You can find an overview of this latest analysis here in the New York Times.
Author: nckawa
I'm a cultural and environmental anthropologist with interests in biodiversity management and smallholder agriculture in rural Amazonia. I've conducted research on agrobiodiversity management, anthropogenic soils, and community-based conservation. Currently, I'm also interested in the ways that farmers rely upon social networks, local ecological knowledge, and agrobiodiversity management to contend with the uncertainties of global climate change.
Historical Human Impact on Tree Species Composition in Central Amazonia
This research was just recently published in PLoS One by colleagues at the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Brazil. … More
North Korea Says Its Archaeologists Discovered a Unicorn Lair
What might North Korean archaeologists find next???
Managing Uncertainty in Rural Amazonia: Climate Change, Crop Diversity, and Social Networks
If you’re at the annual American Anthropological Association meeting in San Francisco next week (Nov. 14-18), I’ll be giving my … More
The Age We Made
Here’s Episode 1 of a new BBC series on the Anthropocene entitled “The Age We Made.”
Anthropology News: Climate Change Impacts Across the Americas
Here is a recent feature in Anthropology News from the American Anthropological Association’s Climate Change Task Force. This article highlights … More
Ethiopia’s Church Forests
Forests have been planted around Ethiopian Orthodox churches since the early 13th Century. Unfortunately, in areas that are experiencing massive … More
Farmers Use YouTube to Expose the Impacts of Drought
Ichthyologist Crowdsources IDs of 5,000 Fish from Guyana in 24 hours
Here’s a quick video that shows ways in which Facebook and other web 2.0 technologies can be super useful for … More
Latest Issue of Tipiti, a Memorial to Shelton Davis, Now Online
The latest issue of Tipiti: Journal of Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America is now online. This particular … More
Nicholas C. Kawa 