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Painting the Unseen

A collaborative project centers more-than-human worlds in Bhutan’s protected and conserved areas. WORDS David Hecht with Gyempo Wangchuk | ART Gyempo Wangchuk , It’s the middle of the dry season, the mountains hold fresh snow, and the sun shines brightly in the cloudless blue sky as we drive through Trashi Yangtse in Eastern Bhutan. “I

When Home Becomes a Protected Area: The Udege People and the Bikin River Valley in the Russian Far East

Udege

WORDS Aleksandra Bocharnikova IMAGES Aleksandra Bocharnikova, Tatjana Bocharnikova, and Alexei Kudryavtcev The Sikhote-Alin is a mountain range in Russia’s Pacific Far East. This territory contains one of the largest unmodified temperate forests in the Northern hemisphere. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that its protected areas are “considered to contain the

When Home Becomes a Protected Area: The Udege People and the Bikin River Valley in the Russian Far East

Udege

by Aleksandra Bocharnikova The Sikhote-Alin is a mountain range in Russia’s Pacific Far East. This territory contains one of the largest unmodified temperate forests in the Northern hemisphere. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that its protected areas are “considered to contain the greatest plant and animal diversity on the north-western