Let’s Value Biodiversity & Standing Carbon!
Can we chanel carbon offsetting to support Indigenous communities, prevent deforestation, protect biodiversity along with the whole host of connected & much needed solutions?
An Interview with Nicola Peel – Award winning environmentalist
Episode 6.
Published on 14th April 2022
Interview With:
Nicola Peel
Eyes of Gaia
Nicola Peel is an award winning environmentalist, solutionist and public speaker. She has spent 20 years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon initiating a number of environmental and social projects.
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Do You Have Any Questions?
Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
Show Notes:
The world is taking a heavy focus on offsetting carbon emissions at this time and we see plenty of support for projects that involve the planting of new trees. However whilst new saplings are being planted, there are vast areas of the world with dense and established rainforests that are being cut down everyday.
In this episode I’m joined by Nicola Peel, a ‘solutionist’ who has spent over twenty years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon initiating a number of social and environmental projects.
Nicola has first hand experience seeing the rapid declines within the Amazon and I ask her to help us to understand the reasoning behind the extraordinary scale of deforestation that is occurring.
We discuss the immeasurable value of biodiversity and what it means for both people and planet to ensure protection of dense and established forests.
And we cover the agroforestry projects that are becoming part of the solution, along with the need for the carbon market to find a way to better support initiatives that are helping to prevent deforestation.
If you have any insights that you would like to discuss with Nicola then you can find her contact details HERE.
Use the time stamps below to get a sense of what’s included:
00:00 – Intro
01:52 – Nicola’s background
02:50 – Protect What We Have
08:06 – Support Where it Counts
15:56 – Biodiversity – It Doesn’t Form Overnight!
17:37 – Directing Finance?
22:32 – Power in our Purchasing?
25:24 – Agroforestry is Helping
31:00 – Crop Benefits from Relationships
37:49 – Expanding the Agroforestry Projects?
40:08 – Redirecting Carbon Offsets?
45:06 – Learn More, Get Involved!
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
Interview With:
Nicola Peel
Eyes of Gaia
Nicola Peel is an award winning environmentalist, solutionist and public speaker. She has spent 20 years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon initiating a number of environmental and social projects.
Learn more! –
Do You Have Any Questions?
Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Animations!
I’m creating short digestible videos to help illustrate some of the key concepts that we’re exploring!
Every month or so you’ll find a new one added here.
The Latest Animation:
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
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Helen Fisher
The Host
I take a very holistic view of the world and find enormous hope when we expand our thinking outwards and consider our issues as interconnected.
So it’s a huge delight for me to have the opportunity to speak with so many varied personalities here.
I hope you’ll enjoy learning along with me as my guests allow me to pick their brains on the diverse topics explored by this project!
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