40. The Beisa Oryx and Save the Beisa Oryx Community Trust

The Conservationists Assemble is back with volume 40!

 

Welcome fellow wildlife avengers to the Conservationists Assemble. My name is Jonny Bloxham but here I am known as my alter ego, Captain Conservation, your friendly neighbourhood animal advocate. I am a former zookeeper with a passion for conservation education and the global efforts for threatened species and habitats around the world. I am inviting you to join me as we take the fight to our planet’s biggest villain and my arch-nemesis, extinction! Whether you’re new to animal advocacy or a veteran in wildlife preservation, this is the podcast for you!

Each week, I will be teaming up with Earth’s mightiest wildlife heroes to unify the greatest collaboration of conservationists ever known where we will be discussing our planet’s epic species and what is being done to save them. This is the conservationists assemble podcast. Will you join the fight?

Hello everyone and thank you for tuning in to another episode of the conservationists assemble podcast. How have you all been? I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week. I want to hear all about what experiences with nature or thoughts you’ve had about wildlife this week. I want to include you all in this podcast so if you’ve visited a zoo or aquarium this week, snapped a photo or video that you wish to share or have a story about animals that you want to tell. Send them to conservationistsassemble@outlook.com

I’ve made it no secret that aside from raising awareness of our planet’s threatened species through uniting with amazing conservationists around the world, that community is an integral part of my hopes and dreams for the conservationists assemble. Which is why, week in and week out I ask and offer for every one of you, the listeners, to share your photos, videos, stories and experiences of wildlife and your time in zoos as well as your thoughts on the podcast and to spread the word with family, friends and peers. The importance of community is a sentiment that has been reflected by a number of guests on the podcast such as Andrea Dempsey in volume 19 on the Diana Monkey and WAPCA, and more recently in volumes 32 and 33 with Matt Ford of the Talarak foundation on the Visayan Warty Pig, both of whom expressed the importance of working with and including those who live in country for the preservation of wildlife and a desire to have those exact people leading the conservation efforts for those species. Today’s episode is exactly an example of indigenous peoples being at the helm of conservation.

Joining me now is Paul Edonga, founder and executive director of the Save the Beisa Oryx Community Trust, which is currently Africa’s only indigenous pastoralist-led conservation network. I hope you enjoy the episode as Paul guides us through a story driven by a unique grassroots alliance of knowledge and expertise.

Will you join the fight?

 

You can check out more of the work for the Beisa Oryx here:

SBOC – Save Beisa Oryx Community

Facebook - Save the Beisa Oryx Community Trust

Don’t forget that there are plenty of ways to interact with the podcast by sharing your favourite photos and videos of Beisa Oryx. You can also send in your favourite memories from a time at your favourite zoo or experiencing nature first hand. And you can have your say by expressing species, topics, organisations or specific guests you would wish to have on the podcast. Perhaps you want to appear on an episode yourself if you have a topic you are particularly passionate about. You can do all of these things by emailing or by messaging on facebook and instagram. Until next time, this is Captain Conservation signing off, over and out.

Connect with the podcast:

conservationistsassemble@outlook.com

Conservationists Assemble (@conservationistsassemblepod) • Instagram photos and videos