Podcast Episode 2
Protected Areas with Jeremy Guth
Protected Areas with Jeremy Guth
In this episode of What the f*** is biodiversity, Ann and Jeremy talk about protected areas, which are a major solution for biodiversity loss. They also discuss wildlife cores and corridors, wild animal crossings like the overpass in Banff National Park, and a design competition he launched for beautifying these structures. He also paints a picture of the scale of protected areas in Canada and what this momentous target could look like. There are many quotable moments in this episode so make sure you listen until the end.
About Jeremy Guth
Since 1999, Jeremy has been actively funding initiatives to reconnect large landscapes: in the west with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) and in the east with the Open Space Institute’s Transborder Fund. He has been a trustee of the Woodcock Foundation since 2003 and developed the foundation’s large landscape conservation program with a particular focus on the preservation of ecological connectivity between Canada and the United States. He also served on the boards of the Earthwatch Institute of Boston and Y2Y from 2003-2009. In 2008, he initiated the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Competition with Dr Tony Clevenger and remains on the steering committee of the ARC Solutions partnership. He currently serves as the chair of the development committee for Y2Y.
CHECK OUT JEREMY’S BLOG POSTS
About Jeremy Guth
Since 1999, Jeremy has been actively funding initiatives to reconnect large landscapes: in the west with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) and in the east with the Open Space Institute’s Transborder Fund. He has been a trustee of the Woodcock Foundation since 2003 and developed the foundation’s large landscape conservation program with a particular focus on the preservation of ecological connectivity between Canada and the United States. He also served on the boards of the Earthwatch Institute of Boston and Y2Y from 2003-2009. In 2008, he initiated the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Competition with Dr Tony Clevenger and remains on the steering committee of the ARC Solutions partnership. He currently serves as the chair of the development committee for Y2Y.
CHECK OUT JEREMY’S BLOG POSTS
Episode Notes
ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY JEREMY GUTH
PROTECTED AREAS/PLACES/SPACES (NAME VARIES)
- What is a protected area?, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Protected areas, Government of Canada
- Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
QAT’MUK/ CENTRAL PURCELL MOUNTAINS IPCA (JUMBO VALLEY)
- BC’s Central Purcell Mountains part of Canada’s largest investment in nature in Canadian history, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Ktunaxa, supporters celebrate protection of Qat’muk and the Jumbo valley, by Trevor Crawley, Nelson Star
- A major win for conservation: New Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area to be established in BC, NET Blog
ANIMAL ROAD CROSSINGS (ARC SOLUTIONS)
- ARC Solutions
- ARC Solutions Design Competition video
- As Banff’s famed wildlife overpasses turn 20, the world looks to Canada for conservation inspiration, by Gloria Dickie, Canadian Geographic
- Roadkill deaths driving some species to the edge, by David Burke, CBC News
- Animal road crossings ensure safe passage for wildlife, by Jaime Clifton-Ross, NET Blog
- (Re)Connecting Wild: Restoring Safe Passage documentary, NineCaribou Productions
- Wildlife crossings stop roadkill. Why aren’t there more?, by Vox
ELF CROSSINGS IN ICELAND
- In Iceland, ‘respect the elves – or else’, by Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian
- Icelanders Protest a Road That Would Disturb Fairies, by Rose Eveleth, Smithsonian Magazine
AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS
- Aichi Biodiversity Targets, Convention on Biological Diversity
- 2020 is a super year for nature and biodiversity, UN Environment (please note, COVID-19 is impacting plans)
- COVID-19 disrupts a major year for biodiversity policy and planning, by James Dinneen, Mongabay
- Will 2020 be the biodiversity super year?, NET Blog