Word: conservationism
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That's largely because of vigorous elephant-conservation efforts. But conservation is expensive, and these relatively poor countries feel that they should be able to recoup some of their losses. Namibia and Zimbabwe say they would use part of the proceeds to compensate citizens whose property and livelihoods are being...
So in January the three countries made a formal proposal to CITES, seeking permission to sell about 30 tons of ivory a year exclusively to Japan, where ivory is used primarily to carve the personalized seals known as hankos. With only a single customer to absorb all their ivory, there...
The works range in age from the approximately 26,000-year-old paintings in Namibia's Apollo 11 cave (discovered at the time of the Moon mission) to late 19th century Bushmen drawings. "Rock art represents an extraordinarily interesting and valuable heritage," says Neville Agnew, associate program director of the...
"The goal of this youth program and 48 others is for kids to come away with a solid understanding of the activities, an appreciation for what they've done for themselves, and a respect for the environment with which they've interacted," says Greg Auch, education field coordinator for the...
RK: In fact, October magazine, which I coedit and cofounded in 1976, recently did a special issue that was an attack on the visual culture project. Like cultural studies, visual culture is aimed at what we could call pejoratively, abusively, deskilling. Part of that project is to attack the very...