FEATURES Defending the
Land, Paying With
Their Lives
In Colombia, activism
is a dangerous pursuit.
BY JORDAN SALAMA
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
FLORENCE GOUPIL ...P. 100
The Cricket Catchers
A key protein source
in Uganda, bush crick-
ets are at risk from
overharvesting.
BY HALIMA ATHUMANI
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
JASPER DOEST .........P. 1 2 0Hidden No More
About a thousand ships
sank during the transat-
lantic slave trade, many
with captive Africans
on board. Today Black
divers are exploring
and documenting the
wrecks. “As long as we
dive for these ships,”
says the Smithsonian’s
Lonnie Bunch III, “the
people who died on
them are remembered.”
BY TARA ROBERTS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
WAYNE LAWRENCE ...P. 3 6Saving Winter
Alpine economies
depend on snow, so
what happens when
there’s less of it?
BY DENISE HRUBY
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
CIRIL JAZBEC ..............P. 5 8
Big Cat Haven
A conservation success
story plays out on an
Indian tiger reserve.
BY YUDHIJIT
BHATTACHARJEE
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
SHAAZ JUNG ..............P. 8 6MARCH (^) | CONTENTS