Why Kill a Snow Leopard Conservation Ranger? Energy Sprawl and Land-Use Conflict

By Joseph M. Kiesecker / On October 27th, 2017
View from a mountain top in Khan Khentii Protected Area, Khuh Nuur, Mongolia. Photo © Nick Hall A mysterious and untimely death is not what first comes to mind when I think about wildlife conservation. But the death of conservation ranger Lkhagvasumberel (Sumbee) Tumursukh, who worked with the Mongolian Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, is a mystery indeed.

Minding the Gap: Energy Sprawl and Access in India

By Joseph M. Kiesecker / On October 27th, 2017
Solar panels adjacent to an elementary school in Antelope Valley. © Dave Lauridsen for The Nature Conservancy On my very first trip to India I experienced some of its most iconic and most infamous sights – tigers and traffic.

Energy Sprawl

By Joseph M. Kiesecker / On October 27th, 2017
Growing energy demand could threaten 20 percent of the world's remaining natural land by 2030. But one TNC scientist has a vision for getting the energy we need without sacrificing nature.