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Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series Conservation Conversations, The Possibilists, and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Belize’s newest protected area is named after Sharon Matola! https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2022/06/03/late-director-and-founder-of-belize-zoo-sharon-matola-to-have-wildlife-sanctuary-named-after-her/ Plants and animals World's biggest plant discovered off Australian coast https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61655327 11 Mexican gray wolf pups are released into the wild. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eleven-mexican-gray-wolf-pups-released-into-the-wild-180980213/ California court ruling opens door for protection of insects as endangered species https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/california-court-ruling-opens-door-for-protection-of-insects-as-endange

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Saint Louis Zoo announces birth of two leopard cubs from critically endangered species https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/28/us/saint-louis-amur-leopard-cubs-scn-trnd "Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/monarch-butterfly-numbers-mexico-rise-35-84943521 Wolf seen in Brittany for first time in a century https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2022-05-05-the-presence-of-a-wolf-confirmed-in-brittany--a-first-for-a-century.HJOjRHXbL5.html Drawdown Netherlands to ban fossil heating from 2026, make heat pumps necessary https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/netherlands-to-ban-fossil-heating-by-2026-make-heat-pu

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Vanessa Kilburn of Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education society or TREES! T.R.E.E.S is a small grassroots ecological conservation organization hosting a research and education center in the hills of Belize. The TREES field station and research and education center functions as a wildlife ecology research and education center, focusing on tropical ecology research and post-secondary education. However, they believe strongly that ecological conservation can only happen with community involvement, so they also provide a wide range of community programs to members of our community and involve locals in all aspects of our research and education initiatives as well as ecological conservation. We recommend watching this episode as we have amazing footage of their bat research in action! Also check out their social media pages linked in the episode description to see more of what they do! Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/s9VrpBnTzcw Thank you to Vanessa and

In this bonus episode we highlight our 2022 recipient of the Carrie Wilson Memorial Scholarship, Morgan Buehlmann. Morgan is a school teacher in St. Louis MO, as well as a grad student with Project Dragonfly and an everyday conservation hero that the world needs. Carrie R. Wilson was a staple of the community of San Diego for the last 50+ years. Carrie believed in community inspiration through direct and intentional action. Pelecanus would never have come to fruition without Carrie, and the same can be said for so many people throughout San Diego. As the Dean of Students of the University of San Diego Law School, she was able to make a lasting impact on thousands of students' lives. Carrie asked us to let anyone looking to honor her memory know that she hopes they would make a "heartfelt gift to make the world a better place." She simply hoped for her legacy to be one of paying it forward. We aim to award this scholarship to students who embody the Pelecanus mission of demonstrating optimism through scienc

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Endangered Hawaiian monk seal population highest in decades. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-06/endangered-hawaiian-monk-seal-population-rises Innovations Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvm5b/scientists-discover-method-to-break-down-plastic-in-one-week-not-centuries Drawdown Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to come online in Portugal https://electrek.co/2022/05/09/europes-largest-floating-solar-farm-is-ready-to-come-online-in-portugal/ India to set up 30,000 MW offshore wind power, 50,000 MW of solar capacity https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/india-to-set-up-30

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Wind Power Overtook Coal, Nuclear For First Time in U.S. on March 29 https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092806582/wind-power-energy-source?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR1asFMF4qmNlW88UnpHbFkpcy4LbXnB83Okwk2QUdTtymhnfSSeAfJx-5c ‘Historic’: global climate plans can now keep heating below 2C, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/13/historic-global-climate-plans-can-now-keep-heating-below-2c-study-shows Legal California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling https://www.npr.org/2022/04/28/1095305949/california-is-investigating-big-oil-for-allegedly-misleading-the-

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. https://www.pelecanus.org/the-possibilists.html In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. On today’s episode of The Possibilists we talk with Anna Rathmann, Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Institute. The Jane Goodall Institute is a global community conservation organization that advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. By protecting chimpanzees and inspiring people to conserve the natural world we all share, they improve the lives of people, animals and the environment. They believe that everything is connected—everyone can make a difference. Host and produc

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rights of Nature The first country in the world has given legal rights to individual wild animals https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-country-in-the-world-has-given-legal-rights-to-individual-wild-animals Investment White House Launches $1B Program To Boost Conservation Goal https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-america-the-beautiful-challenge-30x30_n_625432dee4b06c2ea32105ec Biden Admin Announces $500M For Energy Efficiency In Public Schools https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3258521-biden-administration-announces-500m-for-energy-efficiency-in-public-schools/ Canada Lays Out C$9.1 Bln Roadmap To Meet 2030 Climate Targets https://www.reuters.com/busines

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Endangered green turtles are bouncing back in the Seychelles https://www.popsci.com/science/endangered-turtles-seychelles/ Indigenous Land Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) assumed full management of the Bison Range, formerly known as the National Bison Range https://flatheadbeacon.com/2022/03/28/tribes-assume-full-management-of-bison-range/ Judge rules New York took Mohawk land illegally in the 1800s https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/45540/20220314/judge-rules-new-york-took-mohawk-land-illegally-in-the-1800s Drawdown Germany backs phasing out combustion engine cars by 2035 https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-backs-phasing-out-

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Harvesting energy from the air: metasurface-based antenna turns ambient radio waves into electric power https://scitechdaily.com/harvesting-energy-from-the-air-metasurface-based-antenna-turns-ambient-radio-waves-into-electric-power/ Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion https://governorswindenergycoalition.org/sale-of-leases-for-wind-farms-off-new-york-raises-more-than-4-billion/ Colorado Oil And Gas Regulators Approve ‘Strongest’ Financial Rules https://coloradonewsline.com/2022/03/02/colorado-oil-gas-strongest-financial-rules/ UN agrees to create world's first-ever plastics pollution treaty in a blow to big oil https://www.cnn.com/2

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Afro-Caribbean community safeguards pristine oceans with new protected area https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/afro-caribbean-community-safeguards-pristine-oceans-with-new-protected-area/ Renewable Energy Accelerated ammonia synthesis holds promise for conversion of renewable energy https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220215092519.htm Technological Breakthrough Allows Seamless Conversion of Ammonia to Green Hydrogen https://scitechdaily.com/technological-breakthrough-allows-seamless-conversion-of-ammonia-to-green-hydrogen/#:~:text=Technological%20Breakthrough%20Allows%20Seamless%20Conversion%20of%20Ammonia%20to%20Green%20Hydrogen,-TOPICS%3AEnergyGre

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Nikki Buxton of Belize Bird Rescue. Founded in 2004, Belize Bird Rescue is Belize's only multi-species avian rescue and rehabilitation center. Belize Bird Rescue has the ability to rehab and release all species of birds but specializes in saving parrots, including the endangered Yellow headed Amazon. If you’re listening to this episode, consider finding the video version on our youtube page as we were able to do this interview in person and were given a tour of their facilities. These birds are amazing and beautiful to watch, so it won’t disappoint. Thank you again to Nikki from Belize Bird Rescue. It’s astounding what they’ve created and the amount of birds they’ve been able to save. Please visit their website at BelizeBirdRescue.com and consider donating to their cause. Any amount will go a long way to saving the biodiversity of belize and they really deserve more help. Host and producer for this episode are Austin Parker and Taylor Parker

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife California judge restores federal protection for gray wolves in 44 states https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gray-wolf-endangered-species-act-wildlife-regulations/ Iceland Set To End Whaling By 2024 Due To Lack Of Demand https://www.sci-nature.com/2022/02/iceland-set-to-end-whaling-by-2024-due.html Drawdown Nuclear Fusion Heat Record A ‘Huge Step’ In Quest For New Energy Source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/nuclear-fusion-heat-record-a-huge-step-in-quest-for-new-energy-source Rulings Ecuador’s top court rules for stronger land rights for Indigenous communities https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/ecuadors-top-court-rules-for-stronger-land-rights-for-indi

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. conservationcommons.si.edu www.pelecanus.org In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. On today’s episode of The Possibilists we talk to Jonathan Franklin, author and investigative journalist. Jonathan has written multiple books and dozens and dozens of articles for The Guardian, the New York Times and others on topics ranging from Narcos in Colombia to interviewing Timothy McVeigh among so much more. His latest book, A Wild Idea, is a biography of Doug Tompkins, the founder of apparel companies The North Face and Esprit, who then moved to Chile to purchase large amounts of l

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rewilding ‘We’re making babies’: After years in decline, Okanagan salmon are back https://thecanadian.news/2022/01/04/were-making-babies-after-years-in-decline-okanagan-salmon-is-back/ Asiatic cheetah Homino spotted in Bafgh for 1st time in years https://theanimalrescuesociety.nationbuilder.com/asiatic_cheetah_bafgh Land Biden Admin Revokes Mining Leases Near Minnesota's Boundary Waters https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/biden-administration-revokes-twin-metals-mining-leases-minnesota-boundary-waters/ Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/us/redwood-forest-california-native-tribes-tcih-leh-dun/index.html Biden a

Welcome to Pelecanus Deep Dives, where we take a headline from a recent Pelecanus NEWS episode and take a deep dive, just like a pelican, into the article and try and explain some of the more technical, nuanced, or maybe complex ideas of the story to help us all better understand our world. While we will still release these as audio podcasts, this is really made for video as we’ll show diagrams, data visualizations, or photos to better illustrate the article’s topics. Check out our youtube page or social media to watch the video version. In this episode, our host Harrison Parker, a CalTech doctoral Candidate in atmospheric sciences, explains a January 15th Pelecanus NEWS headline about offshore wind energy. See links below! Host for this episode is Harrison Parker, Producers are Harrison, Austin and Taylor Parker. Music was provided by A Picture Book Studios Thank you for tuning in! Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/worlds-largest-wind-farm-has-officially-

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Emma Sanchez of Panthera Belize. Panthera is a global organization dedicated to conserving big cats from African lions to cheetahs to leopards and more! Panthera Belize is a hub for the Jaguar corridor initiative which is working to preserve the genetic integrity of the jaguar by connecting and protecting core jaguar populations in human landscapes from northern Mexico all the way to Argentina among so much more. Please look into Panthera and the work they do all over the world to protect big cats at Panthera.org. You can also find Panthera Belize on Facebook! This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved Hosts and produ

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Charges Dropped Against Journalists Arrested on Wet’suwet’en Territory https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-gaslink-drop-charges-journalists/ Drawdown World’s largest wind farm has officially started producing power https://www.iflscience.com/technology/worlds-largest-wind-farm-has-officially-started-producing-power/ Court orders Shell to halt Wild Coast seismic blasting https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/court-orders-shell-to-halt-wild-coast-seismic-blasting/ar-AASdojO Developers cancel Oregon pipeline and LNG export terminal https://www.ecowatch.com/oregon-lng-export-project-pipeline-2655910510.html Divestment for Biodiversity Norway wealth fund divests from China’s Yunnan

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. conservationcommons.si.edu www.pelecanus.org In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conservation to show that conservation successes are possible through changes in attitude and implementation of intentional change. In this episode of The Possibilists we talk with Dr. J. Drew Lanham, a professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University, where his research focuses on songbird ecology as well as the African-American role in natural-resources conservation. Dr. Lanham is also an author and award-nominated poet of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, as well as his collection of poems, Sparrow Envy, were both published in 2016. Please find and read his books and articles, an

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! We start off this episode with a tribute to Dr. Thomas Lovejoy and Dr. E.O. Wilson, both of whom passed this last week. Their contribution to conservation will be forever felt and impactful. We thank you both for your lives of service. Protected Areas Portugal creates Europe’s largest marine protected area https://www.treehugger.com/portugal-creates-europe-largest-marine-reserve-5211970 Rules and Regs Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/papua-court-ruling-a-win-for-local-government-indigenous-groups-against-palm-oil/ Italy announces nationwide fur farming ban https://www.livekindly.co/italy-a