Into The Wilderness with Byron Pace

I interview Peter Christie, author of Unnatural Companions: Rethinking our love of pets in an age of extinction. We get deep into the impact of our cats and dogs on the natural environment, the food they eat, what they kill and the spread of disease. From fungal diseases carried by salamanders to the impact of Burmese pythons in the everglades, we expand on the concept that pet ownership is in part our way of connecting to the wilderness modern society has shut out. The big, hanging question, which we do provide some potential solutions for, is how do we harness the love and care of pet owners to help conserve wildlife and mitigate the negative ecological impact of pet ownership.

Peter's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unnatural-Companions-Rethinking-Wildlife-Extinction/dp/161091970X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=unnatural+companions&qid=1595521418&sr=8-1

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In Behind The Lens I have the privilege of getting into the heads of some incredible creatives. From filmmakers to designers and writers, we hear the stories behind the stories. In this episode, I am joined by Tito West, Art Director of Modern Huntsman, and Ellias Carlson the driving force behind the design of the publication. We get into their minds by looking at two stories published in volume 5. If you want to get a sneak peek at the articles we are talking about, head over to the Modern Huntsman Instagram, or mine @byronjpace where you can get an insight into the spread and imagery.

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My interview today is with Catherine E. Semcer, a research fellow at the Property and Environment Research Centre. Most of her work there focuses on rights and market-based solutions to policy challenges in environmental security, conservation finance and sustainability. This really is a deep dive into the cogs which make conservation work, and by cogs, I mean how we fund conservation. We look at the interplay between private and public land ownership, how these models work and the complexities of migration corridors cutting across different types of land use (an issue we are dealing with in deer management right now in the UK). We go on to discuss incentivizing conservation in the public good, and how important knowledge exchange is between countries. Towards the middle of the show we dig into the global wildlife trade and what we mean by that, and how harnessing regulated trade can help address social inequality and prevent viral spillovers into humans. We touch on carbon credits, clean water initiatives and the consequences of potential new regulations on wildlife products in California.

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In this episode, I talk with Jess Johnston about the recent headlines seen around the world, highlighting the legislative changes in Alaska which would allow for the hunting of bear cubs and wolf pups in dens. This was obviously met by a widespread outcry against the move. However, as we always try to do on the podcast, I was keen to take a step back and really understand what had happened. The same day the news broke I called Jess to get more information, which sent her down a rabbit warren for an entire week. Normally I would cut these shows down and insert concise summaries, but Jess does such a great job, I have left the show as recorded: the full 30mins around the topic.

Jess is the Legislative Liaison and Advocacy Coordinator at Wyoming Wildlife Federation and also sits on the board for directors for 2% For Conservation. She is my go-to person for policy implications to wildlife in North America, and I am really pleased to have her back on the show.

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Artwork credit Sergei Ivanov

This is an eye-opening discussion to the very heart of what makes conservation work. Dr Amy Dickman is a Caplan Senior Research Fellow at Felid Conservation in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, as well as sitting on the IUCN Cat Specialist Group, so much of our chat centres around her work with big cats, but we dig deep into how conservation can be made sustainable in the long term, as well as the complexities of human-wildlife conflict, and the common insensitivity of conservation interactions with local communities. We talk about the importance of compassion and humanity in our efforts to conserve wild spaces, and the necessity to implement an international value to resources if we want to protect them. We finish up our chat talking about the famous picture of Amy holding her young child on stage at a National Geographic conference, and what challenges she faced being a woman in the conservation.

Amy: https://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-amy-dickman

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Welcome to the into ITW podcast, and our monthly series Behind The Lens, where I speak to photographers, filmmakers and creatives from around the world about breathtaking imagery and film, and the stories behind them. In keeping with the nature of this podcast, much of these conversations are focused around the intersection between wildlife and humans, but occasionally we will expand outside this realm looking at expeditions, human conflict, and social struggle. In this show, I speak to Derek Malou. His work has captivated me for quite some time and as someone who enjoys country pursuits, much of his imagery is focused on the natural world, with an incredible eye for colour, composition and design.

You can find him @D_malou on Instagram and the images we talk about in this show on my account, @byronjpace.

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This podcast is supported by www.modernhuntsman.com

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Welcome to the into ITW podcast, and our monthly series Behind The Lens, where I speak to photographers, filmmakers and creatives from around the world about breathtaking imagery and film, and the stories behind them. In keeping with the nature of this podcast, much of these conversations are focused around the intersection between wildlife and humans, but occasionally we will expand outside this realm looking at expeditions, human conflict, and social struggle. In this show, I speak to Derek Malou. His work has captivated me for quite some time and as someone who enjoys country pursuits, much of his imagery is focused on the natural world, with an incredible eye for colour, composition and design.

You can find him @D_malou on Instagram and the images we talk about in this show on my account, @byronjpace.

This podcast is supported by www.modernhuntsman.com

To support this show: www.patreon.com/pacebrothers

Welcome to the into ITW podcast, and our monthly series Behind The Lens, where I speak to photographers, filmmakers and creatives from around the world about breathtaking imagery and film, and the stories behind them. In keeping with the nature of this podcast, much of these conversations are focused around the intersection between wildlife and humans, but occasionally we will expand outside this realm looking at expeditions, human conflict, and social struggle. In this show, I speak to Derek Malou. His work has captivated me for quite some time and as someone who enjoys country pursuits, much of his imagery is focused on the natural world, with an incredible eye for colour, composition and design.

You can find him @D_malou on Instagram and the images we talk about in this show on my account, @byronjpace.

This podcast is supported by www.modernhuntsman.com

To support this show: www.patreon.com/pacebrothers

I sit down with Merlin Becker, who previously worked for the GWCT at their model research farm in Scotland. We discuss methods of sustainable land management tackling a wide spectrum of topics: from the Otterburn research project to the use of fire for ecological sustainability; we delve into the crossover between traditional knowledge and science and talk through the new hare counting methodology, curlew conservation and raven control. More information on papers mentioned in this show can be found at:

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In this week's show, digging into the science of conservation, we look at the environmental issue of mercury in our oceans. Speaking with Professor Yanxu Zhang, we discuss how mercury gets into our atmosphere eventually becoming the bioaccumulative toxin methyl mercury, and this impacts oceanic food webs ending with human consumption.

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