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THE GREAT RESEARCH PERMIT SCAVENGER HUNT SAGA. PART 1.
PROLOGUE here. PART 1: BANGKOK First, I needed to pick up my Visa 315 from the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok, since it would not be ready before I left the US for fieldwork in Thailand. The emailed instructions seemed easy: “Just go bring these letters and pick up your visa in Bangkok.” I envisioned breezing in, handing…
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THE GREAT RESEARCH PERMIT SCAVENGER HUNT SAGA. PROLOGUE.
“It will take several days, and Jakarta is awful, so I recommend you hire someone to go around to the offices for you, so you can relax in the pool at the hotel. Get a hotel with a pool.” Such was the advice of fellow grad student Geoffrey, over two years ago, as he guided…
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Conservation needs Communities
It’s often said that “conservation is about people.” However, it’s apparent that many conservation endeavors struggle to meaningfully include people, their rights, and their potential; a common result is that conservation has negative impacts on human well-being, misses out on opportunities to apply the skills and knowledge of local people, and fails in the long-term.…
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Play is Sanuk
One of the reasons I love what I do is the travel – and my less research-oriented travel blog entries will now be posted on this site and archived at the Ravoravo Roving Ramblings link in the top menu. (Posts were previously at the separate blog Ravoravo Roving Ramblings). With these posts, I keep friends and family…
Tara Sayuri Whitty 