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There are two important things to know about tracking wild elephants, and it's better to learn both of them before you're actually in the jungle, tracking wild elephants. First, elephants are fast. In thick forest - in this case, the vast Ulu Masen ecosystem in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where leeches writhe beneath your feet and white-handed gibbons hoot from the treetops - they can outpace even deer. Second, elephants can't climb trees. This is good, because that's precisely what you're meant to do if one of them charges...
...Protecting crops from marauding elephants might seem peripheral to the task of preserving Ulu Masen. So might FFI's nursery in Geumpang, where farmers can learn grafting techniques and buy fruit-tree saplings at bargain prices. But both activities are designed to improve the livelihoods of local people, who are key allies in any REDD scheme. "These communities have to benefit," says Linkie. "That's the whole idea. They're getting an incentive not to cut [the forest] down." (See the top 10 green stories...
...think that Khazei's major challenge all along has been name recognition,” she wrote in an email to Flyby. “Once people learn about how much good he's done, they love him, but many people simply don't know who he is...I think [the Globe’s endorsement] will draw much more serious attention to a candidate who has been fantastic from the beginning...
...which bills itself as a “discussion of human sex organs, including, among other matters, their proper care and treatment;” and “Near Death Experiences Studies,” for those who have endured such crises or want to learn more about them...
...former chef, I often look at the world through a lens of food. With friends it's how I communicate love and affection. With strangers, it's how I find common ground. To me, grocery shopping in a foreign country has always been the best way to learn about a place, and putting on a feast for friends has been a great excuse to comb the markets. What started as a modest affair has grown in size: two years ago we served 70 and covered our front lawn with a tent usually reserved for Afghan weddings. The Kabul expatriate community...