To save the achoque — an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico — scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner: a group of nuns called the Sisters of the Immaculate Health. In this delightful talk, science journalist Victoria Gill shares the story of how this unusual collaboration saved the achoque from extinction — and demonstrates how local and indigenous people could hold the secret to saving our planet’s weird, wonderful and most threatened species.
A powerful and surprising example of the value of community participation in research. This is a commendable example of valuing community engagement – certainly relevant to much of the biodiversity/ecology research occurring in the Noongar community.
