Each month, we bring you the latest news and features from the world of conservation. Wild Talk profiles conservation projects on the ground, while looking in to the human stories behind the headlines.
Wild Talk is a podcast/radio download produced jointly by IUCN and WWF International.
Wild Talk - December 2008
Species surprise in Greater Mekong
WWF has announced that more than 1,000 species new to science have been recorded in South-East Asia's Greater Mekong region over the past decade. Stuart Chapman, Director of the WWF Greater Mekong Programme, discusses these remarkable findings and explains how they prove the need for greater care to protect biodiversity in the face of the demands posed by economic development. To listen, click here. …
16 Dec 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Climate crisis
IUCN has established a new network to help people suffering the effects of climate change learn how to cope with it. The Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network, set up with the help of WWF and other environmental and development organizations, will link up organizations that help people already feeling the impacts of climate change on the ground. To listen, click here. …
15 Dec 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Disappointment from ICCAT
Speaking at the recent 16th meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna, Gemma Parkes, of WWF's Mediterranean Progamme Office, highlights the truth of the situation facing Bluefin Tuna in Mediterranean fisheries, and explains what needs to be done to prevent them from becoming completely extinct. To listen, click here. …
16 Dec 2008 | Downloads - Audio
A fifth of corals dead say new IUCN reports
The world has lost 19 percent of its coral reefs, according to the 2008 global update of the world’s reef status, launched today by IUCN as part of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. If current trends in carbon dioxide emissions continue, many of the remaining reefs may be lost over the next 20 to 40 years with alarming consequences for some 500 million people who depend on coral reefs for their livelihoods. To listen, click here.
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10 Dec 2008 | Downloads - Audio
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