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Cell phones have been adopted at a pace unmatched by any technology in the history of mankind. While conventional use of these devices continues to expand, mobile phones are also increasingly being viewed as tools for conservation and development. Ken Banks, currently a Visiting Fellow on the Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford University, understands this well. This article is an interview – given in the spring of 2007 – with Ken Banks, kiwanja.net, covering the broad uses of mobile technology in conservation and development work. It was published in “Falmer”, the alumni magazine of Sussex University, UK.