An ecologist who questions the age old assumptions about conservation.

He is the researcher shaping a new perspective towards wildlife and conservation with the changing times.

Dr. Abi Tamim Vanak is the researcher behind the push to recognise Open Natural Ecosystems giving grasslands and scrublands a new identity- not dismissed as wastelands and empty patches of land waiting for a plantation drive, but seen as ecosystems worth protecting.

In this episode, we get into why free ranging dogs might be the most underrated threats to our wildlife, how our forestation policies might be doing more harm than good, and how reintroduction and translocation of wild species are as much about politics as they are about ecology and biodiversity.

We also talk about One Health, focusing on the idea that human, animal and ecosystem healt ...