{"podcast":{"title":"The Nature Recovery Podcast","slug":"the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158","podcast_index_feed_id":6206158,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2135393.rss","website_url":"https://www.naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/7siz4dp6foy0qp3zwrl27k72rwqv?.jpg","author":"The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery","episode_count":38,"summary":"The Nature Recovery Podcast looks at some of the major challenges we face to global biodiversity. It takes a look at the various ways we are trying to halt the decline in biodiversity and the challenges inherent in these approaches. We also talk to a number of leading figures in the field of Nature Recovery and find out more about their work.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:18:50.121668+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158"},"episode":{"title":"Lee White: Befriending Chimpanzees, Saving Forests, Surviving a Coup","slug":"lee-white-befriending-chimpanzees-saving-forests-surviving-a-coup","published_at":"2026-04-08T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/lee-white-befriending-chimpanzees-saving-forests-surviving-a-coup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/episodes/18875228-lee-white-befriending-chimpanzees-saving-forests-surviving-a-coup.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/episodes/18875228-lee-white-befriending-chimpanzees-saving-forests-surviving-a-coup.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Nature Recovery Podcast, Stephen Thomas speaks with Lee White about a remarkable life working across science, conservation, and government in central Africa. Lee reflects on growing up in Uganda, studying rainforest ecosystems in West Africa and Gabon, and how his scientific work led him into national park creation, forest policy, and international climate negotiations. The conversation explores why the gap between scientific evidence and political acti...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Nature Recovery Podcast, Stephen Thomas speaks with Lee White about a remarkable life working across science, cons…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3857,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/episodes/lee-white-befriending-chimpanzees-saving-forests-surviving-a-coup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/lee-white-befriending-chimpanzees-saving-forests-surviving-a-coup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}