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Re:wild

February 25, 2024·25 min·1 clip
A Sumatran rhino skull with machete marks changed Barney Long from research to conservation.
Legacy begins in daily choices. Shawna Hamilton opens from UBS's Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services team, keeping the conversation close to purpose, continuity, and action. Rewild enters through its work protecting and restoring the wild so that all life flourishes, but the episode never floats off into slogans. Dr. Barney Long keeps pulling the talk back to what the work actually takes: philanthropists, governments, local partners, and a lot of coordination. The rhino story gives the conversation its weight. Long describes 80 animals spread across two islands and multiple locations in Indonesia's mountainous rainforests. With so few rhinos across such large forest areas, some may grow old and die before finding another rhino to breed. That is the part that sticks. Partnership is the practical answer. Rewild has helped set up and drive a coalition for five years to bring isolated rhinos into a conservation breeding effort. Long calls that breeding program the last chance for the species, while making clear that habitat protection still has to continue. The work can involve catching rhinos, moving them by helicopter, managing breeding, and keeping many partners moving together. Hamilton keeps returning to the human side: the personal spark behind the work, and how philanthropy can help turn that spark into shared effort. The closing UBS disclosure places the episode back inside a wealth management setting, separate from investment advisory and brokerage services.

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A serious conservation conversation that keeps legacy grounded in partnership and concrete action.

Living Your Legacy frames Barney Long's Rewild work as a conversation about legacy, conservation, and partnership. Its strongest anchor is the rhino story: 80 individuals across two islands and multiple locations, with breeding presented as the last chance for the species.

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You want a clear case for how partnerships can help move a species off the brink.

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