Nature Talks

Nature Talks

By Erfan FirouziScienceNature
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Nature Talks episodes

  • Wild Talks Trailer

    Get yourselves ready, find your gear, wear your boots, and pack your bags!

    We are  getting ready for a journey, deep inside the natural world, from coral cities, to towering trees.


    In this Adventure of a Lifetime, we will also learn, how we can save the Planet and REWILD the World!

    Welcome to the Wild World, where we will get the wild to you!


    Music from Netflix, Ellie Goulding 

    4 min
  • Danielle Carnahan : Wonders of the Asian Elephants

    Welcome to Season 2 of Nature Talks Podcast!

     Let's join the conversation with Erfan Firouzi and Danielle Carnaha, where they talk all about Elephants! 

     Who is Danielle Carnahan? She is a conservationist, passionate about making a difference in our changing world. She grew up in Washington state and attended Washington State University (go cougs) where she got my bachelor’s degree in animal sciences with a minor in French. During college, she traveled to Thailand as a pre-veterinary student to work in a variety of veterinary and conservation environments. One of these included an elephant sanctuary during which time, she found herself falling more and more in love with these amazing pachyderms everyday and becoming incredibly passionate about their plight and exploitation in Thailand. This experience shaped her outlook on conservation as well as my future.  

    After this experience she decided to apply to graduate school to get a master’s degree in conservation medicine. This grad program brought me to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Massachusetts and trained her in conservation methods while challenging her view of the world. This graduate program prepared her for a career in conservation and opened her mind and heart to so many conservation and social injustices that require more attention. Toward the end of graduate school she received funding to do research at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary (BLES), This research brought her to the jungle for three months where she worked alongside some incredible conservationists and animals.  Since then she have spent time traveling in Nepal with the continued mission of improving the lives of captive elephants as an independent researcher. This has given her more insight into the industry and made me better equipped to spread her knowledge on this platform.  

     She believes that in order to conserve the planet and all the beautiful (and not so beautiful) species living here, education is critical.   

    That why we are here on this nature talks podcast where we learn, education and experience the natural world to save it. Together, we can make change; everyone’s small steps make the difference!  #Elephants #AsianElephants #conservation

    31 min
  • A Dive into the #CoralReefs | Speaking with Sian Williams

    Welcome to another Nature Talks episode.  

     THIS NATURE TALKS WE ARE WITH SIAN! Based on Gili Trawangan Indonesia for 9 years and working hard to protect the ocean and island environment.  She loves to teach people how to conserve the natural environment and I'm an avid diver and scuba instructor. Teaching coral reef restoration and coral propagation are some of her favorite past times. 

     She loves to clean the beach and make a difference. She started the movement Debris Free Friday to encourage all tourists locals and guests to come together to clean up marine debris every Friday for social networking and educational opportunity.   

    Website: https://giliecotrust.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giliecotrust/

      Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Giliecotrust/

     Twitter: https://twitter.com/giliecotrust/ 

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSGS... 

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gili... 

    #Coral #blueplanet #oceans

    51 min
  • Our innovation taking over the Oceans, Speaking with Amy from Kids Against Plastic

    Welcome to another Nature Talks episode. 

    THIS NATURE TALKS WE ARE WITH AMY! AMY and Ella are the founders of a nonprofit charity organization that fights against plastic. 

    "But this campaign isn’t just about us. This is our story, but now we want you, your friends, your family, everyone, to join a movement of people that are breaking their plastic habits and lobbying for change. After all, if we want change to happen, we have to make it happen."

    Website:https://www.kidsagainstplastic.co.uk/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidsagainstplastic/

     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kidsagainstplastic/

    Twitter:https://twitter.com/KidsVplastic

    29 min
  • Our relationship with Nature. Speaking with Joshua Powell
    Welcome to another Nature Talks episode. THIS NATURE TALKS WE ARE WITH JOSHUA POWELL! Joshua Powell is a Conservation Biologist and National Geographic Explorer. His research is interested in how human society interacts with the natural world - and how we can utilise that interaction to help conserve biodiversity.
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    Josh is the Expedition Leader for Rangers Without Borders - Eurasia, a multi-disciplinary research study which, supported by National Geographic, has been assessing wildlife ranger livelihoods, poaching threat and anti-poaching capability, and opportunities for trans-boundary cooperation, across Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Rangers Without Borders - Eurasia most recently completed fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania and Poland, in partnership with local scientists and researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, and the University of Central Florida, USA.
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    Originally from the UK, Josh completed his Masters at the University of Pennsylvania, in the USA, as a Thouron Award Scholar, before accepting a Churchill Fellowship (2017) to work on innovative ideas in island conservation in the South Pacific and the South Atlantic.
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    With a lifelong interest in politics, Josh is keen to utilise the capacity of political action to create real-world change for human society and the natural world. He was named a 'Leader of Tomorrow' in 2016 by the St. Gallen Symposium, in Switzerland, and in 2018 became a member of the Queen's Young Leaders community, representing the UK. Josh is one of the faces of #WWFVoices for WWF. Website:
    https://www.joshua-powell.com/
    Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/joshuapowel...
    Facebook:
    https://www.facebook.com/joshuapowell...
    Linkedin:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuapow...
    35 min
  • Why are the Red Haired Apes in Decline? Speaking with Jack Dalton
    Welcome to another Nature talks episode THIS NATURE TALK WE ARE WITH JACK & ERFAN FIROUZI!
    Jack, the Kid Conservationist, is a 10-year-old who loves the environment and all its inhabitants. He uses his YouTube channel to create fun, educational videos to inspire others to make positive changes for our world. Jack interviews experts in the field, such as Joel Sartore, a National Geographic photographer; Dr. Biruté Galdikas, the world's leading Orangutan reasearcher; and C-16 BioSciences, which is creating a palm oil alternative. He tours labs, zero waste markets, and more to showcase conservation and environmentally friendly work being done around the world. Jack is the Youth Ambassador for Orangutan Alliance and his goal is to see orangutans OFF the endangered species list. He works in many ways to educate others, while simultaneously learning everything he can in the field himself. Jack has presented locally at schools throughout New Hampshire, as well as at Zoos and Museums across the United States
    FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/kidconservationist
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidconservationist/
    Orangutan Alliance: https://orangutanalliance.org/
    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCck8Zgwd_XA1gTdSASaIKlg/videos
    23 min
  • What's behind the cuddly cute penguin faces? Speaking with Katie O'Brien

    Welcome to another Nature talks episode  THIS NATURE TALK WE ARE  WITH KATIE & ERFAN FIROUZI! 

    An academic award-winning evolutionary biologist studying the adaptations of Southern Ocean Penguins to extreme and rapidly changing environments as part of the 2020 NERC GW4+ DTP cohort. Expertise in areas such as population genetics, bioinformatics, data analysis, evolutionary ecology, and programming. Currently working on a multidisciplinary project with aspects of wildlife parasitology, climate change biology, and transcriptomics.


    Ph.D. tutor at The Brilliant Club for the South-West region. Teaching maths and biology to students with the aim of widening access to university for students from underrepresented groups.

    Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_katieob_/​


    32 min
  • #EarthDay Virtual Event

    Yesterday we celebrated an extraordinary #earthday #EarthDay2021 Everyday can be Earth day, our virtual event with Erfan Firouzi and Zayaan Qureshi was one unforgettable event!  We explored the importance of nature and biodiversity, while also going in extraordinary detail about the threats our planet faces and what we can do to save them!  We answered some common questions asked us and more, while getting some cool specimen up close for the audience/  Happy Earth day, make. Everyday an Earth Day  #earthdayeveryday #earthday🌎 #earthdaynetwork

    1 hr 3 min
  • Nature talks with Crocodile Research Coalition, speaking with Dr Marisa Tellez & Elliee Coleman

    Welcome to another Nature talks episode  THIS NATURE TALK WE ARE  WITH DR MARISA , ELLIE COLEMAN & ERFAN FIROUZI! The Crocodile Research Coalition (CRC) is a Belize-based nonprofit, established in January 2016, that seeks to preserve crocodiles and their environments throughout Central America and the Caribbean to ensure the long-term sustainability of biodiversity in the region.   Dr. Marisa Tellez is the Executive Director & Co-Founder of CRC  Elliee Coleman is a Community Ecology Intern at CRC  

     Follow CRC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crocodilere...​

     Follow CRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crocodileres...​

     Follow CRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrocResCoal​ 

    Subscribe to CRC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNO...

    ​ Follow Dr Marisa Tellez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crocparasit...​

     Follow Elliee Coleman on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliee_cole...

    59 min
  • Nature Talks With Benito WeinWright on Butterflies

    Welcome to another Nature talks episode  THIS NATURE TALK WE ARE  WITH BENITO WAINWRIGHT & ERFAN FIROUZI! Benito is a PhD Evo Ecologist at university of bristol and in social media people know him as Benito Explains , he shares many information and facts about insects, butterflies, Biology and much more, it is truly a great and fun learning experience! 

    #remotelearning​​​​ #onlinetalks​​​​ #Naturetalks​​

    29 min

About Nature Talks

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Welcome to or podcast, where we dive deep into the world of biodiversity, conservation, & the natural world. Hosted by Erfan Firouzi, a passionate naturalist & award-winning storyteller, this podcast brings together experts globally to explore pressing environmental issues, share inspiring stories, and discuss innovative solutions for a sustainable future.