This week on the Green desk, Conor speaks with David Tong of the World Wildlife Fund.
They talk about the New Zealand government’s decision to offer a block contract for seismic oil exploration in the Taranaki,and the effects this could have on the Maui’s dolphin. He starts off by asking how far the habitat reaches, and how their current endangered state arrose.
Today on The Green Desk, Producer Conor speaks with Associate Professor Craig Radford about new research suggesting that ship noise reduces the communication space of marine animals.
Today on The Green Desk, Producer Conor speaks with Sam Judd from Sustainable Coastlines about the selection of their Flagship Education Centre into the Energy Globe awards, to be held early next year in Tehran, Iran.
Conor started off by asking Sam to explain the process behind the Flagship Education Centre, a sustainable building on Wynyard Quarter.
On the Green desk, Conor Mercer speaks to Nick Beveridge, from Forest and Bird, about the council vote taking place today on how to handle the spread of Kauri Dieback disease in the Waitakere Ranges.
Conor Mercer speaks with Caitlin Carew from Forest and Bird, about the declining Hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin population on the Whenua Hou sanctuary Island in Foveaux Strait.
On the Green Desk this week with Jack Marshall speaks to Zoe Doubleday, a research fellow at the University of Adelaide about her study of snails living in acidic environments.
On the Green Desk this week with Jack Marshall, we hear from Dr Alexander Harwood Taylor, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Auckland, who’s been studying how intelligent birds use ‘play’ in order to learn.
On the Green Desk this week with Jack Marshall speaks to Essie Rodgers, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California who's looking at how baby crocodiles will be affected by climate change.