In East Africa, conservationists are creating a wilderness out of inhabited lands, then punishing the people they have dispossessed
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The Astromancer
Did Ledumen, the celebrated Samburu prophet, know I was coming to visit him three months before I decided to do so?
Wishful Thinking
Environmentalism is yet to inspire a great novel
Fire in a Box
Britain’s protest movements have emerged in response to the enclosure of the land, the mind and political power. They are seeking to recover the freedom all of us have lost
Hero or Villain?
Richard Leakey’s reappointment as head of the Kenya Wildlife Service is a disaster for Kenya’s nomads
Collateral Damage
Local people are the real victims of the turf war between the conservation authorities in Kenya
The Tragedy of Enclosure
The “Tragedy of the Commons” is one of the modern world’s most dangerous myths.
The Smith and the Devil
Why are the same myths associated with blacksmiths all over the world?
Conservation without Miracles
A peasant farmers’ project in the western Amazon might hold the key to protecting the forests
Death in Your Living Room
The only people who can prevent the invasion of Indian reserves in Brazil and British and American consumers
Your Round
Why doesn’t Guinness stop fighting us and help us to turn its land into something worthwhile?
A Pox on the Planet
Golf course development is becoming one of the major threats to the environment and human rights
Charity Begins at Home
Self-serving relief agencies are doing nothing to build up developing countries’ own capacity to respond
Dirty Dealings
A disastrous conflict of interest ensures that the government won’t stop oil pollution
Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
A disastrous military project in the northern Amazon will destroy some of the most pristine forests on earth.
Trading in Human Lives
Trading in Human Lives