France’s Soaring Boar Numbers, Saving Sacred Seeds
This week: You’ll hear about an explosion of wild boar populations throughout Europe. The problem is especially acute in France. Also, concerns over brain drain prompts Cameroon to lure ex-pats back home. Archaeologists are worried about potential looting of antiquities amidst the political unrest in Egypt. Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden have teamed up with traditional healers around the world to document and protect medicinal plants.
France’s Soaring Wild Boar Numbers: Boar populations are skyrocketing nearly everywhere in Europe. The problem is especially bad in France, where the government estimates there are now more than a million of the beasts, and some are roaming towns and cities. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from the Alsace region of Eastern France.
Report by: Gerry Hadden.
Read Gerry’s Story here.
Fears of Looting of Antiquities in Egypt: Archeologists worry that some of Egypt’s vast collection of precious antiquities could be lost to looting amid the protests there.
Guest: Brian Vastag of the Washington Post.
More about Egypt’s archaeological treasures in the Washington Post.
Cameroon Battles Brain Drain: According to a study by the International Organization for Migration, 17 percent of Cameroonians with higher education have moved abroad in search of employment, many of them never to return. Concerns over this brain drain has led Cameroon to attempt to lure talented ex-pats back home.
Report by: Jori Lewis
Jori’s trip to Cameroon was funded by a grant from The International Reporting Project.
Prefer to read Jori’s story about Cameroon’s brain drain? Click here.
Saving Sacred Seeds: Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden have teamed up with traditional healers in indigenous communities to protect medicinal plants. The project is called Sacred Seeds and consists of gardens in the U.S . and four other countries, including Peru and Madagascar.
Guest: Ashley Glenn of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
The Semillas Sagradas sanctuary in Costa Rica.
