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Wain Collen, co-founder and executive director of FundaciĂłn Aliados in Ecuador, joins Scott Stone, Marlies Quirino, and Lucia Guaita on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. Aliadosâs work is centered on four pillars â practicing regenerative agriculture, incubating bioeconomy initiatives, connecting to responsible markets, and creating new ecological value. Aliados just launched the Center for Bioeconomy with eleven indigenous and local community organizations, spearheading an innovative investment hub in the Ecuadorian Amazon to scale resilient community-led businesses. A fascinating discussion with Wain about Aliados' remarkable work. Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search Lookfar and you'll find it!
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Sara Lara and Isabella Cortes join us on the Lookfar Podcast to talk about how they are striving to break down barriers at grassroots levels in Colombia preventing rural and indigenous women from becoming conservationists through their work with â â Women for Conservationâ â â (W4C), founded by Sara and now run by her daughter Isabella, and â FundaciĂłn ProAvesâ â , now run by Sara. In a wide ranging conversation, we talk about how helping women to become park rangers in remote protected areas and providing accessible reproductive healthcare to rural communities supports inclusive conservation and how this has been a life-changer for thousands of girls and women. Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search Lookfar and you'll find it!
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We talk with Daniel Aristizabal of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) about his work protecting isolated indigenous peoples in Colombia. These are indigenous communities that, sometimes centuries ago, decided to withdraw and avoid contact with the outside world, which Daniel describes both as a defense strategy and an act of rebellion. Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples is never easy, and here ACT faces the exceptional challenge of having to do so without contacting the communities it seeks to protect. Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search Lookfar and you'll find it!
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The intrepid team at the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) in the Western Cape in South Africa joins Marlies Quirino and Scott Stone of Lookfar Conservation for an in-person discussion about community-level conservation work done at a landscape scale. The 3.2 million hectares of the GCBR, declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2015, is a living laboratory for complex conservation and restoration initiatives in a region where three global biodiversity converge: the Fynbos, the Succulent Karoo, and the Maputoland-Tongoland-Albany. It's no substitute for an authentic South African braai, but a fascinating and inspiring discussion nonetheless!
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LuĂs Paulo Ferraz and Carlos Ruiz of the Associação Mico-LeÄo-Dourado (AMLD) join Marlies Quirino and Scott Stone of Lookfar Conservation to talk about protecting and restoring the habitat of the endangered Golden Lion Tamarin â a small monkey found only in surviving fragments of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. LuĂs Paulo and Carlos talk about how AMLDâs work is driven by local communities, sparking social entrepreneurship throughout the region â such as the organic farm and bed and breakfast Fazenda dos Cordeiros and women-led tree nursery businesses that supply seedlings for hundreds of native tree species to AMLD and other NGOs, including recent Lookfar Podcast guests Nicholas and Raquel Locke of REGUA.
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Nicholas and Raquel Locke of the Reserva EcolĂłgica de Guapiaçu (REGUA), located in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, join us on the Lookfar Podcast for an in-person discussion with Scott Stone and Marlies Quirino of Lookfar Conservation. We talk about REGUAâs efforts to connect and protect the highly biodiverse forests of the Guapiaçu Valley, just a few hours drive from Rio de Janeiro, and the many ways in which restoring forests helps create sustainable economic opportunities for surrounding communities.
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David LeZaks, a Senior Fellow at the Croatan Institute, and David Strelneck, founder of Nourish, join us on the Lookfar Podcast to discuss the opportunities for farmers and the benefits for the public of regenerative agriculture. LeZaks and Strelneck tell us about the different dimensions of regenerative agriculture, discussing ecological, economic, social, and cultural drivers and ways in which new technology platforms could revolutionize price discovery and market access, including through an initiative they’re working on called New Food Marketplace.
We then dive into the benefits of regenerative agriculture for nature, people, and the economy, and how the United States and Europe can learn from regenerative systems that have been implemented in the Global South. Make sure to listen until the end where David LeZaks takes us to ‘the dark matter of food’.
The Food Marketplace project is a collaboration between The Croatan Institute, Nourish, MarketSquare, and the Bionutrient Food Association. See links below for more information.
New Food Marketplace rewards farmers for the benefits of Regenerative Agriculture
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Rafaela Nicola and Gaston Fulquet of Wetlands International join us this month on the Lookfar Podcast. We talk about the many threats facing the worldâs great wetlands and how Wetlands Internationalâs community-centric efforts seek to combat those threats, working collaboratively with regional and local governments, civil society, and the private sector. Rafaela also shares insights from partnering with the Kadiweu indigenous communities in the Pantanal in Brazil, and Gaston details his work in the Parana Basin in Argentina. A fascinating and hopeful discussion as we kick of "Season 2" of the Lookfar Podcast.
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Paul Rice joins us on the Lookfar Podcast this week. Back in 1998, Paul founded Fair Trade USA and serves as its president and CEO. Paul shares with us his first introduction to fair trade when working with farmers in the mountains of Nicaragua in the 1980s. We then delve into Fair Trade today, with nearly one million farmers and workers from 62 countries selling products into the United States under the Fair Trade Certified label, generating $846 million in premiums thatâs helped to provide much needed housing, education, health care, and other benefits to local communities. And we look ahead at the future of Fair Trade and the powerful role socially and environmentally conscious businesses can play in building a more sustainable world.
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The Lookfar Podcast returns to the CanandĂ© Reserve in Ecuador this week, where we find a mostly dry and somewhat quiet spot to sit and talk with Martin Schaefer and Adriana Argoti of FundaciĂłn Jocotoco, which manages CanandĂ© and fifteen other protected reserves across much of Ecuadorâs most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems. Martin and Adriana talk with us about the significant new land acquisitions that have added more than 4,000 hectares (nearly 10,000 acres) to CanandĂ© and the construction of the ChocĂł Lab, where Jocotoco can expand the scientific research conducted throughout the reserve. With the late afternoon sounds of the forest in the background, we also dwell on the immense challenges still facing the imperiled forests of the Ecuadorian ChocĂł and Jocotocoâs ambitions and hopes for the future.
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This week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild, we visit with Third Millennium Alliance (TMA) at the Jama-Coaque Reserve in the ManabĂ Province of Ecuador. Joining us is TMA CEO Ryan Lynch and TMAâs Director of Research Mike Ellis, plus a quick visit with TMA biologist MoisĂ©s Tenorio and TMA co-founder Jerry Toth, who shares TMAâs vision for the future of the Pacific Forest of Ecuador -- one of the worldâs most endangered forest ecosystems.
But our focus is with Mike, an ornithologist, and Ryan, a herpetologist -- the first time both a âbirderâ and a âherperâ have been on the podcast together. Mike and Ryan talk about the extraordinary biodiversity of the Pacific Forest and the many species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians theyâve observed and recorded as part of their work at the Jama-Coaque Reserve. They also share a few of the challenges of living in close quarters in TMAâs remote research station -- with the herper always out late and the birder always up early. Good thing theyâre such good friends, or there mightâve been trouble!
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DOB Ecology CEO Maas Goote joins Scott and Lookfar COO Marlies Quirino on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. This is the first of three forthcoming episodes recorded last month in Ecuador -- this one in the Canandé Reserve while DOB Ecology and Lookfar visited with our partner Fundación Jocotoco. So enjoy the evening sounds of the rainforest accompanying our discussion! (We'll return in the coming weeks with more from Jocotoco.)
Maas talks about his background in international environmental law, where among other things he served as the Dutch government's lead climate negotiator, and his transition to heading a charitable foundation supporting forest and wetland conservation and restoration projects in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. He shares his views on DOB Ecology's donor strategy and how protecting biodiversity, particularly by maintaining large, interconnected habitats, can play a critical role in combating climate impacts and mitigating emissions. A fascinating, wide-ranging, interdisciplinary discussion with Maas.
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Luli Masera is the Strategy and Partnerships Director for Rewilding Argentina, an Argentine nonprofit organization seeking to prevent species extinction and reverse environmental degradation, with the goal of restoring the functionality of ecosystems and the well-being of surrounding communities. Luli stops by the Lookfar Podcast to talk about the diverse array of landscapes in which Rewilding Argentina works -- the grasslands of IberĂĄ, the forests of El Impenetrable in the Gran Chaco, and the steppes of Patagonia, among others -- and the remarkable multitude of locally extirpated species successfully reintroduced to Argentina, including the giant river otter, collared peccary, red-and-green macaw, marsh deer, and, of course, the jaguar.
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Dr. Lilian Pintea of the Jane Goodall Institute joins us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. From his upbringing in rural Moldova and Romania to his studies at Moscow State University and the University of Minnesota, Lilian has long been passionate about wild animals and their habitats. As Vice President for Conservation Science at the Jane Goodall Institute, Lilian has spent nearly twenty years applying satellite imagery and other remote sensing and data integration technologies to Dr. Goodallâs community-led conservation work in Gombe National Park, Tanzania and throughout the chimpanzee range in Africa.
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Avi Garbow joins us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. Avi serves as the environmental advocate for Patagonia, Inc., whose corporate ethos and activism center on protecting the climate and conserving public lands while building ambitious environmental standards into its supply chains and customer outreach. Before joining Patagonia, Avi served in the Obama Administration, as General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency. More recently, Avi took a temporary leave from his post at Patagonia to serve as an advisor to the Biden Administration and EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Avi talks with Scott about the differences between the public and the private sector when seeking to advance the frontiers of environmental protection, delving into law, policy, politics, and corporate citizenship and sustainability. Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search âLookfarâ and youâll find it!
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Majka Burhardt joins us this week on the Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild. As a professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, author, mother of twins, and filmmaker, Majka has spent over two decades leading multi-stage international ventures focused on current issues of cultural and environmental significance spanning Africa, Europe, South and North America.
Majka talks with Lookfar CEO Scott Stone and guest host Barbara Merz of Pathfinder International about how she came to found Legado, an international organization working with local and indigenous communities in the world's âlast mileâ places to prioritize what their community and environment need to thrive together now and into the future â an ultimate goal called Thriving Futures. Majka also talks about her many creative and climbing endeavors, including writing Coffee Story: Ethiopia, and Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa, and serving as the executive producer of the films Waypoint Namibia and Namuli.
Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search âLookfarâ and youâll find it!
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Joining us this week on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild is Shelton Johnson, a park ranger with the U.S. National Park Service, stationed in Yosemite National Park. Shelton was featured on Ken Burnsâ documentary The National Parks: Americaâs Best Idea in 2009 and is renowned for his eloquence in telling the story of the Buffalo Soldiers and his tireless efforts to champion diversity and inclusion in our parks. Shelton talks with Lookfar CEO Scott Stone about growing up both in Detroit and, thanks to his fatherâs military service, in Germany and the United Kingdom, and how this formed his remarkable connection to the natural world, particularly after a visit to Berchtesgaden in the German Alps. Shelton shares his insights on the role of parks and public lands in America, drawing on his African American and Native American heritage and his experiences as an African American park ranger working in U.S. national parks.
Available on all major podcast platforms. Just search âLookfarâ and youâll find it!
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Clara Rowe is the first CEO of Restor, a pathbreaking data technology platform seeking to instill transparency, connectivity, and ecological insights in restoration efforts around the world. Clara brings a diverse range of conservation and sustainability experience to the tech-driven startup atmosphere of Restor, whose capabilities are rooted in cutting edge scientific research, including in particular work on the carbon sequestration potential of tree planting by the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich. In addition to her leadership of Restor, Clara talks with us on The Lookfar Podcast about growing up in Costa Rica, working in fishery management and youth development in Latin America and West Africa, and heading the Earthworm Foundationâs Mexico and Central American programs on sustainable agricultural supply chains.
Available on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other podcast platforms. Search âLookfarâ and youâll find it!
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Tucked away in the Mata AtlĂąntica, the once great forests on the Atlantic coast of Brazil, is a small but ever growing reserve in the Guapiaçu valley barely two hoursâ drive from Rio de Janeiro. Reserva EcolĂłgica De Guapiaçu, or REGUA, is one of the most successful ecological restoration projects Lookfar has encountered, and this week weâre thrilled to have Nicholas Locke, REGUAâs president and founder, join us on The Lookfar Podcast to talk about how he acquires old farmlands and fields teams to find seeds, grow seedlings, and plant trees on degraded landscapes. Nicholas also shares insights on how restored ecosystems provide valuable basic services to surrounding communities, such as cleaner water, cleaner air, and greater resilience in the face of natural disasters and other extreme events. There are few people in conservation who brim with more optimism than Nicholas, and in hearing about REGUA and its work, itâs not hard to understand why.
Available on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other podcast platforms. Search âLookfarâ and youâll find it!
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Martin Schaefer is the CEO of FundaciĂłn Jocotoco, an Ecuadorian nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the extraordinary biodiversity of Ecuador. Martin joins us on The Lookfar Podcast: Voices from the Wild to talk about Jocotocoâs origins, the remarkable network of protected reserves it has built over the past two decades, and the close ties it fosters with local communities. Martin also provides an update on Jocotocoâs ChocĂł Campaign, launched last year in partnership with Lookfar Conservation, which seeks to establish a new, fully contiguous protected area in one of the most biodiverse and imperiled regions of the world that is roughly the size of Yosemite National Park.
Available on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other podcast platforms. Search âLookfarâ and youâll find it!
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