Conservation Storytelling with Matt Blair
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 13: Tourism and Conservation in the Luangwa Valley with John Coppinger.
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It has been a long time since getting a podcast out there, but here is the first for 2021! This episode is a continuation from the Walk Luangwa 2020 e...
Episode 12: Inclusive Conservation Solutions with Thandiwe Mweetwa.
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We live in a very dynamic world. We can't be doing the same things we have done for years in the name of staying true to the mission. You know, you...
Episode 11: Holistic Management with Allan Savory.
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s conversation is with Allan Savory. Allan is a Zimbabwean ecologist, livestock farmer, and president and co-founder of the Savory Institu...
Episode 10: The Conservation Games with Luke and Robin Brown
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week my conversation explores new initiatives that surround the conservation sector in Africa. The complexities behind conservation are often mis...
Episode 9: "The Achilles Heel of Conservation" in Africa with Merlyn Nomusa Nkomo.
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The biggest problems about conservation right now is it is not nearly inclusive enough of local people. The same problems existed in Asia, and in I...
Episode 8: Tourism and Conservation with Beks Ndlovu and Katja Quasdorf
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“...at the end of the day, we all really have a common cause, which is to save the wilderness landscape and alleviate poverty on the outskirts of th...
Episode 7: Walking 160km across the Kafue National Park in Zambia with Phil Jeffery.
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The history of the Kafre National Park in Zambia goes back as far as the 1920’s, long before it was formally declared a National Park. To raise awar...
Episode 6: Series Summary | COVID-19 & Conservation
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the first series of the Conservation Storytelling Podcast we focused on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the world of conservation...
Episode 5: COVID-19 & Conservation with Rachael Cooper-Bohannon | Bats Without Borders, Malawi.
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Its human behaviour that keeps causing these pandemics...and its our impact on the natural world that we must address...if we protect the natural wor...
Episode 4: COVID-19 & Conservation with Simon Capon | Gonarezhou Conservation Trust, Zimbabwe.
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"How do we do tourism for conservation, and not the other way round? How do we ensure that we don't get to a point where the impact of tourism is grea...
Episode 3: COVID-19 & Conservation with Reilly Travers | Imire: Rhino & Wildlife Conservation, Zimbabwe.
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"This is our opportunity, as human-beings, to make a difference." - Reilly Travers, Conservancy Manager. A sector of conservation that is often overlo...
Episode 2: COVID-19 & Conservation with Nikita Iyengar | Conservation Lower Zambezi, Zambia.
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The Lower Zambezi community is a very low income community...they are not going to be able to sustain their livelihoods anymore, and so we fear that ...
Episode 1: COVID-19 & Conservation with Ed Sayer and Claire Lewis | North Luangwa, Zambia.
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Conservation Storytelling, with me, Matthew Blair. In the face of COVID-19 the paradigm of conservation is changing. The world has change...