to help you.”Kelly Wessell: That's what we've been working with and that's just the bite size bits of customer service that we've been doing with the teams, is just trying to say to them, we're not asking you to look at Disney and be that Disney member of staff. When you go to Florida and you get treated like royalty. We're literally just asking you to be confident and to just use everyday skills that we all have. So, just acknowledging visitors detecting that they may, I need help and just start with hello.Kelly Molson: It's such a powerful word, isn't it? As you were describing that scenario, I could feel my shoulders just relax a little bit when you said hello, because you'd be like, oh, yes. There's someone here to help me. Brilliant. You can put yourself in that picture, can't you?Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: You've developed this program with your deputy, Karl, you said earlier. So, you've looked at how you bring all this together. What advice would you give to other attractions that are looking to go through this process? Where is the starting point for all of this and how do you work out what this looks like and how you build it?Kelly Wessell: We went out to the teams out on site, especially the operational teams, just to see what they felt, they needed clarity on. You get the stuff like emergency procedures, like a fire, animal escape that we have. All that stuff, all the fundamentals that we wanted to include to make sure everyone was confident in them. So, you have your core health and safety stuff, but then we started asking teams about how they felt about customer service. Looking at training records, had teams even had customer training? I don't think we've had any customer services training for a good couple of years in some of our teams, then looking at what our visitors want, what do we want to do with our visitors? That sounds really a weird way to say that, but do we want to convert them into members? Do we want them to essentially be inspired to be our next generation of keepers or horticulture do want to encourage volunteering?Kelly Wessell: So, we asked those teams that look after those areas about how we could then thread that in, and the beauty of QR codes, we all know how to use them now. We've armed our team with little lanyard packs now with QR codes that if you want to be a member, you just scan that code and it pops up and you'll be able to upgrade there and then standing in front of them, help them to do it, as well as volunteering. Scan code and you'll be able to see all our volunteering opportunities. We are talking the talk and operation OKAPI is helping us to walk the walk now because we are now giving everyone the tools that they need to be able to give business what they're asking for.Kelly Wessell: So, we compiled feedback from all of last year, which was the most huge Excel document.Kelly Molson: I bet.Kelly Wessell: That our marketing team pulled together, and we looked at key trends there as well. That was our baseline and our foundation for being able to develop what information we needed to give to teams. Just looking at those trends, I think... You sometimes read TripAdvisor or Facebook reviews and they don't make you feel great sometimes. I think, I know teams try hard. I know we are busy, but then stepping back from that and looking at what positives we did have, what negatives we did have, drawing a line and saying, this is what we're doing about it.Kelly Wessell: You don't feel so bad if you read them now because you actually know what we've delivered and what we're asking teams, we know what we're asking them to do. So, we can hopefully be confident that any of that negative feedback, hopefully we can address it, or sadly get those people who are just having a really bad day. We've just said to everyone, people will just have a really bad day and that's fine, as long as you've done what we've asked and you've followed this little nugget of service training, then that's all we can ask you to do. So, yeah. That's where we started and how hopefully we will continue moving this forward.Kelly Molson: So, the program is in progress now, we're recording this on the, what is it? The 21st of March. When do you... How will you review the process? I guess, what you've just described as to how you've gone through the process to put it together, I guess you'll do that in reverse, right? You'll start to then review what the reviews are like and the feedback that you're getting.Kelly Wessell: Yep. So, conveniently our biggest time for membership acquisition is April. We've trained everyone and given them all the information about upgrade into membership and all the detail about it in March ahead of what we hope to be a really big busy Easter. We've got three weeks of Easter this year. So, between myself and my deputy and the other senior management team, we will start to review our social media and our TripAdvisor reviews from... We've targeted from the 1st of April for three weeks and we will see whether any of that narrative changes, but also look at membership acquisition. Has that increased? Have the visits to the QR code that we've given the teams, how many visits we had? Has that changed into members or not?Kelly Wessell: Also, just get live feedback from the team as well on just a roll-in basis. We've just sent out a review, those who have attended to just see what else they might need, or if we were to run again, what would they like? What did we miss out? Because this is a learning curve, it's the first time we've done something like this, so we can always grow and learn from it.Kelly Molson: It's like you said, it's about engaging with the feedback and seeing what you can improve on or add for the next one. I guess, same question, we focused on the visitors there and what their experiences is in there and how that's improved, but how do you monitor it on the flip side? So, you've got a huge team that's coming back and reengaging with the zoo. How do you assess whether the program has worked from them in terms of their engagement levels?Kelly Wessell: We, as a duty management team, host briefings every morning with the ops team managers, and then also our volunteers and our engagement team. So, the first protocol will be to be there, talk to them about it, keep it alive by talking about what we did last week, what we're hoping to see. Also, just in general, be out on the ground. I think as one of the senior management teams, one of the best things that you can do is just be visible to those teams and be supportive.Kelly Wessell: We'll hear it ourselves. I very often base myself on the exit of the zoo for last 30 minutes to hour for the end of the day, saying goodbye to people, and you just get anecdotal feedback there. Those individuals who didn't have such a good day normally will tell you, and then you can talk it through with them and hopefully help turn it around there and then. So, it's about going out to those teams who are there face to face and speaking to them and giving them the opportunity to feed it back to us. So, creating ways for them to be able to feed back to us, how they're feeling, and whether they feel confident in delivering what we've asked them to do.Kelly Molson: Kelly, I've loved this chat. It really shines through how engaged you are with the zoo and what a special place it is to work at. I have no doubt that your enthusiasm and the program that you've put together will pull that through to the whole rest of the team that are coming back now as well.Kelly Wessell: Oh, I really appreciate that. I really do hope so. I'm super passionate and we want to make the staff's day as good as a visitors day. You're giving us your time and we want to make it fun. When it's fun, the day goes quick. You don't realise that the day's gone when you've had a great day, so let's try and make it a great day every day for everyone.Kelly Molson: Yeah, that's perfect. It's a perfect way to end the podcast interview. But I always ask my guests about a book that they love. So, something, it can be personal, it can be work related.Kelly Wessell: This book, How to Be a Productivity Ninja. So, I went to a webinar that ran with an external company, and this book, I haven't actually opened it because I've got a digital copy, but they posted us all one of these after and it was so inspiring. I think working at a zoo, we get so many emails or you get CC'd into so many emails and being part of a senior management team, you do need to know everything that's going on. But I think at times it's very overwhelming. I think we are an email culture now, especially with having to work from home and COVID.Kelly Wessell: So, I went to this webinar and got some really amazing tips and tricks on how to manage your time, but also your work and... So, just learning ways of organising your emails to go into certain folders because it's not as important for you to look at now or only checking your emails between eight and nine, and actually having your email app closed then for the rest of the day until a set period of time. There was just some really, really useful tips and tricks that if you are one of those people who is drowning in emails and always trying to get organised, but this has been super helpful. I always go back to it. When you get off the wagon a little bit and you'll go, oh, things are starting to feel a bit unorganised. I'll always go back to it, especially my notes from the webinar, but also just having some bookmarks saved that just, yeah. Ground me again and just set me back up.Kelly Molson: Yeah, that sounds perfect. That sounds like something that we all need right now. I don't know about you, but I definitely am drowning in emails most days. I do get that anxiety of, oh, God. I've got to go out of the office for a few hours, or I'm going to a conference for the day. What am I going to find when I come back from it? Complete and [crosstalk 00:33:36]Kelly Wessell: Yeah, and I find being in an operational role, if I am in the zoo, I'm not at my desk. I am out and about doing things, I'm speaking to teams, I'm popping in and out of meetings here and there. I do find that when I work from home, that's my catch up days. That's when that really helped, because I just need that time to be able to catch back up. I think people forget that when you are part of ops teams, emails are great, but I'm not going to read it there and then. I'm not going to necessarily do anything about it until I've done my ops stuff. So, I think sometimes also people email us too much. We need to be honest about it and say... “Drop me a line and I'll probably answer the phone quicker than I'll answer the email.”Kelly Molson: That's really good advice actually. Yeah, pick up the phone. It'll probably get responded to quicker. Yeah.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: Something that I always try and tell my team actually, if there's something that needs to be done urgently, you're actually probably better off phoning than you are emailing, but.Kelly Wessell: Yeah.Kelly Molson: Great advice, Kelly, great book as well. Well, if you want to win a copy of Kelly's book, if you head over to our Twitter account and you retweet this episode announcement with the words, 'I want Kelly's book', then you will be in with a chance of winning it. Kelly, I've really loved this chat today. I think it's so relevant and so... Just in my head when we chatted, all I was thinking about was people going back to an office and I was like, oh, it's a bit boring, isn't it? Do people want to go back to offices? It's same old, same old. I can't imagine not being excited about going back to a zoo, but then I've never worked in one. I just think it's been really interesting to see, to hear the small things that can make such a big difference to your team and to your visitors. So, thank you for coming on and sharing that. I hope you have hope you have a brilliant summer. Come back and talk to us next year and let us know how it's all gone.Kelly Wessell: Yeah, definitely.Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. 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Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens. In episode 033 Elle chats with Dr. Ben Garrod about his work: from primatology and evolutionary biology to broadcasting and lecturing. Ben discusses the objective behind his new children's book series ‘Extinct' and how he helps empower children about conservation. Ben discusses what it means to be a scientist and his thoughs on how the subject is intersectional and multi-faceted. Dr. Ben Garrod Socials www.twitter.com/ben_garrod www.instagram.com/ben_garrod www.bengarrod.co.uk Dr. Jane Goodall Institute https://janegoodall.org/ ZSL https://www.zsl.org/ Royal Vet Collage https://www.rvc.ac.uk/ Darwins Finches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_finches University of East Anglia https://www.uea.ac.uk/ Norfolk Wildlife Trust https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/home Youth STEMM Awards https://ysawards.co.uk/ Ben's Books ‘EXTINCT' https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/extinct Ben's TEDX Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEzAHZJnp5M Elle Kaye socials www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy Podcast socials www.instagram.com/specimenspod www.twitter.com/specimenspod www.patreon.com/specimenspod www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration Music Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye
What lives in the Thames? From the things we can see like seals and crabs to the invisible elements like oxygen and nitrate. Find out why the Thames has that signature brown colour and why it is actually a good thing! This episode is all about the recently published State of the Thames Report 2021 by the Zoological Society of London and we are greeted with the lovely and knowledgeable Alison Debney, ZSL's Senior Conservation Programme Manager to tell us all about it. Hosted by our new podcast producer Chloe Russell.To read the State of the Thames Report 2021, visit: https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/ZSL_TheStateoftheThamesReport_Nov2021.pdf ____________________Talk of the Thames has been brought to you by Thames Estuary Partnership https://www.thamesestuarypartnership.org/Socials:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThamesEstPartFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thamesestuarypartnership/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thamesestuarypartnership/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTV3IorpF7Qb9Sp673221jg
Pathology is the science of diagnosing diseases by observing physical changes in animal cells and tissues, either in living, or more commonly dead animals. In this episode, our host Ellie Darbey will explore the unseen…or rather, unheard world of wildlife pathology with the help of ZSL's experienced pathologists, veterinarians, and scientists. Through post mortems on black widow spiders, to giant stranded humpback whales, these four pathology professionals will show the value of this diagnostic work to the conservation and welfare of animals in zoos and in the wild. What are the practicalities of examining large animals like elephants and rhinos? How can pathology be used to solve wildlife crimes? And what do pathology and The Supreme Court have in common? Guests Dr Simon Spiro, Wildlife Health Services, Zoological Society of London Dr Becki Lawson, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London Rob Deaville, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London Dr Tammy Shadbolt, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London Overview 01:22 – Ellie Darbey introduces the first guest, Dr Simon Spiro, to discuss what it's like to be a veterinarian pathologist, and how pathology can be used for animal welfare and conservation 14:06 – Ellie is joined by Dr Becki Lawson to explore the Garden Wildlife Health Project and the detective work used to discover a snake fungal pathogen in Europe. 27:15 – Rob Deaville joins to explain what happened to “Hessy” the humpback whale, and how the Cetacean Strandings programme works. 40:10 – Ellie welcomes the final guest Dr Tammy Shadbolt to discuss the Disease Risk Analysis and Health Surveillance Project and how pathology can help solve wildlife crimes. 49:44 – The speakers give their advice for pursuing a career involving wildlife pathology from their varied backgrounds and perspectives. Resources Previous ZSL Event “Revealing the unseen: the amazing world of wildlife pathology”: https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/revealing-the-unseen-the-amazing-world-of-wildlife-pathology Blog: Grass in the Snake - Zoo Pathology in Practice: https://www.zsl.org/blogs/science/grass-in-the-snake-zoo-pathology-in-practice Royal College of Pathologists: Careers in Pathology: https://www.rcpath.org/discover-pathology/careers-in-pathology.html Royal College of Pathologists: Become a Veterinary Pathologist: https://www.rcpath.org/discover-pathology/careers-in-pathology/become-a-veterinary-pathologist.html Garden Wildlife Health Project: gardenwildlifehealth.org UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP): https://www.zsl.org/science/research/uk-cetacean-strandings-investigation-programme-csip “Hessy” the humpback whale in the media: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/humpback-whale-found-dead-thames-hit-by-ship Collaborative UK Marine Mammals Strandings Project: summary of contaminant data for the period 1993-2001: https://www.cefas.co.uk/publications/techrep/tech131.pdf Disease Risk Analysis and Health Surveillance (DRAHS) Project: https://www.zsl.org/science/wildlife-health/disease-risk-analysis-and-health-surveillance Hazel dormouse 1000th reintroduction: https://www.zsl.org/blogs/science/dormouse-reintroductions--a-landmark-day Study and Research Opportunities at ZSL: https://www.zsl.org/science/postgraduate-study
It's day 6 of COP26 and Oscar is joined by Ray Dhirani, Head of Sustainable Finance, WWF-UK and Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, a Senior research fellow at ZSL's Institute of Zoology, talking about upcoming priorities on biodiversity, the impact of the Dasgupta Review on the ‘Economics of Biodiversity', and hopes for hopes for COP15 next year. Remember to like and subscribe to make sure you don't miss out on any of our other excellent COP26 series. To find out more about us you can follow us on twitter @UKSIF or have a look on our website: uksif.org
In this episode we are joined by Geography student Harriet who completed her placement year with Johnson & Johnson, and Bioscience student Anais who completed her placement year with ZSL. They share their experiences of looking for, securing and being on placement year and share their tips for students currently looking for work experience and how they had to develop and utilise their resilience.
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
The BVA's 2021-22 president is Justine Shotton, who has pledged to make sustainability a key priority for the veterinary profession over the next 12 months. Dr Shotton has taken a sabbatical from her role as veterinary services manager at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire to focus on the presidency, and took time out of relocating to London to join the Vet Times Podcast to discuss her objectives for the year ahead. She also previews some of the sessions taking place at BVA Congress – being hosted by the London Vet Show in November – that will explore the role the profession can play in tackling climate change. ________________________ Justine Shotton BVSc, MSc, MRCVS, is a 2008 University of Bristol veterinary graduate with a first class intercalated degree in veterinary pathology from the RVC She has always had a passion for conservation – after graduating she volunteered at wildlife rehabilitation centres in Guatemala and a small animal clinic in Honduras before spending five years working as a mixed practice vet in Oxfordshire. After completing a master's in wild animal health from the RVC and Zoological Society of London (ZSL), she joined the ZSL as a postgraduate research assistant and wildlife vet for its Species Recovery Programme. While there, she researched and advised on disease risks and management strategies for reintroductions and translocations of native and European wildlife species following local extinctions or population reductions. Since 2015, Dr Shotton has worked at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire. As veterinary services manager, she leads a team of veterinary professionals and animal scientists to optimise the welfare of zoo and wild animals, and is involved in several wildlife reintroduction projects, including the international programme to reintroduce the scimitar oryx back into the wild in Chad in 2016. Alongside her veterinary and conservation work, Dr Shotton works as a small animal and emergency veterinary locum in Hampshire. When not in practice, Dr Shotton lectures on exotics and zoo animal medicine at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and helms the veterinary zoological elective for the university's final-year veterinary students. During her year as BVA junior vice-president (2020-21) she has played an integral role in development of the imminent BVA policy on responsible use of parasiticides, supported the launch of the Greener Practice Checklist and represented the BVA on the UK One Health Co-ordination Group and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe.
Europe is at the centre of an illegal wildlife trade operation worth billions of pounds. Gangs are thought to be smuggling up to 350 million live eels from Europe and shipping them to Asia every single year. Once at their destination, the young eels are farmed to full size and redistributed across the world. But why is the European eel such a valuable commodity? Why has the trade of glass eels been made illegal? And what effect is this having on the species? Dive in with ZSL's Dr Matthew Gollock, eel researcher Kenzo Kaifu, wildlife trade analyst Hiromi Shrirashi, counter-trafficking advisor Grant Miller and the Sustainable Eel Group's Florian Stein. To support the Natural History Museum's work, visit nhm.ac.uk/wildcrimes
This week, we have a fantastic chat with Iain McGill! We discuss his fascinating career including his work spearheading an investigation into the BSE (Mad Cow Disease) crisis, his short stint filmmaking in India, his efforts in animal conservation and campaigning against the badger cull in the UK.Iain trained at King's College London in neuroscience before qualifying at the RVC. Working initially as a clinician for the Blue Cross, he transferred to a government research role for MAFF, investigating bovine neuropathological disease with a focus on BSE and other prion diseases. He continued research on the molecular biology of prions at the Institute of Psychiatry. Iain worked with Dispatches and Channel 4 to blow the whistle on the BSE cover-up. He has worked in phytotherapeutics - researching novel candidates for medicinal compounds derived from plants. Whilst at ZSL, he performed disease risk analysis (DRA) for the recovery of UK endangered species including red kites, dormice, cirl buntings, field crickets and for the re-introduction of the pool frog. Since 2012, Iain has focused on publishing scientific evidence on bovine TB in cattle and other species, campaigning against the badger cull and for animal protection. He continues to see clinical cases and is setting up the PVA (Progressive Veterinary Association).
‘Shortcasts' are short standalone audio comments and statements from conservationists, campaigners, charities, authors and members of our audience. If it needs to be said – say it here! In this shortcast Tom Langton discusses the call for evidence made by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) which could lead to the removal of legislative protection for many of the UK's amphibians and reptiles, and could "allow snake-bashing to become lawful again". Tom Langton started out in conservation in the mid-1970s, joining BTCV mid week and weekend tasks removing pine trees from heathland areas in Dorset Hampshire and Surrey. This led him to meet the British Herpetological Society Conservation committee and work on protecting rare species such as sand lizard, natterjack toad and smooth snakes as a teenager and then its first honorary conservation officer. London based, he found himself in the room at pivotal moments in the development of nature conservation – not just the rare species amphibian and reptile conservation strategy, but the formation of Wildlife Link, the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act in 1981 and the birth of the Bern Convention in Strasbourg.Having completed an ecology degree, he set up the Toads on Roads campaign while completing a survey of Greater London for Great crested newts amongst other duties for the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society. During the 1980s he worked to get the more widespread UK amphibians and reptiles protection under Schedules 5&8 of the 1981 Act, making snake bashing illegal and raising awareness of the steady erosion of ponds from neglect, pollution and infilling, Gaining at least some protection for reptiles from losses of open undisturbed heathland and scrub pushing and pushing with the help of English Nature until adder was finally protected.He went on to found Froglife and the UK Herpetofauna Groups network including the Frog Mortality Project with ZSL, looking at the threat from introduced diseases in and around London and the south of England.The recent news that nine species could be dumped off the protected list due to a change in criteria for listing was not going to escape his attention.
Reptiles - lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodilians – make up almost one third of all land vertebrate species on Earth, and also occur in many marine and freshwater systems. Yet despite their amazing diversity, reptiles remain hugely underrepresented in conservation research and action, when compared to mammals, birds, and even amphibians. In this episode, our host Ellie Darbey finds out from four fantastic reptile experts how this is changing through increased global efforts to put reptiles on the conservation map. What key advances in species assessments have already made an impact for reptile conservation? How does ZSL’s science and conservation work directly contribute to protecting reptiles in the wild? And wait…where is Monni? Guests: Dr Monika Böhm, Freshwater Coordinator, Indianapolis Zoo Global Center for Species Survival. Dr Rikki Gumbs, EDGE Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Zoological Society of London. Emmanuel Amoah, Executive Director, Threatened Species Conservation Alliance (THRESCOAL). Benjamin Tapley, Head of the Reptile Team, Zoological Society of London. Overview 01:38 – Ellie welcomes the first guest, Dr Monni Böhm, to discuss how assessments like the IUCN Sampled Red List Index and Global Assessment of Reptile Distributions are essential for advancing the agenda for reptilian conservation. 14:30 – Dr Rikki Gumbs joins the podcast to talk about the reptilian Tree of Life, and the purpose and impact of ZSL’s EDGE of Existence programme. 24:08 – Emmanuel Amoah discusses the aims of Ghanaian NGO, THRESCOAL, set up following his EDGE Fellowship, and how community-led conservation can be used to help protect the West African slender-snouted crocodile. 33:32 – Ellie is joined by the final guest, Benjamin Tapley, who provides an overview of the contribution of zoos to conservation in the wild, using the example of the Big-Headed Turtle project in Vietnam. 46:25 – All four guests provide their recommendations for the next step in reptile conservation. Resources The IUCN Sampled Red List Index: zsl.org/global-biodiversity-monitoring/indicators-and-assessments-unit/the-sampled-red-list-index Global Reptile Assessment: natureserve.org/conservation-tools/projects/global-reptile-assessment The Global Assessment of Reptile Distributions: gardinitiative.org/ Indianapolis Zoo: indianapoliszoo.com/conservation/ ZSL’s EDGE of Existence Programme: edgeofexistence.org/ Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute: https://granthaminstitute.com/ THRESCOAL: threscoal.org/ Emmanuel’s ZSL EDGE project page: edgeofexistence.org/fellow/emmanuel-amoah/ ZSL London Zoo Reptile House: zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/exhibits/reptile-house ZSL online Science and Conservation Event: zsl.org/science/whats-on/putting-reptiles-on-the-map-zsl-science-for-reptilian-conservation Related ZSL Wild Science podcast episodes: zsl.org/zsl-wild-science-podcast #007: Ten years on the EDGE of Existence #010: Species in the red: behind the scenes of the IUCN Red List #015: Biodiversity indicators: getting the measure of biodiversity and what it all means
Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world, and more than 500 million people worldwide rely on coral reefs for their livelihoods, food security, and coastal protection. However, coral reefs are impacted by several threats, including rises in sea-surface temperature due to climate change. Join Monni as she navigates these unique underwater ecosystems with the help of five fantastic coral connoisseurs. How can new technologies be used to protect and preserve coral reefs for the future? Why is connectivity important? And which fascinating fact will make your brain (coral) explode? Guests: Dr Catherine Head, Institute of Zoology, ZSL and University of Oxford Dr Jamie Craggs FLS, Horniman Museum & Gardens and Natural History Museum, London Dr James Guest, Newcastle University Dr Rosa van der Ven, Wageningen University Dr Chris Yesson, Institute of Zoology, ZSL Overview 01:05 – Monni is joined by the co-host of this episode, Dr Catherine Head, an expert in applied ecology and evolution in marine ecosystems, particularly coral reefs, and how tools like population genetics can help conserve them. 05:29 – First up, Monni and Catherine welcome Dr Jamie Craggs, to discuss how captive breeding techniques in aquaria can be used for coral conservation. 14:40 – Dr James Guest joins the podcast to talk about his work with ‘Coral Assist’, a project which examines the feasibility of using “assisted gene flow” and selective breeding to assist corals in the face of climate change. 24:14 – Dr Rosa van der Ven discusses genetic connectivity of corals between reefs, and explains why connectivity is important for their conservation. 30:52 – Monni and Catherine are joined by their final guest, Dr Chris Yesson, cold water coral expert, to discuss how genetic techniques like coral barcoding are used to identify corals in aquaria, and how this can be useful coral conservation. Resources Project Coral: https://www.horniman.ac.uk/project/project-coral/ Coral Assist: https://www.coralassistlab.org/ ZSL Wild Science Podcast #011 Can we still save coral reefs and what if we don’t?: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-wild-science-podcast ZSL’s work with coral reefs in the Chagos Archipelago: https://www.zsl.org/regions/uk-overseas-territories/chagos-archipelago Bertarelli Foundation: https://www.fondation-bertarelli.org/ Hosted and edited by Dr Monni Böhm, ZSL Research Fellow, and produced by Eleanor Darbey, ZSL Scientific Events Coordinator.
Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, how has this person done so much in such a short space of time? I felt like that speaking to today’s inspiring guest – Josh Powell. Joshua is a conservation biologist and presenter for the WWF Voices campaign on global biodiversity, covering conservation issues from the High Arctic to the Antarctic. In 2017, as a National Geographic Explorer, Josh co-founded Rangers Without Borders, a conservation research programme working with wildlife rangers in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Josh is currently completing a PhD at the Zoological Society of London and UCL on Amur Tiger conservation in north-eastern Asia. And as an advisor for The Queen's Commonwealth Trust on environment and society, Josh was recently named one of The Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World. He’s a busy guy. In this episode we talk about what drives him in his career, how he’s managed to open so many doors to opportunities and he shares some fantastic advice for what you can do to follow in his impressive footsteps.
Wykład prof. Antoniego Dudka, Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie [14 listopada 2019] Polska jako pierwszy kraj bloku wschodniego zrzuciła jarzmo komunizmu. Prof. Antoni Dudek podczas wykładu zorganizowanego przez Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie wskazał czynniki, w wyniku których upadek systemu komunistycznego był możliwy. Odpowiedział również na pytanie, czy wydarzenia w Polsce były impulsem dla przemian demokratycznych w pozostałych demoludach. Prof. Dudek rozpoczął swoje wystąpienie od postawienia tezy, że upadek systemu komunistycznego był przede wszystkim wynikiem kryzysu gospodarczego w krajach bloku wschodniego. Recesja i stagnacja dotknęła w drugiej połowie lat 70. wszystkie demoludy, zaś największe załamanie miało miejsce w Polsce. Co więcej, w krajach bloku sowieckiego rosło zadłużenie względem Zachodu. Szczególnie było to widoczne w PRL, gdzie w ciągu lat 80. dług wzrósł niemal dwukrotnie. Cztery czynniki, które przesądziły o upadku komunizmu W kolejnej cześć wykładu prof. Dudek wskazał czynniki, które jego zdaniem wpłynęły na upadek komunizmu w Polsce. Pierwszy to dojście do władzy w ZSRR Michaiła Gorbaczowa i odejście od doktryny Breżniewa. Drugi to niezadowolenie społeczne z powodu sytuacji gospodarczej, które osiągnęło apogeum pod koniec lat 80. Trzeci to „deregulacja i prywatyzacja państwa państwa komunistycznego”. Prof. Dudek zauważył, że deregulacja była wynikiem konfliktu, jaki po stanie wojennym zaszedł w obozie władzy pomiędzy aparatem pochodzenia wojskowego i cywilnego. Z kolei w wyniku procesu uwłaszczenia nomenklatury jego beneficjenci nie byli zainteresowani utrzymaniem systemu. Czwarty czynnik to niezgoda Kościoła katolickiego na udział w wykreowaniu „nowej opozycji', która nie byłaby skupiona wokół Lecha Wałęsy. Upadek systemu komunistycznego w Polsce Prof. Dudek po wymienieniu faktorów, w wyniku których nastąpił według niego upadek systemu komunistycznego w Polsce, opowiedział o ciągu wydarzeń, których finałem było powołanie rządu Tadeusza Mazowieckiego. Rozpoczęła go fala strajków wiosną i jesienią 1988 roku, która skłoniła władze do podjęcia rozmów z opozycją. Następnym etapem były obrady Okrągłego Stołu i wybory czerwcowe. Kluczowym zaś momentem było przejście części posłów ZSL i SD – ugrupowań sojuszniczych względem PZPR – na stronę opozycji. Wskutek tego, wybór gen. Wojciecha Jaruzelskiego na prezydenta nie był możliwy bez zgody strony solidarnościowej, co stanowiło przełom psychologiczny w relacjach pomiędzy władzą a opozycją. „Jesień Narodów” w Europie Wschodniej Na koniec wykładu prof. Dudek podjął się odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy wydarzenia w Polsce były źródłem „Jesieni Narodów”, w wyniku której upadek komunizmu nastąpił w pozostałych państwach bloku wschodniego. Według prelegenta, stanowiły one „zachęcający przykład”, jednak znaczne większe znaczenie miała polityka pieriestrojki zainicjowana przez Gorbaczowa.
ZSL’s Eleanor Spencer and Ian Welsh talk about the latest SPOTT survey into transparency and strength of corporate commitments on deforestation at the palm oil sector’s top 100 companies. As ever progress across the sector is mixed, with leading companies – particularly suppliers to big consumer-facing brands – continuing to drive best practice, but many others achieving a score of zero across the 180 indicators assessed.
This week: Eleanor Spencer, palm oil specialist at ZSL, on the latest SPOTT survey assessment on the strength of deforestation and conservation commitments at the top 100 palm oil companies. Scores are up, but progress remains disappointing, Spencer argues. Plus: ExxonMobil’s scope 3 emissions disclosure; plastic risks ignored by investors; M&S boycotting China’s Xinjiang province because of forced labour abuses; and, protein grown from the air, in the news digest. Host: Ian Welsh
In part 2 of our trees episode, conservation scientist from the Zoological Society of London, Monica Bohm, talks about how climate change, deforestation and habitat loss is impacting plants and animals around the world. Monica works on ZSL and WWF's Living Planet Report monitoring population sizes of living things.
Cath Tayleur, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, Celine Gamble, ZSL and James Scott-Anderson, from British Marine elaborate on how every single business out there is dependent on biodiversity. They give tips into how businesses can incorporate biodiversity into their strategies and how the Wild Oyster Project is proving what is possible when businesses take the plunge. For links to resources mentioned in the podcast or for further updates, follow us on LinkedIn or email us with any feedback or future content suggestions to alexis@greeneyre.com Directed by Alexis Eyre. Produced by Ceri Hurford-Jones.
Join us for a special episode of Eureka Moments Only where we had the chance to sit down with the Founder of Toucan Ventures, Rasha Khawaja. We spoke about embracing creativity in entrepreneurship and explored her formula for coming up with Eureka Moments. Rasha Khawaja is the founder and CEO of Toucan. Rasha's innate desire for knowledge took her to Brown University where she studied Psychiatry and Cognitive Science. Further education followed at both Oxford University and Cambridge University before Rasha started her career at Condé Nast Publications and went on to work at Christie's. These experiences heightened her entrepreneurial drive and after spotting a gap in the market for a way to help creatives get their businesses out in front of influential business luminaries, Toucan was born. Rasha's passion for innovation and nurturing new talent and business continues through her role as a member of the UKBAA, and being an active member of the advisory board of Innovation RCA and the development and strategy board of the ZSL. Outside of the world of Toucan, Rasha is a devoted mother and an adventurous traveller who one day hopes to conquer Kilimanjaro and The Great Wall of China. Rasha is also dedicated to a number of charities and sits on the board of ‘The Playing For Change Foundation', as well as supporting her family's charity, ‘The Said Foundation'. Toucan Ventures were proud to win ‘One to Watch – Best Entrant to the Angel Ecosystem' at the 2016 Angel Investment Awards. Learn more about Rasha and Toucan Ventures here: http://toucanventures.com/
Welcome to the Beyond Your Research Degree podcast from the University of Exeter Doctoral College! The podcast about non-academic careers and all the opportunities available to you... beyond your research degree! In this episode Kelly Preece, Researcher Development Manager talks to Dr. David Jacoby, Research Fellow at the Zoological Society of London. You can find out more about David on his LinkedIn profile. Music credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Podcast transcript 1 00:00:10,870 --> 00:00:15,620 Hello and welcome to the Beyond Your Research Degree podcast by the University of Exeter, Doctoral College 2 00:00:15,620 --> 00:00:23,920 Hello. 3 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,960 I'm Kelly Peece and welcome to this episode. Today I'm going to be talking to David Jacoby. 4 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:38,800 David works as a research fellow in a university affiliated institution, so he's kind of bridging that gap between industry and academia. 5 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,910 Hi, David. Can you introduce yourself? My name is Dr. David Jacoby. 6 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:49,840 I'm a research fellow at the Institute of Zoology, which is part of the Zoological Society of London. 7 00:00:49,840 --> 00:01:00,470 I've been working there for roughly seven years now. I graduated from the University of Exeter with a research degree in 2012. 8 00:01:00,470 --> 00:01:06,380 My PhD was in animal behaviour and that was from the School of Psychology at the Streatham campus, 9 00:01:06,380 --> 00:01:13,430 and it focussed predominantly on the application of network analysis for understanding shark behaviour. 10 00:01:13,430 --> 00:01:19,130 So, David, can you tell me a little bit about your current role and what it involves as a research fellow? 11 00:01:19,130 --> 00:01:23,930 I have a growing research lab around the theme of network ecology and telemetry, 12 00:01:23,930 --> 00:01:31,250 and this focuses on my main research interests, which are predominately the ecology and conservation of shark species. 13 00:01:31,250 --> 00:01:41,920 So that is things like how they reside with inside and outside marine protected areas, the threats they face from commercial and illegal fisheries. 14 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,800 But another component in my research is also various different animal tracking 15 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:51,110 technologies and how we can use that to understand things about movement, ecology and behaviour. 16 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:56,360 And finally, the third strand of my research is into animal social network analysis as well. 17 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,980 So why animals aggregate predominately in the marine environment for my focus. 18 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:07,730 What this means for population dynamics and how do we quantify social behaviour in fish at all. 19 00:02:07,730 --> 00:02:17,090 So this role really involves supervision of both PhD and masters students, as a research and pure research institute. 20 00:02:17,090 --> 00:02:25,490 We do some degree of teaching associated with some of the other London universities whose masters courses are affiliated to us. 21 00:02:25,490 --> 00:02:34,100 But it's predominantly my role is around data analysis. The writing of grant applications and papers, reviewing grant applications and papers, 22 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:40,520 as well as a big component, and then everyday meetings with students and colleagues. 23 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:47,420 For example, I sit on the Equality and Diversity Committee within the Institute of Zoology, and this is really about taking inward. 24 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:58,250 Look at how we as an organisation represent the diversity in society and how we can improve diversity across academia in general. 25 00:02:58,250 --> 00:03:03,830 In addition to that, we have a lot of responsibilities around communication and outreach activities. 26 00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:13,440 So I spend quite a lot of time trying to present my work to people, be on the scientific community and whether that be at conferences, 27 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:24,200 non-specific scientific conferences and events for the public evening symposia which we put on for public at the Zoological Society of London. 28 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:29,660 And then extra curricular activities include things like editorial responsibilities. 29 00:03:29,660 --> 00:03:37,190 So I am I've been an assistant editor at the Journal of Fish Biology for the last six years. 30 00:03:37,190 --> 00:03:43,340 So that also takes up quite a bit of my time as well. So what's it like working in a pure research institute? 31 00:03:43,340 --> 00:03:47,280 Is it similar or different to conducting research in academia? 32 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,170 And what's the what's your day to day work life like? 33 00:03:51,170 --> 00:03:55,610 I really enjoy working at ZSL or the Zoological Society of London. 34 00:03:55,610 --> 00:04:01,560 It's a pure research institute. And as an organisation, it is absolutely steeped in history. 35 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:07,730 It's nearing its two hundredth anniversary. Charles Darwin was a former fellow of that as well. 36 00:04:07,730 --> 00:04:17,060 And Sir David Attenborough is the current patron. So the place is really inspirational in terms of some of the research that's come out of there. 37 00:04:17,060 --> 00:04:22,760 There's a real diversity of research, a diversity of methods and study systems as well. 38 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,540 So you never really know what you're going to be discussing when you meet people in the tea room. 39 00:04:26,540 --> 00:04:35,150 There's so many different study systems from terrestrial animals to aquatic, from various tracking to genetics. 40 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:40,250 So there's a real mixed bag of people working there. And that's what I like about the place. 41 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:46,520 In many ways it's similar to university, but without the pressure perhaps to conduct quite so much teaching, 42 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:52,100 we do contribute to master's courses from Imperial College, London, University College, London as well. 43 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:59,160 King's Royal Vetinary College and a number of other institutions. So I can do as much or as little teaching as I want, 44 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,230 but I experience the same pressure that you get at a university to bring in grant 45 00:05:03,230 --> 00:05:09,560 money to justify our position to publish regularly in high impact publications. 46 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:18,140 I have an honorary position at UCL, which is one of our main collaborative organisations, 47 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:24,250 and there's broad collaboration across all of the London and London groups and London universities. 48 00:05:24,250 --> 00:05:32,240 And this includes the London doctoral training programme from which we have a kind of annual cohort of these students as well available to us. 49 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:41,210 My average day, I would say, is desk based predominantly, and it will include student meetings, some analysis, a bit of writing, 50 00:05:41,210 --> 00:05:46,970 quite a lot of internal meetings as well, and also external international collaborative meetings, 51 00:05:46,970 --> 00:05:53,030 which can run out of hours as well, depending on who is speaking to. 52 00:05:53,030 --> 00:05:57,070 Then on the flip side of that, I have regular fieldwork each year as well. 53 00:05:57,070 --> 00:06:03,070 So I have two main field sites currently up and running where we track sharks using acoustic telemetry. 54 00:06:03,070 --> 00:06:08,560 My main field site is in the British Indian Ocean territory, one of the largest marine protected areas in the world. 55 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:15,610 And here, the groups tracking reef sharks to understand the role that the marine protected area has on trying to conserve these species, 56 00:06:15,610 --> 00:06:20,520 which are still facing large threats from illegal fishing activity. 57 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,890 The second field site is in northern Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, 58 00:06:23,890 --> 00:06:28,150 and this is tracking critically endangered angel sharks, about which we know very little. 59 00:06:28,150 --> 00:06:31,180 So we're using technologies there to try to understand some of their ecology, 60 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:38,590 some of their daily seasonal and annual variation and movements and distribution. 61 00:06:38,590 --> 00:06:47,950 And this usually involves being out on the water from the vessel based research for anywhere up to three weeks at a time, at least once a year. 62 00:06:47,950 --> 00:06:53,080 Sometimes there are more trips and I also attend both national and international conferences as well. 63 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:59,500 So that's another component of my time. But that's a broad overview of what I tend to do on a day to day basis. 64 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:03,250 So what skills and experiences from your research degree? 65 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:06,910 Do you use specifically in your current role for key skills? 66 00:07:06,910 --> 00:07:16,390 My PhD, I would argue that I really relied on some of the project management experience I got during my PhD 67 00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:26,590 This included things like budgeting, time allocation, delegation of responsibilities and roles to research assistants and to students as well. 68 00:07:26,590 --> 00:07:33,340 But also the importance of reading and reading a lot. Reading around the subject, reading as broadly as possible. 69 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:39,430 Things like practising presentations as well. I used to be terrified of giving presentations. 70 00:07:39,430 --> 00:07:41,380 The more I do, the easier I find it. 71 00:07:41,380 --> 00:07:52,390 So certainly practising that more and more was a skill that I began to acquire during my PhD, which is still really important today. 72 00:07:52,390 --> 00:07:57,280 Also, I would say a willingness to kind of see where a conversation or a train of thought can lead you as well. 73 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:04,600 So I'm very fortunate at the moment in my role that I'm able to kind of explore different avenues of research. 74 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:12,880 But one of the great things about a pure research institute is that you can have a conversation that can set you off on a whole new direction. 75 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,870 It could be bring in whole new techniques, a whole new set of collaborators, 76 00:08:16,870 --> 00:08:23,270 and it can really set start your day or your week or your year off in a very exciting direction. 77 00:08:23,270 --> 00:08:28,450 And the only other thing I would say about what I learnt from my PhD was the importance of listening to people, 78 00:08:28,450 --> 00:08:33,470 taking onboard advice and learning the kind of better habits of people I admired, 79 00:08:33,470 --> 00:08:44,710 but also learning from bad habits of others and generally just trying to treat people in the way that I enjoyed being treated as a student myself. 80 00:08:44,710 --> 00:08:48,610 I learnt a lot from my supervisors and I learnt a lot from the people I interacted with. 81 00:08:48,610 --> 00:08:53,980 During my PhD and I've really made a conscious effort to try and take some of those good 82 00:08:53,980 --> 00:09:00,190 components and repeat them and pass them on to students that I now supervise as well. 83 00:09:00,190 --> 00:09:04,630 Are there any additional activities or extracurricular projects you would advise research 84 00:09:04,630 --> 00:09:09,160 degree students to get involved in to help make them more employable extracurricular activities? 85 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,450 As I said, I. I have my editorial roles for various different journals. 86 00:09:13,450 --> 00:09:19,660 These have been extremely rewarding for me as I've learnt a lot about the peer review system and about research in general. 87 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:25,420 It's meant I've had to interact with a lot of different researchers worldwide, both for requests for review, 88 00:09:25,420 --> 00:09:30,020 but also managing the comments as they come in and then dealing with the authors 89 00:09:30,020 --> 00:09:37,270 and and being the Go-Between between the authors and reviewers as well. That's been a really rewarding and interesting experience. 90 00:09:37,270 --> 00:09:43,720 So I would highly recommend if those opportunities come up. Taking those organising events is certainly a very useful thing to do. 91 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,960 Again, this comes down to project management. 92 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:56,050 And I helped organise a behaviour meeting while I was at Exeter during my PhD and that was a very useful thing to do. 93 00:09:56,050 --> 00:10:03,770 I currently run a twice monthly bio logging journal club where we discuss and critique new papers in the field of animal tracking. 94 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:11,800 And this really, again, encourages people to read. It stimulates discussion amongst people of a like mind. 95 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:17,580 It enables you to keep on top of the literature and learn new new things. 96 00:10:17,580 --> 00:10:23,110 But just just having to run that really forced me to to bring the group together 97 00:10:23,110 --> 00:10:29,590 and to meet on a regular basis and to discuss things on a regular basis as well. 98 00:10:29,590 --> 00:10:35,770 I would advise offering yourself out to help out on committees that, you know, 99 00:10:35,770 --> 00:10:41,610 really try and have an impact on the environment you work in and try and really be 100 00:10:41,610 --> 00:10:45,940 be an individual that pushes forward better practises within that institution, 101 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:53,070 an organisation that can always be improvements made both at an institutional level, but also at a wider. 102 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:57,090 Academic level as well. So I would say use your voice. 103 00:10:57,090 --> 00:11:01,950 Everyone, everyone has an important thing. Everyone has important things to say. 104 00:11:01,950 --> 00:11:06,490 And I would use that to try and improve the surroundings that you're in. 105 00:11:06,490 --> 00:11:17,280 And the field as a whole. And finally, what advice would you give to students who are thinking about applying for roles in pure research institutes? 106 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:24,270 The advice that I always give isn't necessarily specific to a research institute at all, but it is useful, I think. 107 00:11:24,270 --> 00:11:29,730 And that is learn a skill, whether that be coding or learning a programming language. 108 00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:37,800 Genetic techniques and mathematical processes or all things from physics, anything like that. 109 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:45,150 And bring that skill to the organisation that you want to work at or the study system that you want to work on, particularly in ecology and zoology. 110 00:11:45,150 --> 00:11:55,020 We are crying out for interdisciplinary research techniques, people to bring in research from other areas. 111 00:11:55,020 --> 00:12:00,090 I mean, science is becoming an increasingly interdisciplinary thing to do. 112 00:12:00,090 --> 00:12:06,720 So thinking outside the box is a must. And outside skills often pave the way for new, very novel research. 113 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,730 And these can be be the difference in, you know, really progressing the field. 114 00:12:11,730 --> 00:12:15,210 So I would I would definitely recommend trying to learn a skill as opposed to being 115 00:12:15,210 --> 00:12:21,540 focussed on a particular system or a particular study organism or something like that. 116 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:26,310 The second and final piece of advice I would also give is to be really persistent as well. 117 00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:32,820 There is no tried and tested method from going from your PhD to the job you finally want to end up in. 118 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:41,520 It took me many years to get to the point where I was being paid to lead my own research and often just a foot in the door is really important. 119 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:49,380 So I actually took up a six month unpaid internship after my PhD, which wasn't wasn't ideal. 120 00:12:49,380 --> 00:12:54,220 And it's also not feasible for everyone as well. But it was really important. 121 00:12:54,220 --> 00:12:57,720 I was able to get a foot in the door at the Zoological Society of London. 122 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:05,580 And since then I've stayed and I've slowly developed my own strands of research, my own research group over time. 123 00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:10,170 So people take different routes. There is no right way of getting from A to B. 124 00:13:10,170 --> 00:13:19,050 And it's important to remember that, but it will take a lot of persistence. So stick at it if you're keen and the rewards will come. 125 00:13:19,050 --> 00:13:27,010 Thank you so much, David, for taking the time to share your thoughts and your experience. 126 00:13:27,010 --> 00:13:42,765 And that's it for this episode. Join us next time when we'll be talking to another researcher about their career beyond their research degree.
Did you know 50 billion years of evolutionary history is under threat of extinction? Rikki Gumbs from ZSL Edge programme and Dr James Rosindell discuss punk turtles (aka Mary River Turtle), how to Zoom in on the Tree of Life and why we need to save the rarest and most precious of our species who are on the edge of extinction. This podcast is the latest in our series in collaboration with the Grantham Institute. Photo courtesy of ZSL and copyright Chris Van Wyk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dan Saladino looks at the legal and illegal global trade in wild meat. After links have been made between the Covid-19 pandemic and wild animal populations, there have been calls for a complete ban on the hunting, trade and consumption of wild animals. As Dan explains, this would be a mistake and could even lead to greater risks to human health and livelihoods. Most food cultures still feature wild animals, from deer, rabbit and game birds in northern Europe, to cane rats, porcupine and antelope in Africa. Much of this is legal and sustainable, however, in an increasingly globalised world, a parallel and unsustainable illegal trade has been flourishing. Because of its illicit nature hard figures are hard to come by, but the illegal wild animal business is put at around $10bn a year; below the gun and drugs trade but on a par with international people trafficking. Current thinking is that the Covid-19 outbreak originated at a so called 'wet market' in Wuhan in China; the virus is believed to have spread from bats, through other wild or domesticated animals packed together in a market and then passed onto humans. Because of this scenario, there have been calls from health professionals and politicians for a complete ban on the wild meat trade. Everyone agrees that the wild animal markets need to be reformed and current bans on the illegal trade should be enforced. However as Dan hears from EJ Milner-Gulland, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford, who has spent thirty years working on animal conservation, this blanket approach is far too simplistic and could create more harm than good. There are communities around the world still dependent on wild animals for their food security and economic well being. A blanket ban would do serious harm to many already vulnerable populations. Professor Milner-Gulland also explains that there is blurring between wild animals used as food and those used as medicine, which has created a complex supply chain that also blurs the legal status of these animals. What we also need to be focusing on, she argues, is the impact of our own industrial food system on biodiversity and future risks of pandemic. This is a point echoed by Professor Andrew Cunningham, an expert in animal diseases at ZSL. He also explains the long history of zoonotic diseases such as measles, small pox and mumps as they jumped from animals to humans, in some cases thousands of years ago, and then moved around the world as humans travelled and traded. The Chinese food expert Fuchsia Dunlop explains that although the wild meat trade is a big issues in China, live animals have been disappearing from markets in towns and cities in recent decades as the country modernises. To provide an insight into how important wild animals are to the identities and food security of some cultures Dan Saladino speaks with Alyssa Crittenden, based at the University of the Nevada, Las Vegas, an expert on one of the world's last remaining hunter gatherers, the Hadza. Nature, their environment, including wild animals and their meat, are essential to the survival of the Hadza in their remote part of Tanzania Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.
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Witam was w 74 odcinku podkastu “Historia Polski dla Dzieci oraz według Dzieci”. Dzisiaj będziemy kontynuować temat transformacji systemowej, który zaczęliśmy w poprzednim odcinku. Tydzień temu mówiliśmy o dwóch trudnych decyzjach, które podjęli wtedy ludzie.Pierwszą podjął Wałęsa i Solidarność. Zdecydowali, że nie będą walczyć z komunistami, ale będą im się sprzeciwiać. Zamiast rewolucji postanowili stosować bierny opór. Wielu ludzi ich za to krytykowało. Wiele osób dalej ich za to krytykuje. Wiele osób dzisiaj krytykuje Wałęsę. Są nawet tacy, którzy mówią, że był zdrajcą. Są oczywiście też tacy, którzy uważają, że dobrze zrobił. Zdania co do Wałęsy są bardzo podzielone.Ludzie mają też różne zdania na temat Jaruzelskiego i tego, że wprowadził on stan wojenny. Tak pewnie pamiętacie Jaruzelski tłumaczył, że wolał sam wprowadzić stan wojenny niż pozwolić na to, aby Polskę zaatakowały inne kraje. Jednak wiele osób mu nie wierzy. Tacy ludzie mówią, że nikt by nas nie zaatakował, a Jaruzelski jest zbrodniarzem, bo wprowadził stan wojenny i jak tyran zamykał ludzi do więzień. Podczas stanu wojennego zginęli też ludzie szczególnie w kopalni Wujek.Tak więc tydzień temu mówiliśmy o dwóch trudnych decyzjach. Pierwszą podjął Wałęsa. Postanowił, że nie będzie rewolucji czyli takiej szybkiej zmiany, a za to Solidarność będzie stosować bierny opór co doprowadzi do powolnych zmian. Drugą decyzję podjął Jaruzelski wybierając mniejsze zło jakim miał być stan wojenny. Ale to nie koniec. Dzisiaj powiemy sobie o trzeciej decyzji, którą podjął premier Mazowiecki, a która jest chyba jeszcze bardziej krytykowana. W rządzi Mazowieckiego ministrem finansów został Leszek Balcerowicz. On również podjął wiele decyzji, które wielu chwali, a inni krytykują. Co takiego zrobił Mazowiecki? Co takiego zrobił Balcerowicz? O tym za chwilę, najpierw musimy powiedzieć jak do tego doszło, że ktoś z Solidarności mógł zostać premierem.Podczas stanu wojennego Wałęsa i inni zostali aresztowani, ale później ich wypuszczono. Solidarność dalej stosowała bierny opór i komuniści widzieli, że nie są w stanie wygrać. Postanowili więc dogadać się z Wałęsą i Solidarnością. Przygotowano więc wielki okrągły stół gdzie komuniści mogli dyskutować z Solidarnością. Komuniści zgodzili się oddać trochę władzy Solidarności. Ale co dokładnie dostała Solidarność po okrągłym stole? Ile władzy komuniści zgodzili się oddać Solidarności?Po raz pierwszy Solidarność miała swoja gazetę i troszeczkę czasu w telewizji. Postanowiono też, że będą wybory. Ale te wybory nie były do końca uczciwe. Partia komunistyczna i jej przyjaciele dostali 300 miejsc, a Solidarność mogła walczyć tylko o 160 miejsc. Tak więc nawet gdyby Solidarność wygrała i dostała wszystkie te 160 miejsc to i tak komuniści mieliby 300 czyli prawie dwa razy więcej. Tak też się stało. W czerwcu 1989 roku odbyły się wybory, Solidarność dostała te 160 miejsc, a komuniści te 300 miejsc. Powstał tz. sejm kontraktowy. Niektórzy uważali, że już wtedy skończył się komunizm.Inni jednak twierdzą, że komuniści dalej rządzili, bo mieli dwa razy więcej miejsc, a wybory nie były uczciwe. Ten sejm wybrał na prezydenta generała Jaruzelskiego. Tego samego generała, który wprowadził w Polsce stan wojenny. Wtedy stało się coś czego komuniści nie przewidzieli.Strona rządowa była podzielona na trzy partie: PZPR czyli komunistów, ZSL czyli partię chłopską oraz SD czyli Stronnictwo Demokratyczne. Wałęsa namówił ZSL i SD, aby stworzyły rząd razem z Solidarnością, a nie z PZPR czyli komunistami. Oni zgodzili się. Gdy komuniści dowiedzieli się co się dzieje, też postanowili dołączyć. Tak powstał rząd Tadeusza Mazowieckiego, który poparli wszyscy, zarówno Solidarność jak i PZPR, ZSL oraz SD. Tadeusz Mazowiecki był doradcą Lecha Wałęsy. Co takiego jednak zrobił Mazowiecki? Co takiego zrobił, że zasłużył na krytykę? Wielu go chwali, ale inni go krytykują, szczególnie za politykę “grubej kreski”. Czym była polityka grubej kreski?Gruba kreska oznaczała, że jeżeli komuniści oddadzą władzę bez walki to nikt nie będzie ich sądził za to co zrobili. Wielu ludzi uważa, że to był błąd Mazowieckiego. Inni twierdzą, że lepiej, że ta zmiana dokonała się bez walki i chwalą Mazowieckiego. A co wy myslicieW tym rządzie było wiele znanych osób, ale tym który najbardziej zmienił Polskę był Leszek Balcerowicz. On przeprowadził prywatyzację. W komunistycznej Polsce wszystkie fabryki należały do rządu. Balcerowicz to zmienił i teraz większość fabryk należy do ludzi. Wiele osób do dzisiaj krytykuje Balcerowicza za jego reformy.Co ciekawe rządy się zmieniały. Najpierw premierem był Mazowiecki potem Bielecki, ale jedno się nie zmieniało ministrem finansów był Leszek Balcerowicz. Co takiego zrobił minister finansów? Co takiego zrobił Leszek Balcerowicz? W komunistycznej Polsce wszystkie rzeczy, np. fabryki należały do państwa. Teraz Balcerowicz sprywatyzował to, tz. sprzedał te fabryki prywatnym ludziom i firmom. Ponieważ jednak tylko bogaci ludzie mogli je kupić wiele osób krytykuje Balcerowicza za tą prywatyzację. Wtedy też przyjechali bogaci ludzie z innych krajów i oni też kupowali te polskie fabryki. Także to ludzie mają za złe Balcerowiczowi. Oczywiście nie wszyscy ludzie krytykują premiera Mazowieckiego i ministra finasów Balcerowicza. Wiele osób chwali Mazowieckiego za to co zrobił. Podobnie jest z Balcerowiczem. Wielu ludzi twierdzi, że rozwój Polski był spowodowany właśnie działaniem Balcerowicza.Podsumowując te dwa odcinki. Ludzie, którzy działali podczas transformacji PRLu w III RP podjęło wiele decyzji. Niektórzy uwarzają, że to były dobre decyzje inni je krytykują. A co wy myślicie? Czy droga biernego oporu, którą wybrał Wałęsa była dobra? Czy generał Jaruzelski słusznie wprowadził stan wojenny? Czy polityka “grubej kreski” Mazowieckiego była dobrą decyzją? Czy Balcerowicz dobrze zrobił gdy prywatyzował państwowe fabryki? Zapytajcie rodziców, dziadków, swoich nauczycieli i inne osoby o to co myślą w tych czterech sprawach.Na dzisiaj to wszystko. W nagraniu pomagali mi uczniowie z Polskiej Szkoły Sobotniej w Wellingborough im. Pilotów Dywizjonu 303. Pomysł na ten temat podsunęła mi nauczycielka z tej szkoły pani Joanna. Bardzo chciałem wam podziękować za pomysł oraz za udział.
Witam was w 74 odcinku podkastu “Historia Polski dla Dzieci oraz według Dzieci”. Dzisiaj będziemy kontynuować temat transformacji systemowej, który zaczęliśmy w poprzednim odcinku. Tydzień temu mówiliśmy o dwóch trudnych decyzjach, które podjęli wtedy ludzie.Pierwszą podjął Wałęsa i Solidarność. Zdecydowali, że nie będą walczyć z komunistami, ale będą im się sprzeciwiać. Zamiast rewolucji postanowili stosować bierny opór. Wielu ludzi ich za to krytykowało. Wiele osób dalej ich za to krytykuje. Wiele osób dzisiaj krytykuje Wałęsę. Są nawet tacy, którzy mówią, że był zdrajcą. Są oczywiście też tacy, którzy uważają, że dobrze zrobił. Zdania co do Wałęsy są bardzo podzielone.Ludzie mają też różne zdania na temat Jaruzelskiego i tego, że wprowadził on stan wojenny. Tak pewnie pamiętacie Jaruzelski tłumaczył, że wolał sam wprowadzić stan wojenny niż pozwolić na to, aby Polskę zaatakowały inne kraje. Jednak wiele osób mu nie wierzy. Tacy ludzie mówią, że nikt by nas nie zaatakował, a Jaruzelski jest zbrodniarzem, bo wprowadził stan wojenny i jak tyran zamykał ludzi do więzień. Podczas stanu wojennego zginęli też ludzie szczególnie w kopalni Wujek.Tak więc tydzień temu mówiliśmy o dwóch trudnych decyzjach. Pierwszą podjął Wałęsa. Postanowił, że nie będzie rewolucji czyli takiej szybkiej zmiany, a za to Solidarność będzie stosować bierny opór co doprowadzi do powolnych zmian. Drugą decyzję podjął Jaruzelski wybierając mniejsze zło jakim miał być stan wojenny. Ale to nie koniec. Dzisiaj powiemy sobie o trzeciej decyzji, którą podjął premier Mazowiecki, a która jest chyba jeszcze bardziej krytykowana. W rządzi Mazowieckiego ministrem finansów został Leszek Balcerowicz. On również podjął wiele decyzji, które wielu chwali, a inni krytykują. Co takiego zrobił Mazowiecki? Co takiego zrobił Balcerowicz? O tym za chwilę, najpierw musimy powiedzieć jak do tego doszło, że ktoś z Solidarności mógł zostać premierem.Podczas stanu wojennego Wałęsa i inni zostali aresztowani, ale później ich wypuszczono. Solidarność dalej stosowała bierny opór i komuniści widzieli, że nie są w stanie wygrać. Postanowili więc dogadać się z Wałęsą i Solidarnością. Przygotowano więc wielki okrągły stół gdzie komuniści mogli dyskutować z Solidarnością. Komuniści zgodzili się oddać trochę władzy Solidarności. Ale co dokładnie dostała Solidarność po okrągłym stole? Ile władzy komuniści zgodzili się oddać Solidarności?Po raz pierwszy Solidarność miała swoja gazetę i troszeczkę czasu w telewizji. Postanowiono też, że będą wybory. Ale te wybory nie były do końca uczciwe. Partia komunistyczna i jej przyjaciele dostali 300 miejsc, a Solidarność mogła walczyć tylko o 160 miejsc. Tak więc nawet gdyby Solidarność wygrała i dostała wszystkie te 160 miejsc to i tak komuniści mieliby 300 czyli prawie dwa razy więcej. Tak też się stało. W czerwcu 1989 roku odbyły się wybory, Solidarność dostała te 160 miejsc, a komuniści te 300 miejsc. Powstał tz. sejm kontraktowy. Niektórzy uważali, że już wtedy skończył się komunizm.Inni jednak twierdzą, że komuniści dalej rządzili, bo mieli dwa razy więcej miejsc, a wybory nie były uczciwe. Ten sejm wybrał na prezydenta generała Jaruzelskiego. Tego samego generała, który wprowadził w Polsce stan wojenny. Wtedy stało się coś czego komuniści nie przewidzieli.Strona rządowa była podzielona na trzy partie: PZPR czyli komunistów, ZSL czyli partię chłopską oraz SD czyli Stronnictwo Demokratyczne. Wałęsa namówił ZSL i SD, aby stworzyły rząd razem z Solidarnością, a nie z PZPR czyli komunistami. Oni zgodzili się. Gdy komuniści dowiedzieli się co się dzieje, też postanowili dołączyć. Tak powstał rząd Tadeusza Mazowieckiego, który poparli wszyscy, zarówno Solidarność jak i PZPR, ZSL oraz SD. Tadeusz Mazowiecki był doradcą Lecha Wałęsy. Co takiego jednak zrobił Mazowiecki? Co takiego zrobił, że zasłużył na krytykę? Wielu go chwali, ale inni go krytykują, szczególnie za politykę “grubej kreski”. Czym była polityka grubej kreski?Gruba kreska oznaczała, że jeżeli komuniści oddadzą władzę bez walki to nikt nie będzie ich sądził za to co zrobili. Wielu ludzi uważa, że to był błąd Mazowieckiego. Inni twierdzą, że lepiej, że ta zmiana dokonała się bez walki i chwalą Mazowieckiego. A co wy myslicieW tym rządzie było wiele znanych osób, ale tym który najbardziej zmienił Polskę był Leszek Balcerowicz. On przeprowadził prywatyzację. W komunistycznej Polsce wszystkie fabryki należały do rządu. Balcerowicz to zmienił i teraz większość fabryk należy do ludzi. Wiele osób do dzisiaj krytykuje Balcerowicza za jego reformy.Co ciekawe rządy się zmieniały. Najpierw premierem był Mazowiecki potem Bielecki, ale jedno się nie zmieniało ministrem finansów był Leszek Balcerowicz. Co takiego zrobił minister finansów? Co takiego zrobił Leszek Balcerowicz? W komunistycznej Polsce wszystkie rzeczy, np. fabryki należały do państwa. Teraz Balcerowicz sprywatyzował to, tz. sprzedał te fabryki prywatnym ludziom i firmom. Ponieważ jednak tylko bogaci ludzie mogli je kupić wiele osób krytykuje Balcerowicza za tą prywatyzację. Wtedy też przyjechali bogaci ludzie z innych krajów i oni też kupowali te polskie fabryki. Także to ludzie mają za złe Balcerowiczowi. Oczywiście nie wszyscy ludzie krytykują premiera Mazowieckiego i ministra finasów Balcerowicza. Wiele osób chwali Mazowieckiego za to co zrobił. Podobnie jest z Balcerowiczem. Wielu ludzi twierdzi, że rozwój Polski był spowodowany właśnie działaniem Balcerowicza.Podsumowując te dwa odcinki. Ludzie, którzy działali podczas transformacji PRLu w III RP podjęło wiele decyzji. Niektórzy uwarzają, że to były dobre decyzje inni je krytykują. A co wy myślicie? Czy droga biernego oporu, którą wybrał Wałęsa była dobra? Czy generał Jaruzelski słusznie wprowadził stan wojenny? Czy polityka “grubej kreski” Mazowieckiego była dobrą decyzją? Czy Balcerowicz dobrze zrobił gdy prywatyzował państwowe fabryki? Zapytajcie rodziców, dziadków, swoich nauczycieli i inne osoby o to co myślą w tych czterech sprawach.Na dzisiaj to wszystko. W nagraniu pomagali mi uczniowie z Polskiej Szkoły Sobotniej w Wellingborough im. Pilotów Dywizjonu 303. Pomysł na ten temat podsunęła mi nauczycielka z tej szkoły pani Joanna. Bardzo chciałem wam podziękować za pomysł oraz za udział.
Natural rubber is all around us – in our car tyres, medical supplies, shoes and even yoga mats. But is it produced sustainably? In this podcast, Liontrust’s Mike Appleby and Eleanor Spencer of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) discuss how investors and other stakeholders can help to ensure increased transparency and better practices in the natural rubber supply chain. ZSL’s inaugural assessments of companies in the natural rubber sector can be explored on the SPOTT website: https://www.spott.org/natural-rubber/
Wildlife conservation used to be largely financed by wealthy donors and governments. Now, efforts to attract institutional investors are showing significant potential, as a recent Rhino Bond launched by the Zoological Society of London, the FT’s seasonal appeal partner this year, showed. Oliver Withers, ZSL’s head of conservation finance and Aunnie Patton Power, expert in innovative investing and impact finance talk to John Aglionby about the changing landscape of conservation financing. Visit the FT’s seasonal appeal page to donate hereContributors: John Aglionby, assistant UK news editor, Oliver Withers, ZSL’s head of conservation finance and Aunnie Patton Power, expert in innovative investing and impact finance. Producer: Fiona Symon. Editor: Breen Turner See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week: Lucita Jasmin and Brad Sanders from Indonesian resources company APRIL, Fitrian Ardiansyah from IDH and Indonesia, Justin Adams from Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb discuss the role of business in making landscape-level conservation and restoration work effectively. Plus: the latest research from ZSL’s SPOTT analysis on palm oil traceability, global energy demands hit climate goals, modern slavery dangers for Cambodia’s apparel sector and new radar remote sensing initiative to bring deforestation transparency, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh
Professor Ken Norris is the Director of Science at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Ken leads ZSL's Institute of Zoology, which is the world’s only university in a zoo and he also oversees the vet teams who look after the welfare of animals at London and Whipsnade zoos. We talk about his exciting career in conservation science and he shares his advice for someone looking to secure a PhD as part of the academic route into conservation. As always, it’s a wide-ranging career-boosting episode!
June 9th is World Swallowtail Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a trip to ZSL’s Butterfly Paradise to marvel at swallowtails, their bird poo mimicking larvae and get a good sniff of the osmeterium. The what? Find out in this episode, where Monni and guests discuss important conservation work for swallowtails at home and abroad, learn about butterfly houses and ZSL’s ongoing work assessing the status of swallowtails worldwide, and are introduced to the Dance of the Golden Birdwing. Happy World Swallowtail Day!
Are you working in something totally unrelated to conservation and dreaming of switching into a career helping wildlife to flourish? Well that’s exactly what today’s guest has done successfully, and right in at the top. Dominic Jermey OBE worked as a senior British diplomat for over 20 years in countries such as East Timor and the United Arab Emirates, ultimately serving as British ambassador to Afghanistan. From there he switched careers and moved into wildlife conservation as the director general of the Zoological Society of London. Now ZSL is an international conservation charity with a vision of a world where wildlife thrives. They’re working every day to achieve this with science-fuelled conservation around the world, and by engaging millions of people at their two world-class zoos, ZSL London and ZSL Whipsnade. In this fascinating discussion we talk about his career journey and highlights, and decision to move from diplomacy into conservation. We also discuss his role as director general and how he’s shaping ZSL as it approaches its 200th anniversary. Finally, Dominic shares his careers advice and insights for people working in an unrelated role to conservation but looking to switch into it. As always, if you enjoy our podcast, please let us know and do leave us a review, we read them all and they really help us to get in front of more people.
NEWs from world of news: pterosaur 'feathers', Sobrarbesiren, scavenging snowshoe hares, and whatever happened to the Kabomani tapir?NEWs from the world of Darren and John: TetZooCon 2018, Crystal Palace, ZSL book event, ARC-BHS meeting, PopPalaeo Dec 2018, and Darren in ChinaNEW at TetZoo: sungrebe pouches, tetrapteryx, and sauropod life appearance.
Michael Guindon, palm oil technical adviser with ZSL, talks with Ian Welsh about how the most recent SPOTT tool analysis, assessing palm oil, has provided evidence of positive progress in the sector on the one hand, while also highlighting that many companies still have a lot to do. For example: only half of companies that have no deforestation commitments are transparent on how they are monitoring their progress against them. Guindon also argues that while many palm oil companies have been focused on producing solid policies on deforestation, there are significant implementation gaps in the way of achieving 2020 commitments, but that the revised RSPO principles and criteria will help. And while it is tempting for retailers to ban palm oil, Guindon puts the case for why this is counterproductive.
Sixty percent of animal populations have been eliminated since 1970 due to human activities, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The ZSL prepared a comprehensive report on the status of animal populations around the globe for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report presented data gathered on more than 16,000 populations of several species from 1970 to 2014. According to the report, wildlife populations have significantly declined during the period of observation and are continuing to dwindle until present. The report also revealed that some human activities were the major reasons for the drop in the populations observed. The first, which caused the greatest damage, is the destruction of animal habitats to accommodate farming. The second is killing animals for food. Currently, 300 species of mammals being consumed for food are headed for extinction, while marine animals are being threatened by overfishing in 50% of the world's oceans. Irresponsible disposal of chemical wastes has also led to contamination of marine wildlife and is now threatening to eliminate half of the world's killer whales. Lastly, transporting and selling animals from country to country have caused some diseases and pests to spread like wildfire and kill animals in destination countries. In light of the new data, the WWF said that old solutions such as building wildlife sanctuaries are no longer enough to stem the tide of wildlife decline. The organization recommended the creation of laws and major changes, which will help preserve animal populations, in private companies. In addition, the WWF called on individuals to limit their meat consumption.
This week: Michael Guindon, palm oil specialist from the Zoological Society of London, gives his impressions from the recent RSPO general assembly in Malaysia and details ZSL's latest analysis of the palm oil sector's progress against its commitments. And Ramon Arratia from Ball Beverage Packaging Europe puts the case for non-plastic packaging for drinks. Plus: insight from the UN's 2018 Emissions Gap Report, a potential Cerrado agreement, viscose supply risks and new responsible banking principles, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh
In this special mini-episode join Monni at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition for a teaser of what our researchers will be talking on our ZSL stand ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. Learn about the camera traps, tags and trackers being deployed around the world to study and monitor wildlife in remote locations, and what we can learn from the data they capture. Find out why should come along to the exhibition and what you can see and do at our exhibit, from animal top trumps, a cuddly shark, display camera traps and trackers, and an interactive game flapping an albatross!
This week I chat to Ann and Emma from ZSL London Zoo Library @ZSLLibrary. The ZSL Library is one of the oldest and largest zoological libraries in the world and their collections are absolutely fascinating. Stuart from the ZSL press team sat in on the interview and it was organised by them with assistance from Emma, so he's the male voice you can hear and the person we occasionally refer to during the episode. We do cover Ann and Emma's career journeys and CPD, but the focus of the episode is on the library itself. Full disclosure: I've been a ZSL member for years and have an almost nerdy fascination with both London and Whipsnade Zoos, which *may* become apparent as you listen to the episode...
This episode is hosted by guest presenter Charlotte Coales, Public Engagement with Conservation Science Coordinator at ZSL. Charlotte and co-presenter Heidi Ma explore wildlife in China, a vast ‘megadiverse’ country that contains over 10% of global mammal species. From addressing pangolin trade for traditional Chinese medicine to protecting the beautiful and mysterious snow leopard, find out about the collaborative conservation projects stretching across China’s wide range of ecosystems.
Jim Mackie Bio Jim was appointed The Zoological Society of London s (ZSL) s first Animal Training and Behaviour Officer in 2012 having previously demonstrated the value of trained behaviors to improve husbandry and welfare in the zoo s living collections. Jim s interest in animal behavior began when he trained his own raptors for educational demonstrations 25 years […] The post Jim Mackie – Animal Training and behavior officer, Zoological society of London. appeared first on Animal Training Academy.
In this first episode of the ZSL Wild Science podcast, we interview speakers taking part in a debate at the Zoological Society of London: ‘Global biodiversity decline is not impacted by my daily decisions’. Join presenter Monni Böhm, a research scientist in ZSL’s Institute of Zoology, to discuss whether the problem of declining biodiversity requires global-scale political, technological and economic solutions, or whether individuals can make a difference.
Toby Webb meets with Abigail Herron, global head of responsible investment at Aviva Investors, and Clara Melot, SPOTT engagement and impacts manager at ZSL, to discuss how palm oil is rising up the investor agenda in 2018, and how a new guide for investors can be used to engage palm oil companies. Click here to download the new guide https://www.spott.org/news/sustainable-palm-oil-responsible-investment/
Ahead of Sunday's 'Stampede' event at ZSL's London Zoo, and their Roar With Laughter comedy gala at the Hammersmith Apollo on November 30th, Paul and Rob take a glorious, morning turn around Regent's Park Primrose Hill and the zoo itself with ZSL Director James Wren. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
October 23, 2014 - Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1nzAz7q. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. “There is a tendency amongst environmentally minded people to view plastics as evil. But they have revolutionized our lives and are here to stay. What is most important is how we use them and how we reuse them – closing the loop rather than dumping them in the oceans to kill marine life,” says noted conservationist and scientist Dr. Nicholas Hill from the Zoological Society of London. He points out that “Unlikely partnerships can sometimes be the most inspiring and innovative.” Apparently, he was thinking about the Zoo’s partnership with Interface TILE -0.8%, Inc., which claims to be the world’s largest modular carpet manufacturer. Together, they are working in partnership called “Net-Works” to eliminate the global marine hazard of discarded fishing nets. “ The nets, which would otherwise last for 600 years and are the world’s largest and cleanest source of post-consumer nylon, are regenerated into nylon yarn Interface uses to produce carpet tiles. The program is established in poor coastal Philippines villages where marine life and reefs are endangered and has helped 4,500 villagers earn supplemental income equal to 84,000 additional meals. The United Nations has conservatively estimated that 640,000 tons of fishing gear are left in the oceans each year,” a spokesperson explained.
In the first of three special programmes from ZSL London Zoo, Matthew Sweet examines the Zoo as cultural institution. Matthew discusses the Zoo's current incarnation as conservation centre with ZSL's Zoological Director David Field and head of the Tiger Conservation Programme Sarah Christie, and takes a tour of the Zoo with architecture critic Ellis Woodman to explore the peculiarities of designing housing for animals.
Here's a second engaging discussion on WebSphere sMash and a beta development partner's experience. Rob Nicholson, Senior Technical Staff member with the IBM Java Technology Center, and Naveen Noel, Senior Solutions Architect for ZSL joined me for a windy 23 minutes by one of the pools at the Las Vegas MGM Grand. They talk about WebSphere sMash, it's impact on ZSL's application development, and next steps in the evolution of sMash.
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