Coral reefs are among the most vibrant ecosystems on Earth, but they’re also some of the most vulnerable. As the planet warms, the race is on to protect and restore these underwater worlds.  

This new episode takes listeners beneath the waves to see how science, policy and local action are helping to heal the ocean.

Joining the hosts is Dr. David Obura, one of the world’s leading marine ecologists, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and founding director of Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa. 

From muddy boots to outer space: the EBRD teams up with NASA Harvest  

Seen from space, our planet tells a story of how it grows, feeds and sustains life on Earth.

This new episode looks at how satellite data are transforming the way we grow food. Joining the hosts is Inbal Becker-Reshef, Program Director of NASA Harvest, NASA’s global food security and agriculture programme, and Managing Director of Microsoft’s AI For Good Lab. 

This episode is supported by the CIF, Japan, the Netherlands and Spain through the High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action (HIPCA).

Can we change what we don’t measure? In our first podcast episode, Adonai Herrera-Martínez speaks with Marco Lambertini, Convener of Nature Positive and former WWF International Director General, about the urgent need to value nature - scientifically, economically, and politically.  

From coral reefs to global finance, they explore how biodiversity loss affects us all, and why “more nature, not less” must be our shared goal. 

The episode also spotlights an EBRD project in Jordan, supported by the EBRD Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Multi-Donor Account (Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, and the United Kingdom), and the Blue Mediterranean Partnership (European Union, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden).  

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In Nature Unheard, the EBRD’s new podcast, we are uncovering stories of resilience and curiosity, as well as groundbreaking ideas and insights. 

Hosted by Adonai Herrera-Martínez, Rachael Barza and Emma Bentley, each episode dives into the big questions shaping our planet’s future: from the hidden economics of biodiversity and the frontlines of climate change to the new ways artificial intelligence is being used to protect nature.  

It’s nature, like you’ve never heard it before.  

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