Introducing After Six

When thinking of the many women in science and conservation that I admire, I immediately thought of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize awardee Wangari Maathai, the founder of the Greenbelt Movement in Kenya. She understood that environmental protection and wildlife conservation do not exist in isolation and are connected to gender equality, human rights, and democracy. She once said, “If you destroy the forest then the river will stop flowing, the rains will become irregular, the crops will fail and you will die of hunger and starvation.”