Episode 25 - The Weekly News 02-10-2021

What is IUCN and CITES? We explain the structure and role of these conservation bodies and debate how they could be improved in a modern conservation and political landscape.The decline of nature is directly linked to our quality of life - yet why don’t we act with more urgency to repair and protect the planet? We think about the the link between positive media and positive behaviour and how COVID has perhaps resensitised us.And in fantastic news for South Africa, the environmental court in Kruger National Park’s Skukuza reopens for business after the constitutional court reinstated it with immediate effect.Dallas Safari Club take their annual conference on-line with auctions of trophy hunts of critically endangered animals like the black rhino. Pablo Escobar’s hippos are causing havoc in Medellin - almost 30 years after his death.Finally, a beautiful story of how senior Londolozi ranger, Shaun D’Araujo discovers a new way of looking at wildlife with a lesson taught by a blind guest…