Hopeful Globe: Biodiversity Education and Conservation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

What connects beetles, Leonardo Di Caprio, hotspots and the youth? In this Hopeful Globe podcast episode, Dr. Emmanuel D. Delocado from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines explains how biodiversity conservation and education are the answer to this question. Dr. Delocado discusses the topical issue of biodiversity in the Philippines and the Southeast Asia region with Pilvi Posio from the university of Turku. The episode introduces the concepts of reconciliation ecology, biodiversity hotspots while also discussing the challenges in promoting biodiversity conservation and education in Southeast Asia, as well as its future prospects. Pilvi Posio is a senior researcher at the university of Turku in a project Finnish-ASEAN Academic Platform for Sustainable Development, run by the Finnish University Network for Asian Studies https://www.asianet.fi/projects/ Emmanuel D. Delocado is an assistant professor at the Department of Biology of the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines and the Laboratory Head of the Ateneo Biodiversity Research Laboratory. He’s the Program Manager for Sustainable Development Goals of the Ateneo Institute of Sustainability, the Executive Director of ASEAN University Network on Ecological Education and Culture and the Country Manager of Sustainable Development Solutions Network Philippines. Learn more about activities developing biodiversity education and conservation at the Ateneo de Manila University here: Beetle discovery named after Philippine Vice President https://www.ateneo.edu/news/2022/07/14/angat-buhay-beetle-discovered-using-innovative-lab-home-set BIO-PHIL project of the Ateneo Biodiversity Research Laboratory -https://www.ateneo.edu/news/2022/12/14/biodiversity-lab-concludes-bio-phil-project-back-back-collaborative-workshop Roundtable discussion on teaching biodiversity https://www.ateneo.edu/news/2023/01/16/aun-eec-biodiv-lab-bio-phil-psfs-partnered-roundtable-discussion-teaching Transcript of the episode can be found here: www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/podcast/hopeful-globe