![The Red and the Black
The overwhelming tragedies and complex struggles of wildlife conservation in these fatal times need skilled storytellers and honest reporters to do them justice. Two former colleagues — and good friends — have written two brilliant and courageous chronicles of the war on wildlife.
Mark Jenkins’ cover story in the July 2008 issue of National Geographic offers a lucid, clear-eyed account of the horrifying murder of the silverback gorilla Senkwekwe and half of his family in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a year ago. Mark’s great story is the perfectly balanced counterpart to Brent Stirton’s horrifying and beautiful photographs (online slideshow here). Stirton also offers his version of the story in a conversation with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air. Bravo to National Geographic for putting this difficult, wrenching story on its cover.
Bruce Barcott’s latest book was praised in a cover review in the New York Times Book Review earlier this year, and rightly so: The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw deserves the widest possible readership. By focusing on one species, in one country, and the quixotic story of one dogged champion (the scarlet macaw, Belize, and an American wildlife advocate named Sharon Matola), Bruce gives us a microcosm of the conservation battles unfolding everywhere in the developing world.
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The Red and the Black
The overwhelming tragedies and complex struggles of wildlife conservation in these fatal times need skilled storytellers and honest reporters to do them justice. Two former colleagues — and good friends — have written two brilliant and courageous chronicles of the war on wildlife.
Mark Jenkins’ cover story in the July 2008 issue of National Geographic offers a lucid, clear-eyed account of the horrifying murder of the silverback gorilla Senkwekwe and half of his family in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a year ago. Mark’s great story is the perfectly balanced counterpart to Brent Stirton’s horrifying and beautiful photographs (online slideshow here). Stirton also offers his version of the story in a conversation with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air. Bravo to National Geographic for putting this difficult, wrenching story on its cover.
Bruce Barcott’s latest book was praised in a cover review in the New York Times Book Review earlier this year, and rightly so: The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw deserves the widest possible readership. By focusing on one species, in one country, and the quixotic story of one dogged champion (the scarlet macaw, Belize, and an American wildlife advocate named Sharon Matola), Bruce gives us a microcosm of the conservation battles unfolding everywhere in the developing world.
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