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Planet Hope · Nov 7, 2025 · 36 min

Steve Boyes on resilience, recovery, and Africa’s great rivers

Explorer and Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative partner Steve Boyes has spent decades navigating Africa’s wild rivers. He tells Adam Vaughan how illness and resilience has reshaped his outlook and why protecting rivers, landscapes and communities has become his life’s mission. Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Guest: Steve Boyes, Conservationist and National Geographic Explorer Host: Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor, The Times Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia Sound Designer: David Crackles This podcast is advertiser funded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Explorer and Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative partner Steve Boyes has spent decades navigating Africa’s wild rivers. He tells Adam Vaughan how illness and resilience has reshaped his outlook and why protecting rivers, landscapes and communities has become his life’s mission.


Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 


Guest: Steve Boyes, Conservationist and National Geographic Explorer

Host: Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor, The Times

Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia

Sound Designer: David Crackles


This podcast is advertiser funded.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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