Talking Feral

Dr. Mike Joy is a freshwater ecologist and advocate from New Zealand, and senior research fellow in the School of Government at the University of Victoria, Wellington. His research relates to freshwater fish populations, and water quality and quantity, particularly in response to land use changes and the impacts of industrial dairy farming, and more recently into food systems and applied economics. He continues to have a huge influence on social and political awareness of the degradation of waterways in New Zealand, and continues to fight for meaningful policy change. 

Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya is an ethnoecologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Her PhD research focused on feral horses in the Tsilhqot'in area and now she works with people from diverse cultures, and focuses on how they relate to animals, plants, lands, and waters where they live. She does applied conservation work, specializing in wildlife management, habitat stewardship, and Indigenous Protected Areas.

Introducing Talking Feral! A podcast with your host Paul Boyce, a PhD student and biologist where I discuss with my guests conservation and nature, grad school and academia, science, policy and everything else. Give an episode a listen and if you like it subscribe!