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About Native Solutions to Conservation Refugees:

Native Solutions to Conservation Refugees's (NSCoR) mission is to respond to Indigenous and local communities' wishes when conservation and environmental factors threaten to displace them. NSCoR is committed to the local communities providing the solutions, when possible.

NSCoR grew out of a request by the Mursi people, to NSCoR's director Will Hurd, to help keep them on their land, as African Parks Foundation took over management of the Omo National Park. African Parks Foundation, in essence, took over management of a section of Mursi land. Will was in Mursi territory as African Parks Foundation's interest in the area was beginning to be felt. Will lived for seven months among the Mursi, where he communicated in Mursi language.

will cooking pancake
 Will attempting to cook a pancake in Mursi territory.
 Photo by a Mursi,  copyright Olisarli Olibui.