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Children as Conservationists: What the Mangroves Taught Me Through Children
Written by Pieter-Jan Keleman When conservationists think about biodiversity monitoring, they usually picture scientists, park rangers, or experienced fishers. Rarely do they picture children. During fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork between 2021 and 2024 in some mangrove villages of northern Guinea-Bissau, I expected to learn primarily from experienced fishers. Instead, Read more