by blog-nelson | Oct 24, 2011 | Conservation, Featured
Land use change in the Transmara, from “Wildlife and People: Conflict and Conservation in Masai Mara, Kenya” by Noah Sitati Here’s a quickie to follow up on my post about elephant conflicts in Masai land. Quite a few people have written me back...
by blog-nelson | Oct 16, 2011 | Art Science and Creativity, Conservation, Featured, Writings
“We want to live in peace with the elephants, but they are crazy.” from a Masai volunteer for WWF who monitors elephant conflicts in Masai communities. Driving into Transmara from the Rift Valley around the Masai Mara is a bit shocking. Lush green...
by blog-nelson | Oct 9, 2011 | Enemies Project
S. Sudan woman walking on road This post is from the first trip for my ENEMIES Project. Warawar – an ominous name for a town in a country that is coming out of decades of civil war and genocide. Add to that the fact that Warawar also happens to sit...
by blog-nelson | Oct 7, 2011 | Enemies Project
This post is from the first trip for my ENEMIES Project. Cows are everything in South Sudan. At least if you want to get married they are. Here, as in much of Africa, men pay a dowry to their future wife’s family in livestock, and in S. Sudan...
by blog-nelson | Oct 5, 2011 | Enemies Project, Writings
This post is from the first trip for my ENEMIES Project. I love the airport in Aweil, South Sudan. A thatched grass hut, with a giant hanging fish scale to weigh the luggage. Wouldn’t it be great if our airports could be so simple? South Sudan was...