Changemakers: The Gorilla Champion
An episode of the This Way Forward podcast, hosted by CGTN EUROPE, titled "Changemakers: The Gorilla Champion" was published on December 1, 2023 and runs 27 minutes.
December 1, 2023 ·27m · This Way Forward
Summary
In this podcast, meet Uganda’s first wildlife vet and expert on mountain gorillas Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. She’s not your average vet, her work has brought back Uganda’s wildlife from the brink of disaster and her winning formula is being adopted across Africa but this is just one of her many achievements. She says: ‘I would like to be remembered as someone who went outside their comfort zone to change the world and somebody who was willing to challenge societal norms and cultural barriers and...
Episode Description
In this podcast, meet Uganda’s first wildlife vet and expert on mountain gorillas Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. She’s not your average vet, her work has brought back Uganda’s wildlife from the brink of disaster and her winning formula is being adopted across Africa but this is just one of her many achievements. She says:
‘I would like to be remembered as someone who went outside their comfort zone to change the world and somebody who was willing to challenge societal norms and cultural barriers and as somebody who championed a new way of promoting conservation’.
Hear her extraordinary story here.
Presenter: Paul Barber
Producer: Sarah Parfitt
Sound design: Terry Wilson
Series Producer: Elizabeth Mearns
Team Gorilla was written and performed by Gasuza
Gorilla natural sound: Nick Penny
Additional audio clip: Carla Delaney
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