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Voices of Wilderness

Welcome to Voices of Wilderness, the WILD.org podcast where Jackie B., your host and fellow wilderness lover, discusses the environment, wildlife, and wilderness with experts in a down-to-earth non-expert way. Jackie’s a geek for nature facts and stories—scientific, cultural, educational you name it! While she’s not pretending to know everything (not even close), she’s here to bring her passion and the passion of others straight to you. Because let’s face it, it’s going to take all of us to figure

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(62) "18000 More Trees in Ecuador” with Viviana...

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2025/10/22

Viviana Solange Yanez Gomez is the force behind 18,000 Trees in Ecuador, a country famous for its incredible biodiversity, cities, and landscapes.Although Viviana grew up surrounded by nature–hiking mountains and forests, she simultaneously watched these ecosystems get damaged. That early experience sparked her path toward conservation.After graduation, she worked in environmental education with children on Ecuador’s coast, learning firsthand the power of community-driven solutions.Today, she leads

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(61) "Sacred Relationships Matter in Conservation,...

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2025/10/07

Gwen Bridge is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation from Alberta, Canada, and works in consulting and support for Indigenous nations and their partners across North America.In today’s episode, Gwen joins us to talk about Motion 107 – “Scaling Up Indigenous Leadership in the Protection of Biodiversity and the Sacred” and Motion 96 – “Setting Area-Based Targets on Scientific Evidence and Reversing Historic Injustices.” These motions, submitted by WILD.org and co-sponsors, continue the work that was

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(60) "Bringing Indigenous Peoples’ Voices to the...

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2025/09/23

Vivian Delgado is Joma and Tiwa. Her mother’s people are from Taos territory, which spans Northern New Mexico into Colorado, where Vivian currently lives. She has an academic background in Indigenous studies and is doing extensive work with treaties and treaty-making. Vivian also serves as a consultant for the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, where she works on regenerating American bison populations. In today’s episode, Vivian joins us to talk about Motion 107 – “Scaling Up Indigenous Leadership in

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(59) "Intergenerational Equity Through Mentorship,...

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2025/09/09

Fátima Gigante is the Program Coordinator at CoalitionWILD. She began as a volunteer leading the Global Mentorship Program and now also manages the Accelerator Program—CoalitionWILD’s two flagship initiatives. With mentorship at the heart of both CoalitionWILD and WILD’s work, Fátima has been closely involved in shaping the IUCN World Conservation Congress Motion 97: “Mainstreaming mentorship for young ecological stewards to enhance conservation efforts” by writing, designing, and presenting it.In

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(58) "Boreal Forests for Reindeer and Sámi Survival,...

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2025/08/26

Anja Fjellgren Walkeapää is a reindeer herder in the southern part of the Swedish side of Sápmi. Her reindeer graze in a herding community called Mittådalen Mittahduhlen, and with a master’s degree in forestry, Anja has also worked at the Swedish Forest Agency as a national-level specialist in reindeer herding.In today’s episode, Anja joins us to talk about Motion 131 – Protecting the Sápmi Forest: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Indigenous Livelihoods. This motion, submitted by WILD.org and

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(57) "The Truth Behind the ‘Big Bad Wolf’" with...

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2025/08/13

Is everything we know about wildlife rooted in science—or is it shaped by cultural beliefs? What role does culture actually play in the disappearance of species? Sometimes, how we act toward animals is guided not just by facts, but by the stories we grew up with—stories that may be misleading, that have driven species to the brink, and that complicate our ability to coexist.You probably grew up hearing tales of the ‘big bad wolf’ or the image of gentle bears enjoying honey. It’s ingrained in us to

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(56) "Fenced Out of History" with Zachary Mutinda

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2025/07/29

A humanitarian and ecological crisis is rapidly unfolding in the southeastern lowlands of Kenya, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.Over 200 Indigenous families are facing eviction from ancestral lands they have lived on for generations.Since July 2nd, 2025, fencing poles have been erected around entire settlements—cutting off vital routes that have connected communities, livestock, and wildlife for centuries.They are being locked out of the main road. Locked out of their rivers. Locked out of

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(55) "Breaking News: Wilderness Needs Truth" with...

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2025/07/15

Todd likes to focus on three main ideas that many of us in this community are well acquainted with, and yet rarely stop to unpack them. First: wild places. Second: rewilding. And third: how to prevent ‘de-wilding’ or the quiet deletion of the natural world?Todd Wilkinson has been a journalist for over 40 years. Believe it or not, he began his career as a violent crime reporter in Chicago, but his roots trace back to just north of Minneapolis—a place where nature was often seen as something to use,

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(54) "17 Syllables for Environmental Change" with...

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2025/07/01

Maggie Dewane set out to travel across all 50 states of the U.S., capturing the essence of each one through poetry, specifically haikus, and she did all of this for nature.For a while, climate change could feel like a distant, abstract threat to some of us. But now, it’s no longer far away. It’s here, showing up in our own backyards.So Maggie asked herself: How do I make others care and feel what’s going on around them? Her answer was to write—short, heartfelt pieces of art that could resonate with

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(53) "Are Humans Part of the Landscape?" with Dan Abbe

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2025/06/17

Looking back, it’s hard to find a time when humans weren’t part of the natural landscape. We’ve shaped the land for millennia, and conversely, the land has shaped us - yet, we often talk about nature as something separate from us. How do we redefine our relationship with the land when it’s always been somewhere within us?For decades, we’ve tried to manage and control natural spaces. And while many efforts come from a place of care, they don’t always lead to the outcomes we expect. The introduction

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(52) "We're Taking YOUR Motions to the IUCN World...

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2025/06/04

Today, we’re bringing you into the heart of our latest journey—one that began at the 12th World Wilderness Congress and is now heading to the IUCN World Conservation Congress in October of this year, 2025, in Abu Dhabi.It all started with important resolutions passed at WILD12, many started by passionate individuals outside of the environmental policy realm, addressing key conservation issues that WILD works on every day. Following the Congress, WILD and a variety of co-sponsors worked to transform

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(51) "A Match for Conservation" with Jennifer Dallan...

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2025/05/20

Jenny Dallan, a young environmental professional, works for Ontario Parks, coordinating school programs across the province. Don Carruthers Den Hoed works at the University of British Columbia, where he leads the Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership.Jenny applied to a mentorship program offered by the organization Don runs. Though she wasn’t selected, they exchanged a few emails—Jenny was looking for feedback to improve her application. After a bit of back-and-forth, Don

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(50) "Whales and Wildlife at Risk in Cortés" with...

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2025/05/06

Everything began with a plan by U.S. fossil fuel companies in Texas to export natural gas to the vast markets of China. But instead of building expensive infrastructure through the U.S., developers looked south, proposing an almost 500-mile/800-kilometer pipeline starting in Guadalupe, Chihuahua, cutting across the deserts of Chihuahua and Sonora, and ending at the northern edge of the Sea of Cortéz.There, the plan includes building a massive liquefaction plant and an industrial port to handle

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(49) "Utah's Threatened Wilderness" with Chris Riccardo

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2025/04/15

Picture this: a vast, untouched wilderness stretching across the horizon–a land so pristine it feels like it’s been frozen in time. It’s almost hard to put words to such a place, it’s truly like another planet. This wilderness, specifically in Utah, is home to some of the last wild lands in the lower 48 of the United States, with ecosystems that help regulate our planet’s climate but sadly, it’s under constant threat.Mining companies, extractive industries, and high traffic tourism are moving in,

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(48) "Why Facts Don’t Save Nature—But Stories Do"...

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2025/04/01

A UNESCO World Heritage site in the Indian Ocean and home to over 400 endemic species, the Aldabra Atoll, is on the brink of destruction. A proposed luxury development has threatened its fragile ecosystem, and despite scientific arguments and official interventions, nothing has stopped the Seychelloix government from proceeding with this project. Nothing seemed to get their attention. In the end, it wasn’t data or diplomacy that began turning the tide for Aldabra, it was storytelling.Today’s guests,

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(47) "What’s the deal with COPs and Member Only...

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2025/03/18

Global conservation policy can feel complex: What are these big events, and why do they matter? COPs, Conventions of Parties, and member-only congresses—these spaces can seem intimidating, filled with jargon, fancy terms, and big players. You can often find yourself lost, not only in understanding what they mean, but in grasping how they work and, more importantly, what is your place in them is as an individual who cares about the planet. And sometimes, they can feel so slow, right? The urgency of

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(46) "What’s Next for ‘wilderness’?" with Chad Dawson

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2025/03/10

Wilderness seems like an innate, normal, natural concept. ‘Wilderness is the story of the planet.’ That’s what Chad Dawson, today’s guest, says at least. Wilderness is also the story of humanity. Yet, here we are, forgetting our roots and how to live in conjunction with the land. So, how did we get here?In this episode, we dive into wilderness management with Chad Dawson, retired professor and key figure behind the Wilderness Management (5th edition that is) textbook—a comprehensive guide that’s

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(45) "Reclaiming Humanity in a Broken World" with...

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2025/03/04

The world is hurting. People are hurting. We see it every day, all around us. It’s almost inescapable in the news. Ancestral knowledge is fading because of modern ways of life. But within these wounds, there is healing—ancient wisdom, strength, really a way back to wholeness.“The medicine is in the wound.” Ariel’s words that have stuck with Jackie since her conversation with her. A reminder that healing doesn’t come from ignoring pain but instead comes from facing it and tending to what is broken

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(44) WILD12 "Dan Wildcat: From Anthropocentric...

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2025/02/18

Einstein stated, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." This idea came to Jackie's mind during her conversation with the ever awesome Dan Wildcat at WILD12. He talks about "the age of the Anthropocene"—a time when humans see themselves as the center of everything. And here we are, facing human-caused environmental crises, thinking once again that it’s our role to fix things in the same manner we’ve done in the past.Dan’s got something to say about that

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(43) "Wildlife Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge"...

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2025/02/04

How can Indigenous communities be better supported in addressing wildlife diseases?This question has inspired Avery’s work.Avery, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is working to bring together veterinary science and Indigenous knowledge by partnering with tribal nations on wildlife health research that’s collaborative and community-driven.Having grown up in his tribal community, Avery saw that while many tribes in the U.S. have natural resource departments focused on wildlife protection, they often

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