Tag: Conservation
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Conserving Pangolins from a Distance
in EssaysTrang Đặng develops an ethics of care for pangolins, despite living a world away. Her “respectful distance” is a form of companionship rooted in humility, one that acknowledges interdependence without claiming possession and embraces intimacy without proximity.
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Conserving Biodiversity without Preserving Settler Ecologies
in EssaysCharis Enns & Brock Bersaglio use Laikipia County, Kenya to trace connections between settler colonial power and conservation, offering an “other” way of maintaining biodiversity that prioritizes Indigenous Peoples and their endangered livestock species.
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Minimizing Animal-Human Conflict with Convivial Conservation
in EssaysBy looking at a recent case study in Botswana, Anna Carlson & Kimberly Thomas explore convivial conservation as a clever, balanced way to address the needs of both wildlife and people.
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Saving the Forest to Secure the Mine in Jamaica’s Cockpit Country
in EssaysMarie Widengård looks to critical border studies to understand how both extraction and conservation are at work in a contested area of Jamaica.
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Grappling with the Drying Riverbeds of the Agua Fria
in EssaysAs the once flowing Agua Fria river runs dry, Rachel Howard discusses how Arizona communities are living with climate change.
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Conserving a Ghost Cat
in EssaysTexas ocelots struggle to survive in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Shari Wilcox describes her work protecting these elusive wild cats.
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Counting Cranes
in InterviewsOn the heels of the spring crane migration northward and the Annual Midwest Crane Count, Paul Robbins shares why these birds are such an important part of conservation history in Wisconsin and the U.S.
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To Conserve Nature, Recognize Its Rights
The Biden administration wants to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. Austin Miles asks: what might that conservation look like if it recognizes the rights of nature?
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For the Love of Frogs
in EssaysPoison dart frogs in Colombia face threats from deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade. Heather Swan profiles Ivan Lozano, a conservationist who has dedicated his life to breeding and protecting these frogs.
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Tortoises All the Way Down: A Conversation with Elizabeth Hennessy
in PodcastsElizabeth Hennessy’s recent book follows in the footsteps of Galápagos tortoises to uncover the complex history of a tourist and biodiversity hotspot.