Afghanistan Biodiversity, The Sixth Mass Extinction, and Human Behavior with Author Alex Dehgan
- Author
- Dr. Alex Dehgan, Baktash Ahadi
- Published
- Tue 11 Feb 2020
- Episode Link
- https://stories-of-transformation.simplecast.com/episodes/afghanistan-biodiversity-the-sixth-mass-extinction-and-human-behavior-with-author-alex-dehgan-pL8UJowM
"We are currently setting up the conditions that are really similar to the conditions before previous mass extinctions. But instead of being created by volcanoes and asteroids like previous ones, it’s us, humans, who are causing our own extinction."
Alex is the author of The Snow Leopard Project, the remarkable story of the heroic effort to save and preserve the wildlife of Afghanistan.
Alex is also the CEO & Co-Founder of Conservation X Labs, an innovation and technology startup with the mission to end human-induced extinction, which will be the main focus of our conversation today.
In this episode of Stories of Transformation, we engage in a fascinating, multi-disciplinary discussion that takes us on a journey from micro to macro implications of wildlife extinction, as well as solutions Alex and his tech company are working on.
Some key topics we discuss are:
- Why Alex wrote The Snow Leopard Project
- What makes Afghanistan surprisingly biologically diverse
- Why we should care that the elusive snow leopard in Afghanistan, and thousands of other species, are going extinct
- Alex's experience working on wildlife conservation in an active war zone and the surprising response he received from bureaucrats
- Our speculations as to why humans feel the need--and in fact, are willing to break the law,--to hunt near-extinct animals
- The most important thing Alex has learned about influencing people to change their behavior in regards to conservation
- How Conservation X Labs aims to go about solving global warming, extinction, and famine differently
“Conservationists understand the problem, but they don’t own the solution. What it will take to solve this problem is actually diversifying the community of people who are considered conservationists.” -Dr. Alex Dehgan
Resource Links:
- Purchase The Snow Leopard Project: https://amzn.to/31FLFOI
- https://www.newwavefoods.com/
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