Richard Bonham's guest appearances

Richard Bonham

Our Wild World

Tofauti Podcast

Damien Mander

Clare Balding

Jim Williams

Camilla Fox

MIKE PHILLIPS

ANDREA CROSTA

Nick Brandt

Adam Roberts

Eric Schmidt

Phil Johnston

Ted Williams

Marc Bekoff

Max Graham

David Parsons

Steven Wise

OwlTail

Richard Bonham knows the Amboseli ecosystem like no other, having operated there since the 80's, he grew Big Life Foundation from humble beginnings to now a sizeable operation spanning across 1.2 million acres in Kenya and additional 400,000 in Tanzania (1.6 million total).Admired for being willing to try new adaptive ways to engage people into the broader solution, Crista discusses with him the Predator Compensation Program which offered an economic incentive based approach to mitigating the human-wildlife conflict incidences that plagued the region. Richard also setup the Massai Olympics to stop the cultural effects on the predators in the area, which have seen a dramatic redemption to previously existing numbers.  A new way to support the people, offer them a platform and partnership to bring about lasting change for all.Inspiring positivity together....Together we make Tofauti.Support the show (https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1017251&amp;utm_campaign=donatebtn&amp;utm_source=extbtn)

Richard Bonham knows the Amboseli ecosystem like no other, having operated there since the 80's, he grew Big Life Foundation from humble beginnings to now a sizeable operation spanning across 1.2 million acres in Kenya and additional 400,000 in Tanzania (1.6 million total).Admired for being willing to try new adaptive ways to engage people into the broader solution, Crista discusses with him the Predator Compensation Program which offered an economic incentive based approach to mitigating the human-wildlife conflict incidences that plagued the region.  Richard also setup the Massai Olympics to stop the cultural effects on the predators in the area, which have seen a dramatic redemption to previously existing numbers.  A new way to support the people, offer them a platform and partnership to bring about lasting change for all. Inspiring positivity together. ...Together we make Tofauti.<a href="https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1017251&amp;utm_campaign=donatebtn&amp;utm_source=extbtn" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1017251&amp;utm_campaign=donatebtn&amp;utm_source=extbtn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1017251&amp;utm_campaign=donatebtn&amp;utm_source=extbtn</a>)

Episode Six - Richard Bonham, Big Life Foundation co-founder

Today we cap off the trilogy of Big Life Foundation, with my guest Richard Bonham, co-founder and keystone of the trio of creators in the model of Big Life’s structure. Richard grew up in Kenya, witnessing first-hand the increase in human population closely followed by changes in land use, and thus the wildlife, coupled with the increase in human-wildlife conflict. By creating clear links between land use, value and benefit, turned into an economic model where community ‘buy-in’ is critical to the success of any program, Big Life is a lesson in contemporary conservation- which is to bring innovative strategies and collaborative partnerships between communities, NGOs, national parks and government agencies, that the underlying vision and mission is one where resources- people and wildlife and land use-support and elegantly engage locals and visitors alike toward meeting term conservation.

Encore: Dreaming Big with Richard Bonham, Big Life Foundation

Dreaming Big with Richard Bonham, Big Life Foundation