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This week we kick off part one of a two part series on conservation and ecology.\\xa0 We talked to Stephanie Martin, a Tropical Rainforest Ecologist.\\xa0 So listen in to hear about Stephanie\'s field research in rainforests around the world, as well as what individuals can do to aid in conservation efforts.\\xa0 Stephanie works to help preserve endemic species, plants and animals that exist only in one geographic region.\\xa0 Also, we talk about the ethics of ethnobotany and a recent World Wildlife Fund study on extinction levels.

About Stephanie

Stephanie Martin is a Tropical Forest Ecologist, a scientific manuscript editor, and science communicator.\\xa0 She is currently working towards a Masters and will be researching rainforest ecology in Borneo and Australia in the coming year.\\xa0 She also maintains a YouTube channel and will shortly be launching an associated website.\\xa0 Stephanie also works as an events ambassador at the Science Museum in London, and is the blog editor for the British Ecological Society Tropical Ecology Group.

Watch Stephanie\'s most recent YouTube video\\xa0on a weird method of insect survival.

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More Information

Flying foxes, an endangered bat species in Mauritius, face another government cull, the third in four years.\\xa0 Visit the Facebook page for more information and also to take action to save the bats.\\xa0\\xa0Original photo by Simon J. Tonge.

Read about the WWF study showing humans have wiped out 60% of animal life since 1970.

The World Land Trust is an international conservation charity that buys land to\\xa0protect it from big companies who seek to make profit off oil and metal deposits with little environmental concern.\\xa0\\xa0Donate here\\xa0to help the organization.

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