The Agumbe, known as one of the rainiest places in India and a sanctuary to King Cobras, holds one of the last surviving low-land rainforests. However, after years of logging and hunting native reptiles the rainforest, which plays a crucial role key to India’s rain patterns, is under threat. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by one of India’s leading conservationists and renowned herpetologists, Romulus Whitaker, to learn more about the research centres that are bringing hope to the future of the Agumbe and beyond. 

This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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If the current trajectory continues, fast fashion emissions are set to surge by 50% by 2030. And with textile production becoming a greater contributor to climate change than international aviation and shipping combined, a crucial question remains - how can the textiles industry harness the power of the circular economy to make global change. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by social entrepreneur and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Denica Riadini-Flesch, live at the Royal Geographical Society, to hear how she is rekindling our connection to the land and creating societal and environmental change, one stitch at a time. 

This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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In Côte d’Ivoire, the Tanoé-Ehy Forest stands as one of West Africa’s last untouched rainforests, a refuge for unique flora and fauna. Despite boasting West Africa's highest biodiversity, aggressive human activities have spared only 2% of the country’s forests. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by Primate Conservation Biologist Inza Koné, a 2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate, as he strives to restore the balance between nature's resilience and humanity's unchecked greed, offering hope to the endangered wildlife and surrounding communities that thrive in the Tanoé-Ehy Forest.

This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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The High Andes are one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, but without urgent intervention, this landscape and its surrounding natural beauty will be lost. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by conservationist and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Constantino Aucca Chutas to hear how he is working with local communities to restore ancient cloud forests on the Andean mountain range, which play a vital role in the fight against climate change.

This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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Even for countries with adequate water resources, water scarcity is not uncommon. But for those who live in remote and poverty struck areas of the world, water scarcity can be the difference between life and death. With reports suggesting that by 2025 half of the world's population could be living in areas facing water scarcity, is there a way to turn the tide? Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by Kenyan entrepreneur and Laureate of the 2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise Beth Koigi to learn more about her commitment to provide water access for those in need with her innovative solution, harvesting drinking water from the air. 

This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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Rising sea levels, increasingly extreme weather patterns, alarming extinction of species—these headlines surround us everyday and are intensifying far more rapidly than we had ever feared.

Yet, amidst these global threats, hope remains boundless.

In this podcast series Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor for The Times, meets the leading experts from around the world who are committed to finding solutions to protect the planet and to benefit humanity. 

From the deepest oceans to the highest peaks, these explorers, scientists, entrepreneurs and citizens are committed to a common goal - to protect our home, Earth.

You can listen to new episodes of Planet Hope every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts.

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The loss of forests across earth has increased at alarming levels. Five hundred years ago, the Atlantic Forest in Brazil spanned 330 million acres - more than three times the size of California- and by the 1970s, 80 percent of the woodland had been lost. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by entrepreneur and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Laury Cullen Jr to hear how he is building corridors of trees to help revive the Atlantic Forests unique biosphere.

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Clips: Al Jazeera, CGTN America, Carbon Brief

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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It is estimated that 37 percent of Nigerian agriculture is lost due to inefficient or non-existent cold chains. And this food spoilage - due to a lack of cold storage - costs 93 million small farmers in Nigeria a quarter of their annual income. The food production crisis in Nigeria is a serious issue that has significant implications for the country’s economy and the livelihoods of the most populous country in Africa. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by entrepreneur and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu to learn more about how he has transformed the food cycle in Nigeria, and beyond, from farming through to consumption. 

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.

Series producer: Anya Pearce

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We have all seen the images of bleached coral reefs, fishermen throwing back inadvertent catches and overflow waste pipes being pumped out to sea. But how do these photographs help to conserve the planet and has time run out to truly make a difference? Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by photographer, conservationist and Rolex-partner, Cristina Mittermeier, to learn how she aims to save the Earth’s oceans through storytelling, education and the power of photography.

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce 

Clips: PBS, Sky News

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The Earth’s average surface temperature has risen by one Celsius since the late 19th century, an increase which has a lasting impact on our entire planet, not to mention some of the world's coldest and extreme areas. With reports suggesting that Arctic sea ice is now shrinking by 12.6% per decade, crucial data found in polar sea ice which can help predict future climate change is disappearing before our eyes. The Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by explorer, climate scientist and Rolex-partner Felicity Aston MBE, to hear how she has witnessed Polar landscapes change in recent years and what critical data she anticipates to capture in her latest expedition ‘Before It’s Gone North’. 

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Series producer: Anya Pearce

Clips: New Scientist, Sky News, BBC World Service

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