Into The Wild
You know that feeling you get when you care about the natural world & it’s future but there’s just so much going on & you can’t keep up? Well, enter Into The Wild, your new favourite wildlife & conservation podcast! Each week (plus longer monthly shows that need more chat) hosts Ryan Dalton & Nadia Shaikh catch up on some nature news, sharing stories from the UK & around the world that have hit the main stream media & help unpack the madness.
Episodes
From an Asian elephant doing it's shopping in Thailand, a brand new bird splint paste for our injured feathered friends to a pay to release scheme in Sumatra with some unintended consequences AND a brand new 800,000 hectare wildlife corridor in Kyrgyzstan.......week 18 was a busy one.
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Bird Splint Paste / Elephant Goes Shopping / Pay To Release / A Huge Corridor
Pigeons delaying flights. Penguins pooping to save the world. Proposals getting blocked for absolutely no reason......this week's Nature News really does have stories from all around the world in just 20 minutes.
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Pigeons on Planes / Penguin Poop / Labour Proposals / Asiatic Lions
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Week 16 of Nature News is a packed one as Ryan & Nadia unpack stories from plants being able to detect the buzzing of bees to produce more pollen, to terrible news from South Africa regarding recent poaching of vultures PLUS a laughable story from TimeOut London warning us all of a terrifying increase of...*checks notes* adders.
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Adders in London / Vultures in SA / Buzzing Bees / Campi...
If you're in the UK, it's not secret that spring has sprung with some unusually hot & dry weather. Whilst we often blame this on the climate crisis, do we actually know what's causing it? Well, luckily Nadia wondered this & found the news explaining it. Ryan then shares some news about river blockages throughout Europe & how their numbers are, every so slightly, dwindling.
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Ome...
Look, we all want to head towards green energy.....right? But are we too quick to say yes before we've looked at the impact of producing it? Nadia unpacks a story about a huge wind farm that could likely be devastating for seabirds. Ryan then takes us over to Nepal to share some shocking facts about air pollution & a recent survey of snow leopards.
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Wind Farms / Air Pollution in Nepal ...
Community is a word that comes up a lot on our podcast, & it's certainly come up a lot during this mini series. On the final episode of Journey Back to Namibia, Ryan & Nadia talk with a farmer called Vicky & a conservancy committee member called Anna about how the climate crisis & the draught impact a community & what is needed to support it's people.
Guest appearances: Vicky Festus - farmer in #Gaingu Conservan...
Sometimes we think it's just the people in our naturey bubble that want political action to tackle the climate crisis BUT Nadia runs down a story telling us how researchers have learned that the global population more than favour the side for change. Then it's White faced darters that are in the news when Ryan shares how a new potential hot spot for the rare species could be their new home up north in the UK.
If it's one thing that makes Ryan overjoyed, it's when his two worlds collide positively. Dogs & wildlife! Ryan shares the news of 2 two canines down under who are helping to find a critically endangered lizard. Nadia, beautifully, unpacks the recent news story of an ancient English oak that got chopped down in Enfield after a the restaurant chain, Toby Carvery, shared their concerns.
Conflicts with wildlife isn't something Into The Wild shy's away from on the show & on Nature News this week, Ryan shares a new innovative way to create an early warning system for the people of Valparai in India. Nadia then jumps in to share some news, of course after sharing some recent wildlife click bait, on the proposal to complete ban the burning of deep peat on any land in the UK!
Nerds, let's jump in to episode 3 of Journey Back to Namibia.
In episode 3, Ryan & Nadia jump into one of the most important topics for rural people in Namibia. Food & farming. They are joined by two farmers, Uaperendua & Joseph to hear about how farming has changed during the drought & what support they need to be able to provide food security for their community.
Guest appearances: Uaperendua Muzuma & Joseph M...
This week Ryan finds himself questioning whether he's being pest-imistic that a 10% reduction in harmful pesticides on UK farms isn't enough.....surely we can be doing better? After sharing some random news about a huge block of ice hanging around outside South Georgia, Nadia tells us all about the new plans for 20 millions trees being planted in the south of England!
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Whoppi Iceberg / Pes...
Fighting food waste is always on the agenda for many countries but how on earth does opening up the law to hunt wolves help with that? Spain recent took a vote & Ryan explains the thinking behind this......but would it work? Nadia shares some shocking statistics about whales & how new AI technology could help make them......less shocking.
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Wolves in Spain/Whales & Boats
Just a few decades after peregrine falcons make a comeback in USA, a new threat appears as conservationists notice declines in breeding populations & Nadia dives into what the heck is going on! Ryan shares a story from the Amazon Rainforest as the city of Belem prepares for COP30 in Autumn this year but are the consequences too much to justify the preparations?
Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Peregrine Falcons / Ama...
If it's one word you hear us mention a lot it's "community" & on this week's Nature News, Nadia once again shows the power it can have. A community in Sussex, UK, that have worked together & managed to get council agreed rights to the River Ouse. Ryan then tackles a tricky story of Polar Bear hunting & trade in Canada & a recent article calling out WWF for facilitating in both of these but......is it that simple?
Nerds, it's time for episode 2 of Journey Back to Namibia, When The Rain Stops.
In this episode Ryan & Nadia share the human element to the climate crisis & explore the extreme weather event of droughts. What they look like, how they take shape & what challenges they can bring to people. Monaliza Siebes, a farmer from Houtini Farm in the #Gaingu conservancy also shares her story & experience from living in this regi...Ryan & Nadia may be thinking just within their bubble but surely we all would have loved to study natural history at GCSE? This week Nadia gives updates on this old Tory policy to welcome the new school topic at GCSE level in the UK that seems to keep being shelved & Ryan gives a run down on a recent article about song birds being affected by dog flea & tick treatment.
Show notes: Find all the links to news here: Natura...
Ryan & Nadia find themselves, once again, asking the question "who is releasing these animals?" as they take a look at the recent news story of 9 feral pigs wondering freely around the Cairngorms National Park just a few miles away from where the illegally released lynx were found just 5 weeks ago. Nadia then follows up with some inspiring news of a new piece of legislation passed in New Zealand tha...
Some good & some frustrating on this week's Nature News.
Nadia unpacks some rather silly words that the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Racheal Reeves said about housing & bats & newts (what a combo). Ryan then gives a rundown on a recent win for the anti fossil fuel campaign with the courts ruling in favour of Rosebank & Jackdaw being unlawful!
Welcome to Into The Wild's new mini series, Journey Back to Namibia. Across 4 episodes, Ryan & Nadia will explore the impacts of the climate crisis in rural Namibia & share words, experiences & stories from those most affected. We start at the beginning.
Fires, floods, storms & hurricanes. Severe weather patterns & events, brought on or exacerbated by the...
Ergh, he's back & we WISH we meant Voldemort.
This week's dose of Nature News, Ryan & Nadia unpack what Trumps first 48 hours in office has looked like & how we truly feel about it. Nadia also shares Labour's plan (or rather, no plan) on driven grouse shooting in the UK BUT it's not all bad news, the Marine Conservation Society announce the return of the deposit ...
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