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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Carl Safina discusses marine conservation under a Trump administration, and Rhett Butler shares the origins of Mongabay
Description: Noted ecologist and author Carl Safina appears on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the current state of marine conservation and its future under the Trump presidency. His latest book is "Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel," which is now out in paperback. We also welcome to the show Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Butler, who fills us in on the origins of Mongabay and where it's going in 2017. (There are many more answers to questions you might have about Mongabay here.)