Africa holds up to 30% of the global biodiversity yet losing it at the fastest rate then ever recorded in the history of humanity.
This podcast brings forth unique narratives, experiences and insights from young African across the continent speaking to and sharing stories from their landscapes.
A just Natural Africa- Protected and Conserved Areas with Natukunda Irene Kananura
Terrestrial ecosystems within the Sub-Saharan belt are not an exemption from discussions of how richly biodiverse the continent is endowed. Uganda, not only one of the most biodiverse around the World, but also within the continent contains up to 17% of its total land mass under terrestrial protected area cover.
Irene Kananura takes us through the factual realities with the livelihoods around the landscapes that contain these protected and conserved area ecosystems.
28 Jan 2023
A just Natural Africa- Protected and Conserved Areas with Achare Elvis Ayamba
Marine Protected Areas, just as terrestrial ecosystems are vital for conservation of lifeforms uniquely suited for these habitats. However, the reality of these ecosystems seems to take a different direction.
Episode 5 takes us through the experiences of Achare Elvis Ayamba from Cameroon, a Marine Biologist working to reverse this trend- seemingly becoming the status quo.
22 Nov 2022
A just Natural Africa- Protected and Conserved Areas with Ghaamid Abdulbasat
Contrary to the most pre-known notion of biodiversity in the context of terrestrial ecosystems, this episode brings forth a different paradigm from the fresh water ecosystems- particularly from Tanzania richly endowed with multiply freshwater ecosystems. In this episode, Ghaamid Abdulbasat, an Eco-hydrologist from Tanzania delves into what we should know about Freshwater ecosystems from the context of protected and conserved areas.
8 Nov 2022
A just Natural Africa- Protected and Conserved Areas with Knowledge Musekwa Vingi
The third episode of the season explores the dynamics of protected and conserved area conservation efforts from a vast Savannah landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa, the lived experiences of an Knowledge Vingi, an Ecologist from Zimbabwe.
29 Oct 2022
A just Natural Africa- Protected and Conserved Areas with Eva Shitaatala
The second episode delves into the experiences of protected and conserved area co-management from a socio-economic lens. Eva Shitaatala brings forth her experiences from Marine and Freshwater Conservation in Namibia.
22 Oct 2022
A just Natural Africa- Protected and Conserved Areas with Zacharia Muteti Mutinda
The first Episode of the a just Natural Africa brings forth the experiences and perspectives from Zacharia Muteti Mutinda, a Wildlife Researcher from Eastern Kenya whose work has straddled across mitigating the human-elephant conflict as well as other aspects of biodiversity/nature conservation.
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