December 04, 2008  

Zarah Rahman '07, a development studies alum, has been posting updates from Sumatra, Indonesia, where she is working on a multi-media reportage for National Geographic on extractive industry (palm oil and logging) and its impact on local communities.

She is part of a team working under a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant and a grant from the Seven Fund in isolated communities in and around Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem, in the province of Aceh.