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Pastoralists in the Media: Three ‘E’s please
Once upon a time, not so long ago, we were all mobile. Movement was what enabled our ancestors to track resources that were here today, gone tomorrow. In parts of the world where water, pasture or good hunting are not … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Drylands, India, Kenya, Meat, Media, Pastoralism, Policy Narratives, Reslience
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Climate change: Teens teach where others don’t reach
A 13-year-old girl interviewed me last week about my job, through which I communicate with journalists around the world about climate change and other environmental issues. She is part of the generation that worries about such things, according to a … Continue reading
A changing climate demands change in narratives
Last year I wrote — here and here — about my study of how media portrayals of pastoralists in China, India and Kenya can contribute to policy narratives that limit people’s resilience to climatic variability. IIED has now published my … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Climate Change, India, Journalism, Kenya, Media, Pastoralism
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Can anyone identify the two birds in these paintings?
Please help. Can anyone identify the two birds in these paintings?
Guardian ‘international development journalism’ contest excludes journalists from developing nations — again
Once again The Guardian has announced a journalism competition which has international development as its theme but exclude journalists in developing countries from entering. Continue reading
If we cook these tiny wasps, we put the heat on hundreds of other species
From the wings of such tiny creatures hang the fates of hundreds of bird and mammal species, and perhaps even entire rainforests. But new research warns that these insects could be “extremely vulnerable” to global warming. Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Ficus, Fig-wasps, figs, Forests, Pollination
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A bit naughty? Secret filming exposes murky world of rainforest politics
Global Witness has released footage that exposes the way elites have carved up and sold off the tropical forests of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, then siphoned away millions of dollars through illegal tax dodge Continue reading
Kill off the animals and you change the forest — fast
Researchers who tracked the fates of over 470,000 trees of more than 1,100 species for 15 years show just what happens when hunting empties forests of their seed-dispersing wildlife. Continue reading
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Tagged Borneo, Forests, Hunting, Lambir Hills National Park, Malaysia, Sarawak, Seed Dispersal, Wildlife
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In under three minutes, a year in a forest
The result is a stunning portrait of the seasonal cycles that breathe life through every layer of the forest — and the soundscape is a rich as the view. Continue reading
