In scenes akin to an action film, the Parks Victoria Biodiversity Science team, led by Dr Mark Antos, were flown on a military helicopter to a remote location in Gippsland to save an endangered bird from extinction before the devastating 2020 Black Summer bushfires swept through. Meanwhile Parks Victoria's Chief Scientist Dr Mark Norman explains a new decision making tool called the RAD Framework (Resist, Accept, Direct), and how this new way of thinking offers the best way to assist nature’s changing needs now and into the future.

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Credits:
 
Hosted by Dr Mark Norman, Chief Scientist Conservation and Climate Action at Parks Victoria.

Guest in this episode:

• Dr Mark Antos, Biodiversity Science Manager at Parks Victoria

Produced by Liz McKenzie, Ben Francischelli and Paddy Naughtin

Audiocraft producers: Laura Brierley Newton and Olivia O’Flynn

Sound design and mix: Laura Brierley Newton

Closer to Nature is a Parks Victoria podcast. Visit www.parks.vic.gov.au for more information.