Serge Wich is a professor in primate biology at Liverpool John Moores University and an honorary professor for the conservation of the great apes at the University of Amsterdam. He is also the co-founder of the nonprofit, Conservation Drones.
His research focuses on primate behavioral ecology, tropical rain forest ecology, and the conservation of primates and their habitats. Much of his work has been focused on orangutans in Indonesia.
We discuss:
- the complexities and nuances of conservation
- the new species of orangutan discovered in 2017
- the terror of coming face-to-face with one of the rarest species on Earth....the Sumatran tiger
Serge’s work:
Sources for topics discussed:
Our Planet: www.ourplanet.com/en/
‘Jane’ documentary: www.nationalgeographic.com/jane-the-movie/
Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program: www.sumatranorangutan.org/
Borneo Nature Foundation: www.borneonaturefoundation.org/en/
Conservation Drones: https://conservationdrones.org/
Lian Pin Koh: https://bit.ly/1E377eT
Air Shepherd: https://airshepherd.org/
Spider monkey survey in Mexico: https://bit.ly/2URuOrd
New orangutan species: https://bit.ly/2zsCMgh
Hydroelectric scheme that will hurt new species of orangutan: https://bit.ly/2UD0ygA
Tapanuli orangutan paper: https://bit.ly/2C9biNf
‘Primates of West Africa’ by John Oates: https://amzn.to/2IIjwyJ
Full show notes @ https://bit.ly/2NaFrTj
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