Hello,
I'm Dashiani Navanayagam and welcome to The Conversation from the BBC World Service.
This is the programme that speaks to two remarkable women doing incredible things around the world.
Today we're turning to conservation, an increasingly urgent and topical issue.
Both my guests have dedicated their careers to protecting and saving the animals and plants they love from extinction,
in particular jaguars and wild yew trees and orchids.
When it comes to jaguars,
this big cat species has lost around 60% of their historic habitat.
In Brazil, 13 years ago, there were just 11 jaguars in the country's Iguazu National Park.
But Dr Yara Barros is reviving the population through working with local communities.
We'll find out just how many there are later in the programme.
And Reshu Bashyal is the research lead at Greenhood Nepal,
a non-profit conservation organisation based in Kathmandu.
She works to prevent the illegal poaching and trafficking of wild orchids and yew trees,
prized for their medicinal properties.
Yara and Reshu, a very warm welcome to the conversation.
Thank you.
Thank you for having us.
Thank you so much for this opportunity.
I think it's important that we start with understanding a bit more about the animals and plants that you're both trying to save.