New Podcast Episode: Nachiket Kelkar and Kadambari Deshpande (India)
In this month’s podcast Charles and I speak to conservation power couple Nachiket Kelkar and Kadambari Deshpande from their home in Bangalore.
Kadambari and Nachiket both work to better understand how wildlife and people can co-exist in India, with Kadambari focussing on bats and Nachiket looking at riverine ecosystems and wildlife including the Ganges River Dolphin.
In a fascinating interview they discuss some of the threats facing the species they are working to protect as well as some of the facets of Indian society – and its sometimes striking tolerance for living alongside wildlife – that help to allow wildlife and people to co-exist.
They describe a recent trip in search with Bob Pitman (a 2022 podcast guest) in search of India’s remaining two Indus River Dolphins and also explain how Indian Flying Foxes are a cashew-farmer’s best friend!
You can stream the podcast here or find it on Spotify, Apple and elsewhere.
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