A podcast born from our live webinar series, featuring conversations with conservationists, scientists, artists, and local leaders working to protect biodiversity and restore nature. From forest corridors to community-led action, each episode shares real stories and bold ideas from the frontlines of environmental change. Hosted by Andy Schiffer.
A Saving Nature Conversation
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A podcast born from our live webinar series, featuring conversations with conservationists, scientists, artists, and local leaders working to protect biodiversity and restore nature. From forest corridors to community-led action, each episode shares real stories and bold ideas from the frontlines of environmental change. Hosted by Andy Schiffer.
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Recent Episodes
December 22, 2025
Eyes in the Rainforest with Fernando Arbeláez: AI, Restoration, and the Rebirth of the Magdalena Valley
<p>In this episode of Eyes in the Rainforest, Dr. Stuart Pimm and Andy Schiffer speak with <strong>Fernando Arbeláez</strong>, Director General of Fundación Biodiversa Colombia, about the remarkable restoration of El Silencio Natural Reserve in Colombia’s Middle Magdalena Valley.</p><p>Discover how community-led reforestation, advanced biodiversity monitoring, and AI-powered tools like Project SPARROW are helping bring jaguars, tapirs, and other threatened species back to recovering forests and what this means for the future of conservation.</p>
December 11, 2025
A Rare Conversation with Dr. Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela on Colombia’s Cundinamarca Antpitta Confirmation
<p><strong>THE PROJECT AND THE BIRD | Saving Colombia’s Cundinamarca Antpitta with Dr. Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela</strong></p><p>In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most targeted and hopeful conservation efforts in the Colombian Andes: the strategic protection of <strong>43 new acres that extend forest habitat from Refugio del Tororoi</strong>, reconnecting isolated patches into a functioning <strong>corridor for the Critically Endangered Cundinamarca Antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri)</strong>.</p><p>Dr. <strong>Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela</strong>, conservation scientist and Assistant Professor at UC Santa Cruz, joins Dr. Stuart Pimm and Andy Schiffer to unpack the science, strategy, and stories behind this land purchase—and why this tiny bird urgently needs continuous cloud-forest to survive.</p><p>🌿 <strong>In this episode we explore:</strong></p><p>• How the Antpitta corridor project came about and why these 43 acres were the critical missing piece.<br>• How connecting forest from 1,700–2,300 meters strengthens protection from Refugio del Tororoi.<br>• Why the Cundinamarca Antpitta is so vulnerable—and what makes unbroken habitat absolutely non-negotiable.<br>• What the first 12–24 months of restoration look like once cattle leave and natural regeneration begins.<br>• The human story: families, birdwatching tourism, and how local livelihoods and conservation win together.</p><p>• Which species will benefit first from the new connection—and how early ecological “wins” will be tracked.<br>• The spatial tools and datasets Natalia uses to decide where land purchases matter most.<br>• What thresholds, risks, and ecological signals tell conservationists “buy here, not there.”</p><p>• Current deforestation pressures in the Eastern Andes and where setbacks are most likely.<br>• Why fragmentation remains the Antpitta’s biggest long-term threat.</p><p>• Which critical data gaps still exist for Andean birds—and how missing information amplifies extinction risk.<br>• How new monitoring tools help close those gaps.</p><p>• Natalia shares the field moment in the Eastern Andes that changed how she thinks about forest corridors.</p><p>📌 <strong>Event Hosted By:</strong><br>Dr. Stuart Pimm & Andy Schiffer, Saving Nature<br>In partnership with Fundación Camaná</p><p>🔗 <strong>Watch Natalia’s TEDx talk:</strong><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVBDf0rYYbQ" target="_new" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVBDf0rYYbQ</a></p><p>👍 <strong>Subscribe for more conservation stories, science-driven solutions, and on-the-ground wins for biodiversity.</strong></p><p><strong>THE PROJECT & THE BIRDSCIENCE TO MAPS TO LANDRISKS & PRESSURESDATA, GAPS & TOOLSA FIELD STORY YOU WON’T FORGET</strong></p>
December 6, 2025
A Conversation with Malcolm Kobak on Saving Papua, indigenous leadership, and the Echidna
<p>In this conversation, Dr. Stuart Pimm and Andy Schiffer speak with Malcolm Kobak, a Papuan-born conservation leader and co-founder of YAPPENDA. Malcolm reflects on his upbringing among the Yali people in the Papuan Highlands and how his family heritage and name shaped his identity. He also shares how twenty-five years in Canadian law enforcement influenced his perspective before returning home to help build an Indigenous-led conservation organization.</p><p>The discussion explores how YAPPENDA works with communities to secure land rights and support the protection of more than one million hectares of rainforest. Malcolm describes the connection between culture, land tenure, and forest stewardship in Tanah Papua and offers stories from YAPPENDA’s restoration sites, where nearly 10,000 trees were planted in 2024, including more than 3,000 mangroves.</p><p>A major focus is the rediscovery of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna in the Cyclops Mountains. Malcolm explains how the expedition was developed, the importance of trust with Indigenous landowners, and what this conservation breakthrough means for Papuan communities and for science.</p><p>Additional topics include education partnerships with UNCEN, UNIPA, and Oxford; efforts to provide elementary and adult conservation training; the integration of Indigenous knowledge with emerging tools such as AI-assisted wildlife monitoring; and the importance of livelihoods, women’s empowerment, and cultural resilience in designing effective conservation programs.</p><p>Malcolm concludes by sharing his long-term vision for the future of Tanah Papua and what meaningful support from the global community looks like.</p>
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