Ep. 484 - From Dune to Desert: Adventures in Plant Conservation

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Plant conservation isn't easy work, but it is vital to maintaining ecosystem health. Nowhere is this more apparent than in extreme environments like beach dunes and deserts. Join me and plant conservationist Emily Guinan as we explore some of her adventures in plant conservation. This episode was produced in part by David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast
0:03.7	of Indefensive Plants.
0:05.2	What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show.
0:07.3	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.4	I'd be doing so good if you decided to support Indefensive Plants because conversations like you're about to hear
0:14.2	do not happen without people supporting the show.
0:17.2	One of the best ways to support Indefensive Plants is to become a patron over at patreon.com
0:21.8	slash Indefensive Plants.
0:23.4	The links over in the show notes if you don't want to remember that,
0:25.6	but long story short, my patrons make this show possible.
0:28.5	And for supporting the show you get a bunch of cool kickbacks including
0:31.8	access to bonus episodes.
0:34.0	Once again that's Patreon.com slash Indefensive Plants.
0:37.0	Thanks to everyone that's kicked in thus far.
0:39.0	But today I have an uplifting conversation with a really great botanist that's soon to be turning policymaker.
0:44.8	Joining us is Emily Gyanen who has spent a lot of her early career working in plant conservation.
0:51.0	She's got a lot of great experience and some really cool insights into the plant
0:55.2	conservation process and why it pays to be creative. A lot of this work is being done in
1:00.1	dune communities, which are really difficult habitats that are disappearing at an alarming right.
1:04.5	I don't want to steal any of her thunder so how about we just jump right into it. Without further ado,
1:08.8	here's my conversation with Emily Gyanon. I hope really excited to pick your brain today, but first, for those that aren't aware of your work let's start off with an
1:33.7	an introduction tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do.
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