National Geographic reporter Scott Wallace on trips to deep Amazon for his book "The Unconquered". How oil, gold, and illegal logging chase the last wild tribes. Reports on Canadian Boreal failure, serial climate hacker Russ George, & Nature in the city.
Scott Wallace interview by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock.
Recording of Forest Ethic Exec Dir Tod Paglia and Ivey Foundation Program Director Tim Gray at press conference/teleconference Vancouver, May 21, 2012 by Alex Smith.
Recording of Richard Mannix, Legal Counsel for NOAA by Alex Smith.
Recording of Orion Magazine online discussion by Alex Smith.
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The first 32 minute of the show (stretched from Part 1 over to Part 2) is a wide-ranging discussion with Scott Wallace, journalist for National Geographic magazine.
We talk through his book about the last Amazon un-contacted tribes "The Unconquered". Why oil, gold, and tropical timber are corrupting the Amazon, a fundamental source of biodiversity for the planet. Wallace made a 3 month trip to find sings of "the Arrow People" plus multiple trips to the Amazon in Ecuador and Peru. At times it was pretty hairy.
I provide an update on the "collapse" of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. Following my story 2 weeks ago on the green group Canopy withdrawing, this week the largest forest company, Resolute, quit. We hear from the remaining NGOs that the process may not be dead.
Serial climate hacker and plankton "farmer" Russ George was booted off the Board of the Haida Salmon Restoration Corp. The aboriginal Haida people say they have fired him, George says that's not possible, he owns nearly half the company. An update on the incredible disappearing $2.5 million.
We hear briefly from NOAA lawyer Richard Mannix on the need for an international agency to oversee geoengineering attempts like the Russ George/Haida case.
Wraps with a sample from ""City Mouse, City Flower: A Discussion of Urban Nature." presented by Erik Hoffner of Orion Magazine.
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