Show Notes
This month Lucas, Elliot and Digby explore four remarkable rewilding stories from across the globe. Journey to the Danube, where ancient sturgeon are making a comeback through the LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon project. Soar over South Africa with VulPro as vultures reclaim the skies. Travel to New Zealand for the revival of the critically endangered kakī. Then return to London, where Citizen Zoo is gathering public opinion on the potential return of white storks.
Take the Thoughts On Storks survey here: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brighton/thoughts-on-london-storks
More from Citizen Zoo’s Rewilding Podcast
This month, Lucas, Elliot and Digby look into four incredible stories of rewilding around the world. First, head to the Netherlands, where the government has recognised the golden jackal as a native species. Then, discover Re:wild’s $200 million Phoenix Recovery Fund and its ambitions for global species conservation. Back in the UK, find out more about Restore’s purchase of the Emblehope Estate and what it means for rewilding in the North of England. Finally, travel to Kazakhstan to explore the incredible return of Przewalski’s horses and the release of Umit the tiger.
This month, Lucas, Elliot and Digby dive into four more inspiring rewilding stories from around the world. Hear all about the surprising and unexpected recovery of mangrove forests globally. Then over to Cape Verde where conservation efforts are leading to a boom loggerhead turtle numbers. Learn all about the African-Eurasian Flyway and a cross-continent project to protect it from BirdLife International. Finally hear how a recent paper is redifining our understanding of the might Pleistocene predator - the cave lion.
This month join Lucas, Elliot and Digby for in depth chat about wild elephants in the European context and their upcoming introduction to Portugal. On the other side of the world they chat about eastern barred bandicoot returning to Australia. Back to the UK where bright red billed Choughs, the UK’s rarest corvid, are gaining ground. Lastly over to Cambodia, where the country is working to boost the population of one of the world’s rarest crocodiles.
In this month’s episode Lucas, Elliot and Digby hop between Europe, to North then South America. Starting with the news of an ambitious project to help golden eagles once again soar in the skies above England. The team then discuss a thought provoking recent paper, which suggests rewilding large areas of land can be an effective tool to bolster national security. Over then to Mexico, where the Mexican Wolf subspecies is returning to its ancestral home, with individuals coming from populations north of the border in the US. Finally, fly over to Rio De Janeiro, where the expansive Tijuca National Park, the worlds largest urban rainforest, is once again home to the Blue-and-yellow macaw, a locally extinct but hugely symbolic species for the beating heart of Brazil.
Join Lucas, Elliot and Digby as they explore four extraordinary stories of innovation, rediscovery and wild recovery from across the globe. In New Zealand, they discuss the beloved kākāpō and uncover the smart science behind one of the world’s most ambitious bird conservation programmes. Then to California, where researchers are working to bring the rare white abalone back from the brink. Deep in West Papua, two remarkable ‘Lazarus species’, mammals once thought lost to the fossil record, are found alive in a humbling story about the mysteries nature still holds. Finally, back in London, Citizen Zoo’s tower mustard project is empowering volunteer citizen rewilders to grow this rare native plant at home before returning it to its former range across the capital.