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The Think Wildlife Podcast

The Think Wildlife Podcast

Every Monday, join our hosts, Anish Banerjee, as he speaks with renowned conservationists from around the world, dissecting some of the most pressing and intricate challenges threatening wildlife. anishbanerjee.substack.com

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S4|EP18 - Saving East Kolkata's Urban Wetlands and...

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2026/02/13

In this deeply informative episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee is joined by Nibedita Chakraborty, a wildlife and biodiversity researcher whose work focuses on wetlands, urbanization, and citizen science. The conversation centres on the East Kolkata Wetlands, one of India’s most important urban wetlands, and uses this globally significant landscape to explore broader questions of wetland conservation, urban biodiversity, and climate change.The East Kolkata Wetlands represent a

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30:57

S4|EP17 - Conserving Nepal's Biodiversity Hotspots...

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2026/02/06

In this episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee is joined by Nishan Limbu, Tujin Rai, and Nischal Kunwar from the Nature Conservation and Study Centre for a wide-ranging conversation on youth-led wildlife conservation and biodiversity research in Nepal’s Himalayan landscapes.Rather than focusing on a single species, this episode explores how grassroots conservation initiatives in Nepal are addressing the needs of multiple threatened taxa, including the Asiatic Black Bear,

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26:21

S4|EP14 - Balancing Development and Snow Leopard...

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2026/01/29

In this in-depth episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee speaks with Hamza Butt, about one of the most urgent yet under-discussed challenges facing conservation today: how to reconcile development with the protection of fragile mountain ecosystems.Hamza’s work sits at the intersection of sustainable linear infrastructure, biodiversity conservation, and climate policy. Drawing on his experience in Pakistan and across the Hindu Kush Himalaya, he explains how roads, railways,

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27:41

S4|EP15 Restoring Elephant Corridors in West Bengal...

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2026/01/23

In this episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee is joined by Divya Banerjee, founder of Uttarayan Wildlife, for a deeply grounded conversation on elephants, people, and landscapes in eastern India. Drawing on years of frontline conservation experience, Divya shares how elephant conservation in human-dominated regions is inseparable from social justice, livelihoods, and long-term ecosystem recovery.The episode focuses on Asiatic elephants and the rapidly disappearing elephant

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22:43

S4|EP14 - Conserving The Last Vulture with Nitish...

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2026/01/16

In this thought-provoking episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee is joined by Nitish Agrawal, founder of The Last Vulture, to unpack one of the most urgent yet overlooked stories in Indian biodiversity: the vulture crisis and its far-reaching ecological and public health consequences.Vultures are keystone species and irreplaceable scavengers, playing a critical role in maintaining ecosystem balance by rapidly removing animal carcasses from the landscape. Nitish explains how the

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55:57

S4|EP13 - Conserving Wild Karnataka's Wolves in the...

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2026/01/07

In this compelling episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee speaks with Indrajit Ghorpade, founder of the Deccan Conservation Foundation, about wolf conservation in the Koppal District of Karnataka and the overlooked biodiversity of the Deccan Plateau. The conversation offers a rare, ground-level perspective on the Indian wolf and the urgent need to rethink how India approaches grassland conservation and biodiversity management outside forested landscapes.Koppal District, located

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19:16

S3|EP12 ~ Restoring India’s Oceans through Artificial...

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2025/12/27

India’s coastal waters hold immense promise—and growing peril. In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee speaks with Oishinee Chakraborty from the Kuddle Life Foundation, a young organization redefining marine conservation in Pondicherry through science, community collaboration, and artificial reefs.Oishinee introduces listeners to the Foundation’s origins—founded in 2020 by Punit Dhandhania and Hans Dhandhania, who transformed a small circle of ocean enthusiasts into a

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24:23

S3|EP11 ~ Guardians of Nepal’s Wildlife: Tackling...

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2025/12/19

Nepal is home to some of the world’s most iconic wildlife — from tigers, rhinos, and elephants to lesser-known species like pangolins and medicinal orchids. Yet behind its breathtaking biodiversity lies a complex struggle against wildlife poaching, illegal wildlife trade, and habitat loss. In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we speak with Kumar Paudel, founder and director of Greenhood Nepal, one of the nation’s leading conservation organizations working to combat wildlife crime and

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33:06

S3|EP10 ~ Can Biodiversity Credits Build a...

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2025/12/13

As the global biodiversity crisis intensifies, the race is on to design financial systems that protect nature rather than destroy it. In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, Dr. Samuel Sinclair, co-founder of Biodiversify, unpacks the evolution of biodiversity credits, the limitations of the current biodiversity credit market, and the urgent need for credible biodiversity conservation finance. Based in the UK, Biodiversify works with global corporations, governments, and NGOs to make

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14:45

S3|EP9 ~From Near Extinction to Recovery: How Arctic...

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2025/12/06

In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we travel to the frozen frontiers of the Arctic to uncover one of conservation’s most inspiring success stories — the revival of the Arctic fox in Svalbard and Fennoscandia. Host Anish Banerjee is joined by Nina Elisabeth Eide from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), who shares her remarkable two-decade journey studying and protecting wild canids in one of the world’s harshest environments.Once reduced to barely 40–60 individuals, the

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49:55

S3|EP8 ~Rewilding the Beisa Oryx: How Community...

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2025/11/28

The African savannas once echoed with herds of graceful antelopes—species perfectly adapted to life in some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. Among them, the Beisa oryx stands out as a symbol of resilience, yet today it faces growing threats from habitat loss, poaching, and human expansion. In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we explore the inspiring story of oryx conservation and rewilding efforts that are giving this striking desert antelope a second chance. Joining us on this

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29:39

S3|EP7 ~Hidden Primates of Bengaluru: Conserving...

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2025/11/21

In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we explore one of India’s most unique and little-known primates — the slender loris, a small nocturnal primate that thrives in the tree canopies of southern India and Sri Lanka. Joining us is Professor Kaberi Kar Gupta, visiting scientist at the Indian Institute of Science and founder of the Urban Slender Loris Project, who shares her decades-long journey from studying forest ecology to pioneering urban ecology and urban wildlife conservation in

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19:43

S3|EP6 ~ Project Red Panda and Community Conservation...

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2025/11/14

High in the misty forests of North Bengal and Northeast India, a quiet conservation movement is unfolding around one of the world’s most charismatic yet misunderstood mammals — the red panda. In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee speaks with young conservationist Aamir Khan Sohel, whose pioneering work bridges red panda conservation breeding, community-led conservation, and the power of science communication through his initiative, Translating Conservation.Aamir’s

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17:04

S3|EP5 ~ Inspiring the Next Generation: EcoInspire’s...

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2025/11/10

In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we speak with Ishan Shanavas — a nature photographer, author, and founder of EcoInspire, an environmental education initiative that has already reached over 20,000 students across 70 schools in five Indian states. Through engaging storytelling, dynamic school sessions, and vivid wildlife photography, Ishan is helping shape how young people understand and appreciate biodiversity and the natural world.Growing up on road trips through the Bandipur Tiger

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31:14

S3|EP4 ~ The Bitter Truth Behind Coffee:...

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2025/10/31

In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we are joined by Etelle Higonnet, founder of Coffee Watch, a nonprofit watchdog organization dedicated to the proposition that we should make the world a better place with each cup of coffee. We uncover the hidden environmental and social costs of the global coffee industry — from deforestation and ecosystem degradation to human rights violations in coffee plantations in tropical landscapes around the world, with a focus on the Western Ghats

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S4|EP3 ~ Captive Elephants of Asia: The Hidden Crisis...

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2025/10/24

Across Asia, nearly one in three elephants lives in captivity—used in temples, tourism, logging, and religious festivals. In this powerful episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, Canadian photographer and elephant conservation advocate Larry Laverty joins host Anish Banerjee to shed light on the suffering of captive elephants and the urgent need for elephant conservation across both Asia and Africa.Larry Laverty’s remarkable journey began with his first book Power and Majesty, which documented the

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44:14

S4|EP2 ~ The Free-Ranging Dog Crisis: India’s...

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2025/10/16

India’s growing population of free-ranging dogs has become one of the most complex and divisive conservation challenges of our time. In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we dive deep into the intersection of animal welfare, public health, and biodiversity conservation with ecologist Arshyaan Shahid, who unpacks the ecological, legal, and ethical dilemmas surrounding India’s 60 million stray dogs.The discussion begins with the recent Supreme Court order directing Delhi authorities to

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22:06

S4|EP1 - Conserving the Gharials of the Chambal...

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2025/10/06

Welcome to Season 4 of the Think Wildlife Podcast, where we explore the frontlines of biodiversity conservation through stories that shape the future of our planet.In this episode, host Anish Banerjee speaks with Ram Pratap Singh, a social entrepreneur, conservationist, and founder of the Indian School of Nature, who has spent over two decades working to restore the Chambal River—one of India’s most extraordinary examples of riverine conservation. Once infamous for its dacoits, the Chambal region is

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15:08

S3|EP43- Restoring Urban Biodiversity and Building...

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2025/09/21

As the world rapidly urbanizes, our cities face growing challenges of ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate impacts. In the 1950s, only 30% of the world’s population lived in cities; by the 2030s, that number will exceed 60%. While this shift creates opportunities for rural rewilding, it also threatens the health of our urban ecosystems. One of the most powerful solutions emerging is the creation of urban forests through the Miyawaki method, a pioneering approach to ecosystem

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21:03

S3|EP42 - Conserving the Great Barrier Reef and...

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2025/09/14

Coral reefs are among the most extraordinary ecosystems on our planet, supporting nearly a quarter of all marine life despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor. In this episode, we dive deep into the wonders and challenges of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, stretching over 2,300 kilometers and visible even from outer space. Our guest, Carolyn Trewin, Senior Program Manager at the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, shares her journey into marine conservation

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