Ian Deshmukh

Ian Deshmukh

Ian Deshmukh is an ecologist and a senior associate at Tetra Tech, for which he has worked since 1985 (then ARD Inc.). For much of that time, he has resided in Africa on field projects. Prior to that he was a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, and a visiting scholar at Oxford University and the University of California at Berkeley.

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Who owns nature? A case study from Kenya

Who owns nature? A case study from Kenya

over 12 years ago // Land Matters for the environment

Natural resources are at the heart of many conflicts — including in Kenya’s Mau highlands, where an internationally funded development project has helped to bring peace and safeguard the environment while encouraging villagers to take advantage of the country’s new land rights. A guest opinion by Tetra Tech’s Ian Deshmukh.