Corridors to the Future

The majority of species around the world are declining from habitat loss. Biodiversity is valuable for human health and wildlife, but current conservation practices focus on individual species and not the ecosystem. Therefore, we should begin to aim conservation practices to protect the habitat; allowing for better corridors, and greater biodiversity. Episode Hosts: Nolan Bunting, Kara Maslyn, and James DeMoss Course Coordinators & Podcast Ringmasters: Colleen Duncan, Molly Carpenter, Treana Mayer Audio Engineer: Ethan Fagre EPISODE NOTES: Pandas, Koalas, and Elephants. We know of these animals in part due to the incredible effort to conserve them. However, conserving a singular species in an ecosystem is not nearly as valuable as conserving the habitat itself. Join us on an adventure from your own couch, as we explore the benefits of protecting the entire ecosystem. From wildlife to humanity, we all benefit from nature. We hope that this episode also teaches you how to help nature, and promote large conservation efforts. Remember, this is Nature and Nature needs you. References: Argentinian corridors https://www.rutadelosparques.org/en/who-we-are/ https://www.tompkinsconservation.org/get-wild.php African Transfrontier parks https://www.sanparks.org/conservation/transfrontier/great_limpopo.php Yellowstone to Yukon https://y2y.net/about/ Impacts of biodiversity on Zoonotic Diseases Keesing, & Ostfeld, R. S., 2021. Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 118(17), 1–. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023540118 Granter, Scott R, Aaron Bernstein, and Richard S Ostfeld., 2014. Of Mice and Men: Lyme Disease and Biodiversity. Perspectives in biology and medicine 57.2: 198–207. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2014.0015 Ways you can help https://www.patagonia.com/activism/ Sexton C., 2020. Wildlife Tourism has the potential to transform conservation. Earth.com.https://www.earth.com/news/wildlife-tourism-has-the-potential-to-transform-conservation/ World Bank, 2018. Growing Wildlife-Based Tourism Sustainably: A New Report and Q&A. World Bank featured stories. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2018/03/01/growing-wildlife-based-tourism-sustainably-a-new-report-and-qa