week 269

Mon: Benin city is building a museum to house their infamously stolen bronze statues. Can the local people get together to achieve consensus on how to do it?

Tue: After 25 years, Fitzroy island has become a victim of its own success with environmental degradation and coral bleaching all over the place.

Wed: Iranian coastline, from Qeshm island Bandari people and “lenj” vessels to nomads at the gulf of Gorgan, makes for a enticing route.

Thu: Barely scratching a living out of “chars ” (ephemeral fluvial islands on the flow of the Brahmaputra river) pushes bangladeshis’ resilience to the limit.

Fri: Chilean Patagonia national park authority maintains the puma population alive while colonial settlers think only of them as cattle predators.

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