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Maasai warrior elephant hunt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
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I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 14:44
Between A Rock and a Hard Place - David Dinnell
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
Iraqi Kurdistan: On Oil and Agriculture
From: War News Radio
Caption: A farmer in Merikegia, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan., Credit: Rachel Stacy
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 3
The Green Gold of Chocó: The Next Fever?
From: Lorenzo Morales
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How a small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green and global market.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:24
Bare As You Dare!
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Troubled Rio Grande
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde
Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Without bugs there would be no chocolate!
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: SAfari ant
A conversation between David Inoue and Dino Martins about the value of African insects to the worlds favourite things. Without bugs there would be ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
Saving the Mathews Range in Samburu Kenya
From: Paula Kahumbu
Caption: Samburu men , Credit: Peter Greste
A campfire debate led by WildlifeDirects Director Paula Kahumbu with entomologist Dino martins, mammologist Judith Mbau and local Samburu man Sammy...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 22:00
Tasmanian Devil on the Brink of Extinction
From: Jake Warga
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Travels around Tasmania to learn about the fate of the little Devil

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
The Price of Rice
From: Outer Voices
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The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KUER, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX, WRPI, KQED and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 12
From: David Kattenburg
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Conserving scarce pockets of precious water and their wildlife. In the middle of one of India’s largest cities, citizens say, ‘Don’t touch our lake...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 11
From: David Kattenburg
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In today’s edition, communities struggle to be healthy in the shadow of the Big Three: tuberculosis, malaria and HIV-AIDS.

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 10
From: David Kattenburg
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Media and development. Two stories of how journalists contribute to the communities where they report, and an interview with one of India’s leading...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:44
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 9
From: David Kattenburg
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Three of the world’s most bustling cities … what makes them tick, and what their citizens are doing to improve life on the street.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 8
From: David Kattenburg
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The plight of the farmer – struggling to produce for global markets, avoiding the toxic tailings of chemically treated fields, or robbed of the lan...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:56
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 7
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Wind turbines, Credit: web
In today’s edition … clean energy – it’s the way to go. Wind power in China, natural gas in Egypt. And from one of capitalism’s most hallowed halls...

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 2
Natural Maryland-Episode 1 Nature's Bounty
From: Baltimore Public Media
Series: Natural Maryland
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International convergence of Red Knot, Horseshoe Crab and man on the Delaware Bay shore.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Disappearing Lake
From: Seattle Globalist
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Eastern Ethiopia's Lake Haramaya disappeared in less than 10 years.

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
Animals of Australia take a Hold
From: Ray Gard
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A Behind the scenes look at the Australian animals associated with the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
WesternAmazon
From: Anton Foek
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Changing of the Amazonia Region

  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
Eco-Pilot
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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Profile of Sandy Lanham, an "eco-pilot" who helps Mexican environmentalists track endangered wildlife. Winner of the 2002 Gracie Allen Award.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, KXOT Public Radio, KPFA, and KVNF


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 5
Resurrecting the Zapara
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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With just four surviving native speakers, a tiny tribe of Amazonian Indians tries to revive its dying culture.

Bought by WBEZ, WBEZ, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 3
Saving Jungle Souls
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Vanishing Homelands
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A nomadic chief leaves the Bolivian jungle to live with evangelical missionaries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 1
Victoria Secretes
From: John Ryan
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A proper provincial capital poops in the ocean -- but for how long?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 06:16
The Gospel of Lido
From: Miranda Diboll
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The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 19:04