Heart of Conservation

Lalitha Krishnan

Hi, I'm Lalitha Krishnan. I reconnect my fellow Indians to nature through storytelling and share everything I learn by entertaining, creating awareness, and bringing back the ‘awe’ of our natural world seamlessly. Listen to relevant conservation stories. This podcast comes to you from a hilltop in the Himalaya. Download for free and listen at leisure. Read transcripts on earthymatters.blog. Disclaimer:Views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the podcast and shownotes belong solely to the guest/guests featured in the episode, and not necessarily to the host of this podcast/blog or anyone else

  1. Dr Dipankar Ghose on the Growing Illegal WildlifeTrade Ep#38

    14/08/2024

    Dr Dipankar Ghose on the Growing Illegal WildlifeTrade Ep#38

    In episode #38 I am speaking with Dipankar Ghose, Senior Director: Biodiversity Conservation at WWF-India, also Interim Head of TRAFFIC’s India Office. As a conservator with three decades in the field, he shares rare insights about the poaching of tigers to pangolins, to the exotic pet trade in India. Find out which technology is employed to fight the poaching of rhinos and how partner organisations fight wildlife trade. Discover the first line of defence and community efforts that deter poachers. Dipankar explains the Wildlife Trade Chain with the example of India’s most notorious: Sansar Chand and Veerappan. Find out what you can report a wildlife crime if you have witnessed it. There are so many more stories here… Listen. Show notes coming soon on #earthymattersblog #DipankarGhose #WWF_INDIA #TRAFFIC #IUCN #Tigers #Rhino #Poaching #IllegalWildlifeTrade #Veerappan #CITIES #WildlifeLawEnforcement   #ExoticPets #SAWEN #Pangolin #SansarChand #SmugglingSpecies #wildlifeproducts #exoticplants #rhinohorns #tigerskin #pangolinscales #LalithaKrishnan #HeartofConservation #critically_endangered #storiesfromthewild #podcast Pangolin photo:Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra Podcast cover art created by Lalitha Krishnan Disclaimer: Views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the podcast and show notes belong solely to the guest/guests featured in the episode, and not to the host of this podcast/blog or the guest’s employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

    34 min
  2. The Dynamics of Biodiversity in the Andamans with Nariman Vazifdar: Ep#35

    07/04/2024

    The Dynamics of Biodiversity in the Andamans with Nariman Vazifdar: Ep#35

    Hi, I’m speaking to the most passionate, naturalist/researcher/herpetologist-on-ground in the Andamans - Nariman Vazifdar. We discuss the biodiversity of the archipelago – which is mostly unexplored islands with individual unique species.  He speaks about the rainforest of the islands and he enlightens us about the hardwood Bullet wood tree and the Superior wood; and the historical connection involving British rule and the Japanese and their impact on the local indigenous tribes, flora and fauna. Nariman also speaks of invasive/introduced species like stray dogs which are now a threat to the local species like the turtles.  He tells us how animals from the mainland change their behaviour to survive in island habitats e.g. frogs trying to eat snakes rather than the other way around. He discusses the serious business of snake rescues including current dangerous trends and how to ethically release them. We also discuss his co-written book on Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins post his sojourn with Turtle Survival Alliance. We talk about the impact of construction and lack of sustainable tourism on the ecology of the island the depletion of groundwater and the increase in garbage. Even if you don’t ever visit the islands, this episode with Nariman is a #mustlisten. #island_conservation #snake_rescue_release #island_ecology #island_biodiversity #king_cobra #turtles #terrapins #tortoises #author #naturalist #researcher #ecological_damage #reptiles #nariman_vazifdar #invasive_species #island #animal_behaviour #conservation #endemic_fauna  #endemic_flora #bronze_back #wolf_snake #research_papers #andamans #tribes #british #japanese #rainforests #development #littorial_forest #groundwater #heart_of_conservation #nature_podcast #stories_from_the_wild #earthymatters_blog

    43 min

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Hi, I'm Lalitha Krishnan. I reconnect my fellow Indians to nature through storytelling and share everything I learn by entertaining, creating awareness, and bringing back the ‘awe’ of our natural world seamlessly. Listen to relevant conservation stories. This podcast comes to you from a hilltop in the Himalaya. Download for free and listen at leisure. Read transcripts on earthymatters.blog. Disclaimer:Views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the podcast and shownotes belong solely to the guest/guests featured in the episode, and not necessarily to the host of this podcast/blog or anyone else