Bad Bad Soy Boys
from The Wild Bits Show
Please SUBSCRIBE NOW! http://bit.ly/TheWildBits This week on The Wild Bits Show, we discuss the Amazon, the world’s greatest carbon sink. When the biggest soy traders walk away from a landmark zero-deforestation agreement, the rainforest faces a projected 30% spike in clearing — driven not just by profit, but by a bizarre local law punishing companies for going beyond minimum environmental standards. What does it mean when doing more for the planet is literally penalised? From there the story darkens: pesticides are quietly devastating insects and soil organisms across the globe, Malaysia has lost a fifth of its coral reefs in just three years, and endangered bats are flying hundreds of miles farther north in search of blooming agave. Yet glimmers of hope break through — polar bears in Svalbard are growing fatter as they adapt to shrinking sea ice, and along India’s western coast, the same fishermen who once hunted whale sharks now risk their nets and income to free them. A raw, urgent journey through the forces destroying nature — and the unexpected ways life fights back. FOLLOW The Wild Bits: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thewildbits Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewildbitsprod Twitter: https://twitter.com/thewildbitsprod Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thewildbitsprod
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- 0:09 Intro
- 1:44 Amazon deforestation may rise 30% as major traders exit historic soy pact
- 22:45 ‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds
- 50:34 Good luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild
- 53:50 Parents of Piper James visit K’gari to farewell daughter and ‘walk where she last walked’ as dingo cull continues
- 56:05 Malaysia lost 20% of its coral reefs in three years
- 1:09:49 Malaysia bans e-waste imports, vows to end illegal dumping
- 1:16:25 Global moratorium on whaling, a ‘defining moment,’ turns 40
- 1:23:17 These polar bears are getting fatter as sea ice melts. What's going on?
- 1:34:51 Agave or bust! Mexican long-nosed bats head farther north in search of sweet nectar
- 1:46:11 Whale sharks released from nets along India’s coast as fishers turn rescuers
- 1:56:11 Outro
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