The loss of the central role of people in today’s complex global systems is the greatest danger of all. In Kenya and Amdo Tibet, it can be rediscovered.
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African farmers face rising climate disasters that destroy crops and livestock. The G20 must champion new, affordable tech-based insurance for them.
Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of their cultural and historical narratives.
Pastoralist communities face barriers like poor infrastructure, illiteracy and government neglect.
Conflicts between herders and the wild ancestors of their yaks, camels and reindeer are a serious threat to both people and wildlife, writes a scientist who has seen these clashes firsthand.
Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
Mountain flora in the Kaokoveld deserve priority conservation efforts.
African livestock keepers need help: without proactive interventions, increasing temperatures will reduce meat and milk production.
From the high Yukon to the mountains of Central Asia, melting ice exposes fragile ancient artifacts that tell the story of the past – and provide hints about how to respond to a changing climate.
The shrinking of Lake Chad contributes to instability in the countries which sit around its expanse.
The rapid invasion is a major threat to the environment and rural people’s livelihoods.
Pastoralism is a central part of many Africans’ identity. But how and when did this way of life get started on the continent? Ancient DNA can reveal how herding populations spread.
Herders and farmers are unhappy about the way a corrupt state exploits rural peasants.
A big rise in armed attacks in the Sahel - and the intensity of the attacks in recent years - is now seen as a major source of concern.
The idea that terror groups like Boko Haram fund their activities through ivory poaching in Africa is a compelling narrative. But it’s undermining wildlife conservation and human rights.
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Lecturer in Visual Anthropology
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Ecologist leading programs and organizations in conservation, The Ohio State University
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Colorado State University
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Curator of Human Evolution of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor Natural Resource Management, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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PhD candidate, University of Nairobi
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Program Leader, Sustainable Livestock Systems, International Livestock Research Institute
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Graduate Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute