{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Guillaume Bonn - 230 - Alain Elkann Interviews","description":"AFRICA: FACING THE FACTS. Guillaume Bonn is a documentary photographer who has commented on conflict, social and environmental issues for the last 25 years. As a contributor to the New York Times and Vanity Fair he covered topics ranging from the conflict in Northern Uganda, the Darfur humanitarian crisis and the ivory trade in African elephants. Bonn grew up in Kenya and his subsequent reporting bought him to 40 countries on the African continent. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he is the author of a beautiful new book Paradise Inc.. \u201cAfrican governments are struggling, yet they seem to overlook opportunities to improve the lives of their citizens.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s baffling that African governments continue to follow outdated conservation models imposed when national parks were first established. \u201cPoliticians view wildlife as existing on pristine land that could easily be transformed into big cities, parking lots, casinos, and supermarkets.\u201d ","author_name":"Alain Elkann Interviews","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alainelkanninterviews.com\/","html":"