The third volume of SWARA for 2010, SWARA 2010 : 03 | July-September, is now available! If you are a member and your copy is not already in your mail box, then there is a postman somewhere not doing his job. If you are not a member, you can join and get your free copy . To join, see the details below.

Inside SWARA 2010 : 3

David Western, Founder and Chairman of the African Conservation Centre (ACC) ponders the future of the Amboseli ecosystem in the wake of the 2009 drought in Kenya in The Worst Drought: Tipping Point or Turning Point for Amboseli?

EAWLS Council member Esmond Bradley Martin teams up with Lucy Vigne to discuss the Controversy at CITES Conference in Quatar as they enlighten readers on the winners and losers of CITES CoP15.

Lionel Murage, Halinishi Yusuf, Steve Trott and Simon Hemphill weigh the benefits and pitfalls of ring nets on Kenya’s coast and its people as they ask, Ring Net Fishing: Money Maker or Scourge of the Sea?

Kevin Doyle, in his piece, Saving Kenya’s Last Coastal Wilderness by Defending Residents Rights explains how plans to protect the rights of Lamu’s traditional residents can support conservation goals.

With his piece on Pastoralism: Breaking the Opinion Mould, Curtis Abraham queries the popular and official wisdom that nomads can destroy the habitat.

Rhino expert Felix Patton hails Solio: The Heartbeat of Rhino Conservation for 40 Years for it’s part in breeding and protecting this species.

John Frederick Walker is the bearer of good news as Angola’s Giant Sable Makes a Triumphant Comeback from the grips of extinction.

The Spotlight shines on various great stories including that in which Brian Finch and Nigel Hunter return from Lamu with a new find – Erlanger’s Boubou: A New Species for Kenya and East Africa. A hilarious account of an escapatologist chimpanzee also catches the spotlight as Diana Hunter issues notice – WANTED: One of Our Chimps is Missing followed by The Curious Incident o the Giraffe in the Nighttime narrated by Zoe Muller. Putting a cap on the Spotlight is the issue of climate change as Colin Beale demonstrates how Climate Change Affects Tanzania Bird Distribution.

Exceptional photographer Paolo Torchio captures the wealth of wildlife roaming free not far from Kenya’s smoggy, hectic capital in the aptly named photo spread, Capital Clicks, while Elinor Ostrom: A Nobel Prize for Local Communities is Esther Mwangi’s glowing tribute to a former teacher and pioneer of work in social behaviour.

Meanwhile, Atticus English admires a beautiful selection of wildlife photos in a heavy, rich volume titled The Journey Within in Book Review as Paolo Torchio fittingly shares a photographic dusk with a bold sparrowhawk on his balcony in Sundown with Sparrowhawk.

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