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Last broadcast on Sat, 16 May 2009, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Human beings and wild animals do not live easily side by side, and the larger the animal the bigger the conflict. John McCarthy talks to two winners of the Whitley Awards for International Nature Conservation who have been tackling the problems. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a wildlife vet working with mountain gorillas in Uganda and has started a project to prevent the spread of diseases between the animals and humans, especially now that tourists are encountering gorillas at much closer quarters. Jittin Ritthirat works in Thailand trying to reconcile the needs of the wild elephants with those of the human residents of and visitors to the monsoon forest.
Tourists have also had a big impact on Corfu, and none more so than the British. John talks to a long-time regular visitor to the island about its appeal to us, our influence on it, and ginger beer.
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is originally from Uganda’s capital Kampala. When she was at school she founded a wild life club and organised school trips to a national park where she first saw gorillas. Gladys is now a veterinary surgeon and the founder and CEO of Conservation through Public Health (CPH) which protects the mountain gorillas of Bwindi National Park in Uganda through improving the health of the humans of the area. It works to stem the spread of diseases between humans and animals.
Gladys is also known to BBC viewers from the documentary Glady: The African Vet; and this year she is the Gold winner of the 16th Whitley Award for International Nature Conservation.
Find out more about Jittin Ritthirat
Jittin Ritthirat is one of the recipients of this year’s Whitley awards. Jittin is from southern Thailand and works for the in the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary in western Thailand leading a team of about seven people who aim to improve the relationship between wild elephants and the .
The Elephant Conservation Network is a small non-government organization based in Kanchanaburi that works in partnership with local people in a number of regions dedicated to wild life in Western Thailand. It was founded in 1998 by Belinda Stewart-Cox and Jittin Ritthirat and became independent in 1999.
John Waller
John Waller and his wife first went to Corfu in 1966. Having fallen in love with the island they decided to build their own house in Agios Gordis to the south west of Corfu town. Over the years John has walked all over the island and has compiled some of the memorable routes in his new book Corfu Sketches: A Thirty-year Journey.
Corfu Sketches: A Thirty-year Journey
by John Waller (Author), Theresa Nicholas (Illustrator)
Publisher: Yiannis Books
ISBN-10: 0954788745
ISBN-13: 978-0954788742
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Sat 16 May 200910:00
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