Landscapes of Fear: The Complexities of Large Carnivore Reintroduction with Jonny Hanson
Caitlin Kelly
In this episode, Caitlin speaks with Jonny Hanson about his book Living With Lynx: Sharing Landscapes with Big Cats, Wolves and Bears. They discuss the challenges of craft, of moving between writing styles and telling impactful stories that delve deep into the complicated human elements of large carnivore conservation.
Jonny Hanson is an environmental social scientist and social entrepreneur with a PhD in snow leopard conservation from the University of Cambridge. He is a current research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast where he works with Northern Ireland’s social policy hub, ARK. Jonny’s works focuses on exploring the social aspects of conservation, agriculture and climate, with a particular interest in understanding issues of coexistence between livestock farming and large carnivores. In 2014 he founded Northern Ireland’s first community-owned farm, Jubilee Farm, going on to be involved in other agricultural projects such as co-delivered the Cultivating Community Farming project between 2022-2024, and being awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2023.
Show Notes:
Living With Lynx: Sharing Landscapes with Big Cats, Wolves and Bears is available now in hardcover and ebook.
You can connect with Jonny through his website or follow him on Bluesky, Instagram, and TikTok.
During the episode Jonny spoke about the blog he kept during his PhD research in Nepal which you can read here.
We also discussed the recent Jackson Wild Summit. You can learn more about their mission to champion impactful storytelling that brings together nature, science and climate on their website.
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