Ep44: Living with Wildlife- Elephants in a Developing Landscape with Dr. Nurzhafarina Othman
Forces for Nature
English - July 10, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBNature Science Kids & Family Pets & Animals environment climate change good news animals wildlife sustainability positive environmental education environmental issues nature Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
As humans increasingly dominate the landscape through building homes, farms, highways, etc, the territories of wildlife are getting smaller and smaller. Animals are finding themselves in what are now our backyards as they are trying to satisfy their own needs for food, shelter, water, and finding mates. Elephants in Malaysia are no exception. Dr. Nurzhafarina Othman is a Bornean Elephant researcher and founder of the organization Seratu Aatai whose mission is to create a society that is willing and capable of protecting and coexisting with elephants and other wildlife. We talk about how teaching people about wildlife's behavior has helped increase tolerance of their presence, what has helped her the most in protecting the animals, and her thoughts on the palm oil industry (they might surprise you!).
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