The critical importance of indigenous voices in conservation with Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

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Women in Wildlife

Eliza Stott

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Women in Wildlife is a platform amplifying and connecting women and non-binary persons in the wildlife industry. Join your co-hosts Eliza & Maddy, to delve into all things women, wildlife, and gender equality in STEM!

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The critical importance of indigenous voices in conservation with Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

Women in Wildlife

55 minutes

1 week ago

The critical importance of indigenous voices in conservation with Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

For our September episode, we were beyond thrilled to have Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza as our podcast guest. Rosa is a Peruvian chemical, National Geographic Explorer, and award-winning artist whose work bridges indigenous knowledge and modern science to protect the Amazon rainforest and its communities Rosa was awarded Peru’s Order of Merit (2025)—the country’s highest state recognition for environmental protection. She has also been named one of the BBC’s 100 Women (2024), received the American Chemical Society CAS Leadership Award, and was recognized as one of "50 People Changing the World" and a recipient of the “New Explorer Award” (The Explorers Club).

In this chat we learnt about Rosa's journey in becoming a chemical biologist, from discovering her passion for the environment, to becoming a global advocate for our natural world. Much of Rosa's work now focuses on bridging indigenous knowledge and modern science, and we delved deeply into this topic, and were left with advice the changes that need to be made at all levels of conservation to bring indigenous people into conservation conversations and action. We also heard about Rosa's incredible research organisation "Amazon Research Internacional”, and the important work that it covers. Finally, we hear about Rosa's impressive book, "The Spirit of the Rainforest". We were only really able to scratch the surface of Rosa and her exceptional career in this episode, so I don't think this will be the last you will be seeing of her on the WIW podcast!

You can follow Rosa on instagram: @rosavespinoza

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