Taiwan's natural soundscapes and a critique of the global hydropower building boom
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we speak with\xa0Sarah Bardeen, the communications director for the\xa0NGO International Rivers. Bardeen wrote a\xa0commentary\xa0for Mongabay recently\xa0after attending an international gathering of river defenders, who face harassment, intimidation, and worse for their opposition to\xa0massive\xa0hydropower projects.\xa0
We also speak with Yannick Dauby, who\xa0has been making\xa0field recordings throughout the small country of Taiwan. In this Field Notes segment, Dauby plays a recording of his favorite singer, a frog named Rhacophorus moltrechtpi, the sounds of the marine life of Penghu, the calls bats, and more.
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