Category: From My Desk
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Dr. Paula Kahumbu Honored with Princeton In Africa Medal
On October 17th I step down from my position as chairman of WildlifeDirect. I have served in this role for four years ever since Dr. Richard Leakey asked me to take his place. I leave confident in the great work of Paula Kahumbu and her new board. On October 16th, in the company of fellow…
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Alan Root: 1937-2017
For those of us who have spent their careers striving to document the natural world, Alan Root was our role model, visionary and north star. Self-taught, howlingly funny, boldly unconventional, and careless with his own life, Alan opened our eyes to an Africa we thought we knew but didn’t. Whether it featured the parenting skills…
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David Yarrow: Timeless, and Necessary
For the past few years, the photographs of my friend, David Yarrow, have never failed to stop me in my tracks. Until yesterday, I thought I knew the great sweep of his work. It was then, while flipping through a photography magazine, I came upon an image I regularly attributed to another photographer. It was,…