Podcast

Our podcast “Behind the Schemes” ran from 2012 – 2017. Will we start recording again someday? Who knows. In the meantime, have a listen – you’ll definitely learn something!

Behind the Schemes is a conversation about protecting our Planet’s precious wildlife from commerce, corruption, and counterfeit cures.

Podcast episodes:

February 2017

• South Africa’s Latest Rhino Horn Trade Shenanigans. Guests: Quyen Vu (Education for Nature-Vietnam) and Allison Thomson (Outraged South African Citizens Against Poaching), (00:24:36).
  

August 2016:

• State of the Pangolin. Guests: Dr. Chris Shepherd (TRAFFIC) and Lisa Hywood (Tikki Hywood Trust), (00:20:03).
  

July 2016:

• Protecting Rhinos and Creating Livelihoods in Indonesia. Guest: Dr. Susie Ellis, International Rhino Foundation, (00:11:41).
  

• Lion Policy Pioneers. Guests: Dr. Pieter Kat and Christine Macsween, LionAid, (00:29:23).
  

December 2015:

• China’s Tiger Trade Conspiracy. Guest: Judy Mills, Blood of the Tiger: A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save a Magnificent Species, (00:31:37).
  

November 2015:

• Rhino Horn Trafficking: Market-Based Solutions Under Scrutiny. Guest: Dr. Ronald Orenstein, Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis, (00:46:22).
  

October 2015:

• The UN’s Lone Ranger: Combating International Wildlife Crime. Guest: John M. Sellar, OBE FRGS,The UN’s Lone Ranger, (01:06:33).
  

March 2014:

• Where Are They Now? South Africa’s Alleged Rhino Horn Traffickers. Guest: Julian Rademeyer, Killing for Profit, (00:21:15).

February 2014:

• • The Significance of the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade. Guest: Sabri Zain, TRAFFIC, (00:09:06).
    

• • Ivory, Transparency, and Sustainable Utilization. Guest: Susie Watts, Independent Wildlife Consultant, (00:19:42).
    

• • Inside the World’s Largest Shark Slaughterhouse. Guests: Alex Hofford and Paul Hilton, WildlifeRisk, (00:17:45).
    

January 2014:

• • State of the African Pangolin. Guest: Lisa Hywood, Tikki Hywood Trust, (00:11:56).
    

• • State of the Asian Pangolin. Guest: Dr. Chris Shepherd, TRAFFIC, (00:11:04).
    

October 2013:

• • Ivory, Horn and Blood — and CITES. Guest: Dr. Ron Orenstein, Ivory, Horn and Blood, (01:10:47).
    

August 2013:

• • Tackling Corruption in the Congo. Guest: Naftali Honig, Project for the Application of Law for Fauna , (00:35:41).
    

March 2013:

• • Rhino Horn Trafficking in India. Guest: Dr. Bibhab Talukdar, IUCN Asian Rhino Specialist Group, (00:24:57).
    

March 2013:

• • South Africa’s Rhino Horn Dealers. Guest: Julian Rademeyer, Killing for Profit, (00:33:48)
    

February 2013:

• • Big Carnivores in Big Trouble: Polar Bears and African Lions. Guests: Dr. Pieter Kat and Chris MacSween, LionAid, (00:58:08).
    

• • TRAFFIC Reports and CITES. Guest: Sabri Zain, TRAFFIC, (00:32:35).
    

• • Lions and Turtles and Bears. And CITES. Guest: Dr. Teresa Telecky, Humane Society International, (00:34:03).
    

November 2012:

• • Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade. Guest: Julian Rademeyer, Killing for Profit, (00:21:03).
    

October 2012:

• • Rescuing Pangolins in Zimbabwe. Guest: Tikki Hywood, Tikki Hywood Trust, (00:21:54).
    

September 2012:

• • Dead Lions Walking. Guests: Dr. Pieter Kat and Chris MacSween, LionAid, (00:25:46)
    
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August 2012:

• • Closing Bear-ly Legal Loopholes in Vietnam. Guest: Quyen Vu, Education for Nature-Vietnam, (00:17:16).
    

• • A Closer Look At A Biased Ivory Trade Report. Guest: Mary Rice, Environmental Investigation Agency, (00:17:52).
    

• • In the Presence of Javan Rhinos. Guest: Bill Konstant, International Rhino Foundation, (00:13:32).
    

June 2012:

• • A Bear’s Eye View of Sun Bears. Guest: Wong Siew Te, Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, (00:14:04).
    

• • Conservation in an Age of Mass Extinction. Guest: Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com, (00:45:28).
    

• • Rhino Horn and Organized Crime. Guest: Julian Rademeyer, Killing for Profit, (00:20:34).
    

May 2012:

• • Saving the One-Horned Rhinos of Asia. Guest: Dr. Susie Ellis, International Rhino Foundation, (00:20:30).
    

• • A Closer Look At Slow Loris Trafficking. Guest: Elizabeth John, TRAFFIC, (00:20:00).
    

• • Asia’s Three Rhino Species. Guest: Kerry Crosbie, Asian Rhino Project, (00:26:40).
    

• • Taking Action for African Lions. Guests: Dr. Pieter Kat and Chris MacSween, LionAid, (00:51:03).
    

April 2012:

• • Blogging for Endangered Species. Guest: John Platt, Extinction Countdown, (00:26:02).
    

• • Up Close & Personal with Sumatran Rhinos. Guest: Bill Konstant, International Rhino Foundation, (00:17:45).
    

March 2012:

• • Increased Demand for Lion Bones. Guests: Dr. Pieter Kat and Chris MacSween, LionAid, (00:32:51).
    

• • Laundering Wildlife in Southeast Asia. Guest: Dr. Chris Shepherd, TRAFFIC, (00:29:47).
    

• • Rhino Protection from the USA. Guest: Sal Amato, US Fish & Wildlife Service, (00:17:23).
    

• • Tackling Wildlife Crime in Vietnam. Guest: Quyen Vu, Education for Nature-Vietnam, (00:23:17).
    

• • Plight of Zimbabwe’s Pangolins. Guest: Tikki Hywood, Tikki Hywood Trust, (00:25:51).
    

February 2012:

• • Saving the World’s Smallest Bear. Guest: Wong Siew Te, Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, (00:25:26).
    

• • State of the Sumatran Rhino. Guest: Bill Konstant, International Rhino Foundation, (00:11:36).
    

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