Jess Craig is an independent journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, covering science and the environment across Africa and the Middle East. In addition to her work as a journalist, she also works as an infectious disease epidemiologist focusing on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, community-led conservation has emerged from the chaos of war, but the ghosts of colonialism still haunt locals trying to live with great apes.
Despite a range of threats, from droughts and cyclones to goats and militarization, Socotra's iconic trees are staging a slow, patient comeback—with the help of the people who know them best.