Could expanding protected land undermine biodiversity?
Paradoxically, conservation efforts in Liberia and Senegal are threatening native ecology.
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Robyn d'Avignon
Robyn d'Avignon is an associate professor of history at New York University and author of A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa.
Unearthing Subterranean Knowledge
If the savannas of West Africa are a new corporate mining frontier in the 21st century, it’s because it is also home to the world’s longest-standing indigenous gold mining economy.