It’s not that there’s nothing of concern to discuss. In fact, I am deeply worried about recent reports in one of Kenya’s most precious forests. But I will not trouble you with details until my team has verified the allegations in the next few days.
Today I leave you with an impression of the wide open spaces of Kenya that inspire me. This is at the Lewa Conservancy, one of the few really successful privately managed conservation areas. I strongly believe that there is enormous potential for successful stories like this to lend lessons to other parts of the world.
3 Comments posted on "Saving wide open spaces"
sheryl, washington dc on October 3rd, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Hi Dr. Leakey, beautiful pictures, thank you. In the previous post you mentioned factory farming so I’m going to give you links to a couple of important reports. First is the 2006 U.N. report “Livestock’s Long Shadow” that addresses the environmental consequences of factory farming. http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/key_pub/longshad/A0701E00.htm I’ll put the seond one in another comment to avoid the spam filters. s.
sheryl, washington dc on October 3rd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
The second report is from two University of Chicago researchers titled, “Diet, Energy, and Global Warming.” This link leads to a couple of PDF links. http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~gidon/papers/nutri/nutri.html s.
Lisa on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Dr. Leaky, Beautiful pictures. Thank you for sharing them. I can see why you are inspired by these wide open spaces. Since I was a little girl, being amongst nature has always inspired me. I hope that we can save more and more of these gorgeous wide open spaces for my children and their children and grandchildren. Sheryl, thank you for sharing the links, which I always find educational. Lisa, California Post a comment
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