Designing Nature’s Half:
The Landscape Conservation Podcast
Biweekly discussions featuring interviews with experts in the field of landscape conservation and design.
🎙️Including Diverse Voices in Sustainable Landscape Design, with Dr. Amanda Sesser
Dr. Amanda Sesser, the Coordinator of the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) Partnership, discusses the need for inclusive design and decision-making processes that involve diverse stakeholders and empower communities.
🎙️Commonland's 4 Returns: A Path to Sustainable Landscapes, with Willem Ferwerda
Willem Ferwerda, founder of the international non-governmental organization Commonland and former Director of IUCN Netherlands, dives deep into the innovative landscape restoration approach he developed, known as the 4 Returns framework, discussing its potential to inspire hope and drive sustainable change across large landscapes.
🎙️Collaboration and Co-Production: Key Elements of the Midwest Conservation Blueprint, with Alex Wright
Alex Wright is a Landscape Science Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Science Applications program in the Midwest Region. In that role, he facilitates partnerships and develops tools to help coordinate voluntary conservation actions and investments across the Midwest vis-a-vis the Midwest Landscape Initiative.
🎙️Spatial Design in Landscape Conservation: An Interview with Hugh Possingham
Hugh Possingham, Professor of Mathematics and Ecology at the University of Queensland, Australia, shares his expertise in biodiversity conservation, spatial planning and decision science in protected area networks, and Marxan, a spatial prioritization decision support tool.
🎙️Assessing Landscape Conditions: A Key Aspect of Landscape Conservation Design, with Pat Comer
Pat Comer, Chief Ecologist (retired) with NatureServe, shares insights on landscape assessments, a key component of landscape conservation design (LCD). The discussion provides practical advice for stakeholders interested in LCD—highlighting landscape assessments as a crucial component in the design process. Tune into this enlightening conversation packed with expert insights perfect for anyone passionate about sustaining nature through thoughtful planning, design, and collective action!
🎙️Tackling Complex Systems: Landscape Conservation Through Participatory Design Using Models, with Dr. Ronald J. McCormick
Dr. Ronald J. McCormick, a field naturalist and systems ecologist, shares insights on complex systems theory, including its application in landscape conservation design (LCD). The discussion provides practical advice for stakeholders interested in LCD—highlighting conceptual modeling as a valuable step and stressing the importance of boundaries within any model used for decision-making processes.
🎙️The Conundrum of Wildland Fire: Balancing Ecological Benefits and Community Safety, with Steve Markason
Steve Markason, Founder/Principle at Teton Wildfire Mitigation Team, LLC, discusses the increasing extent and severity of wildland fires and the need to build resilient landscapes that increasingly includes communities.
🎙️Exploring Climate Adaptation with Doug Parsons, Host of America Adapts Podcast
Doug Parsons, Director of America Adapts Media, and Host of America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast shares climate change adaptation insights obtained over the course of his career with multiple Federal and state agencies and, more currently, as a podcast host.
🎙️Exploring the Climate Crisis and Adaptation on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska and the Pacific, with Robin West
Robin West, Regional Chief (retired) of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System, shares climate change-related insights obtained over the course of his 35-year career in Alaska and across Hawaii and the remote Pacific Islands.
🎙️Empowering Landscape Partnerships: A Journey Towards Sustainability & Resilience
Designing Nature's Half: The Landscape Conservation Podcast, hosted by Rob Campellone and Tom Miewald, is a platform dedicated to facilitating learning and inspiring action to combat the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. Through conversations with experts in landscape conservation and design, this podcast aims to empower landscape partnerships to think about, design, and implement actions that further sustainability and resilience.
🎙️Podcast Trailer
Join us as we delve into the evolving world of conservation, where we explore the shift from siloed planning and management to an innovative, collaborative approach to designing sustainable and resilient landscapes. Subscribe to Designing Nature’s Half: The Landscape Conservation Podcast