Tag: vaquita conservation
A Tribute to Paco Valverde
The following tribute was written by Sean Bogle, Producer/Director of "Souls of the Vermilion Sea", and Co-Director/Associate Producer of "Sea of Shadows". Both films are about the struggle to save the vaquita, the world’s most endangered marine mammal, found only ...
An Unprecedented Effort to Save a Species from Extinction
Two years ago I traveled to the town of San Felipe, Mexico in the Northern Gulf of California for the first time. We were just beginning production on our documentary film about the struggle to save the vaquita, and although ...
EOC 132: Praying (in a strictly secular way) for the Vaquita
Listen to this episode in iTunes So I’m guessing that folks have started to notice that we’ve been lagging behind on our typical weekly release schedule with the show. We are going through a bit of a transition period with ...
EOC 123: CONDOR VS. VAQUITA
Listen to this episode in iTunes In today’s show we are exploring and comparing the extinction crises experienced by two very different wildlife species - the California condor, and the vaquita. If you’ve been following the latest news about the ...
EOC 121: Zak Smith Explains How a Boycott of Mexican Shrimp Could Help Save the Vaquita
Listen to this episode in iTunes Today’s guest on the show is Zak Smith from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Zak is a Senior Attorney at NRDC, and has been running the group’s Marine Mammal Protection Project for the past ...
EOC BONUS: CA State Assembly Member Todd Gloria on the Vaquita, Climate Change, and Standing Up to the Trump Administration
Listen to this episode in iTunes Today we are bringing you a special Earth Day bonus episode of the show! We have a lot going on this Earth Day - today marks the online release of our newest documentary film, ...
EOC 113: The Role of Community Engagement in Wildlife Conservation with Samantha Young
Listen to this episode in iTunes This week we are bringing you a very special episode of the Eyes on Conservation podcast - this is about as close to a live show as we've gotten. Today's episode was recorded just ...
EOC 109: The Vaquita on the Brink of Extinction with Dr. Frances Gulland
Listen to this episode in iTunes Today’s guest on the show is Dr. Frances Gulland, senior scientist at the Marine Mammal Center, and a member of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita. This committee is composed of ...
EOC 102: A Captive Breeding Program for the Vaquita
Listen to this episode in iTunes Episode Summary: Today’s guest on the show is Tom Jefferson, a marine mammal researcher and the director of Viva Vaquita, an NGO dedicated to the conservation of the vaquita. Here at Wild Lens, we’ve ...
