Comments on: Walking with primates http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/ Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ken Banks http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-5694 Ken Banks Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:33:04 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-5694 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content"><a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/zulusafari">@zulusafari</a> Posted this on my time there a while ago: http://bit.ly/5K2VSK <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23primate">#primate</a> <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23conservation">#conservation</a> <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23Nigeria">#Nigeria</a></span></span> @zulusafari Posted this on my time there a while ago: http://bit.ly/5K2VSK #primate #conservation #Nigeria

]]> By: Ken Banks http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-5695 Ken Banks Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-5695 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content"><a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/zulusafari">@zulusafari</a> Posted this a while ago: http://bit.ly/5K2VSK</span></span> @zulusafari Posted this a while ago: http://bit.ly/5K2VSK

]]> By: Searching Where Google Can’t « MMD4D http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Searching Where Google Can’t « MMD4D Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:52:51 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-1440 [...] remember my days back in Nigeria, where I worked for the best part of 2002 at a primate sanctuary in Calabar. The mobile phone networks weren’t quite operational yet — there was [...] [...] remember my days back in Nigeria, where I worked for the best part of 2002 at a primate sanctuary in Calabar. The mobile phone networks weren’t quite operational yet — there was [...]

]]> By: Pages tagged "walking" http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Pages tagged "walking" Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:37:06 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-250 [...] bookmarks tagged walking Walking with primates | Build it Kenny, and they w... saved by 1 others     krysyuy12 bookmarked on 02/11/09 | [...] [...] bookmarks tagged walking Walking with primates | Build it Kenny, and they w… saved by 1 others     krysyuy12 bookmarked on 02/11/09 | [...]

]]> By: kiwanja http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-240 kiwanja Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:55:49 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-240 Hey Erik Thanks for the comment. In short response, there ARE people paying significant amounts of attention to finding solutions, but they have little visibility and work in extremely difficult and challenging conditions. Having seen how much work goes into rescuing one primate, or educating one person, or convincing one local politician to do the right thing, there are many times it seems like a thankless task. I've met Willie before (working with orangutans - who also spoke at TED). He works TIRELESSLY but with 1,000 orphans and forests set ablaze every year, you can see what he's up against. Hey Erik

Thanks for the comment.

In short response, there ARE people paying significant amounts of attention to finding solutions, but they have little visibility and work in extremely difficult and challenging conditions. Having seen how much work goes into rescuing one primate, or educating one person, or convincing one local politician to do the right thing, there are many times it seems like a thankless task.

I’ve met Willie before (working with orangutans – who also spoke at TED). He works TIRELESSLY but with 1,000 orphans and forests set ablaze every year, you can see what he’s up against.

]]> By: hash http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-238 hash Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:20:43 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-238 Thanks for this post Ken. I had forgotten that you spent a great deal of time dealing with just this issue. It's such a compelling problem to try to tackle, especially when you add in the points by Nathan Wolfe on how this is the prime point where animal borne diseases pass over to humans (AIDS, etc). With those large stakes, it's a real question of why we pay so little attention to finding solutions. Thanks for this post Ken. I had forgotten that you spent a great deal of time dealing with just this issue. It’s such a compelling problem to try to tackle, especially when you add in the points by Nathan Wolfe on how this is the prime point where animal borne diseases pass over to humans (AIDS, etc).

With those large stakes, it’s a real question of why we pay so little attention to finding solutions.

]]> By: Ken Banks http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Ken Banks Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-2621 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New post - and a temporary departure from tech - on the challenges of primate conservation in Africa. http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/kiwanja/status/1192407589">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> New post – and a temporary departure from tech – on the challenges of primate conservation in Africa. http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz

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]]> By: changefeed http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-2622 changefeed Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:25:16 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-2622 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">-><a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a>: Walking with primates http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/changefeed/status/1188989189">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> ->@kiwanja: Walking with primates http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz

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]]> By: Janet A. Ginsburg http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 Janet A. Ginsburg Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:03:33 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-2623 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content"><a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a> great post re primates / bush meat issue http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz imagine the unseen (microbes, soil, etc) being destroyed, too...</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/trackernews/status/1188945193">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> @kiwanja great post re primates / bush meat issue http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz imagine the unseen (microbes, soil, etc) being destroyed, too…

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]]> By: MadNihilist http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 MadNihilist Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:39:25 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-2624 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">rt <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a> Reflections on a year working with primates in Nigeria. Blog post on "Walking with primates" at http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/madnihilist/status/1188803495">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> rt @kiwanja Reflections on a year working with primates in Nigeria. Blog post on “Walking with primates” at http://tinyurl.com/cyrddz

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]]> By: Posts about money as of February 8, 2009 | Shirasmane http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/02/walking-with-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Posts about money as of February 8, 2009 | Shirasmane Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:26:11 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=959#comment-236 [...] to Spain and how she saved money (she just got made redundant). She flew with one of those cheap Walking with primates - kiwanja.net 02/08/2009 I’ve been meaning to finish this post for a while now - it’s been [...] [...] to Spain and how she saved money (she just got made redundant). She flew with one of those cheap Walking with primates – kiwanja.net 02/08/2009 I’ve been meaning to finish this post for a while now – it’s been [...]

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