The New Conservationists: Meet the Next Generation of Conservationists (Part 3)

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

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Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, shifts our perspective on the modern conservationist. With low wages and expectations of free work, conservation science lacks diversity as a field—but dedicated graduate students and new programs are trying to change that. Isaac Aguilar, a graduate student in the geology division at the California Institute of Technology, tells Papp about his journey into conservation. Plus, join a night patrol with crime prevention sergeant Malungane Naledi. She's a member of the Black Mambas, an all-woman anti-poaching unit in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park. This is part three of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Listen to part one and part two. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	word and I'd like you to as quickly as you, come up with a mental image to go with it.
0:39.5	The word is conservationist.
0:43.3	Okay, so what did you picture if you were able to come up with anything, that is?
0:48.3	Did you see images of animals first?
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1:02.8	this is Rachel Feltman. You're listening to the third episode of our Fascination
1:07.1	mini-series on The New Conservationists. Today we're going to talk about who actually does this kind of work and how that's
1:14.4	changing.
1:15.5	Our guide for this adventure is Ashley Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller.
1:20.4	And to tell this particular story, she'll take us out to an island off the coast of California
1:24.8	and later onto the African Savannahanna, to meet two conservation
1:28.7	researchers who are breaking those dusty old molds and changing the field for the better.
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