Combining satellite and mobile phone technology with knowledge from nomadic herdsmen in Cameroon will help prevent conflict between livestock and predatory lions.
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Issue 42:
April 2008
Logging the forest
The Mbendjele Pygmies of the Republic of Congo are working together with an international logging company to help protect their forest environment. Using handheld GPS computers the indigenous people plot areas they want to preserve. The company adds the data to its maps to ensure important trees resources remain untouched. Collaboration between the community and the company continues as the Mbendjeles will soon have their own radio station to broadcast logging plans and community information.
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Protecting the lions’ share
Saving traditions
The indigenous Ngalia people of Western Australia have adapted a wide variety of technologies in their fight to preserve their traditional knowledge and culture.
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Going Local
Using television, radio, the web and printed publications, a project in the Pacific island of Pohnpei restores interest in traditional crops and promotes healthy local food.
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