A Conservation Notebook
Posted on 22. Jun, 2022 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
This new memoir, based on Paul Sochaczewski’s 50+ years working on the environment front lines, wanders from UN-bureaucracies to the wild regions of Indonesian New Guinea, from a mythical sacred mountain in India to a holy grove in Myanmar, from bioprospecting on the coral reefs of Micronesia to a “war of the trees” regreening program in Zimbabwe, from brave people with good intentions to powerful folks with greed tarnishing their hearts.
The book is a highly personal collection of adventures, traveler’s tales, and outlying ideas, reflecting five decades of work in nature conservation. It offers no easy solutions, no sanctimonious scolding.
Tobgay Sonam Namgyal, former head of the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, says: “Sochaczewski’s story is an enduring inspiration against the daily onslaught of war, disease, poverty and short-term thinking that threaten our natural heritage. It is a wonderful tribute to the movements and characters behind modern nature conservation.”