{"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":"Talking Forests: Cristina Banks-Leite on Restoring the Amazon","slug":"talking-forests-cristina-banks-leite-on-restoring-the-amazon","published_at":"2025-11-26T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/talking-forests-cristina-banks-leite-on-restoring-the-amazon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/episodes/18203491-talking-forests-cristina-banks-leite-on-restoring-the-amazon.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/episodes/18203491-talking-forests-cristina-banks-leite-on-restoring-the-amazon.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Professor Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial College London) discusses the realities of tropical forest restoration: from large-scale reforestation projects and the practical challenges of seedlings, land tenure and finance, to why measured “success” can look counter-intuitive. She explains why current biodiversity metrics often miss the point, and how novel tools (like acoustic monitoring and AI) could transform how we listen to and protect ecosystems. A thoughtful conversation ...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Professor Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial College London) discusses the realities of tropical forest restoration: from large-scale refores…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1843,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/episodes/talking-forests-cristina-banks-leite-on-restoring-the-amazon/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/talking-forests-cristina-banks-leite-on-restoring-the-amazon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}