Perry Beeman
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2009
- Affiliation during program:
- Des Moines Register
- Country:
- Rwanda
- Year:
- 2009
Perry Beeman is veteran environment reporter for The Des Moines Register. Beeman is former president of the U.S.-based Society of Environmental Journalists. He has trained journalists in Belize, Panama and Mexico in environmental-reporting techniques under programs run by the International Center for Journalists and SEJ. He studied ecosystem science in Brazil as part of a Marine Biological Laboratory science writing fellowship. Beeman is a graduate of Iowa State University in journalism and mass communication, with a minor in environmental studies.
Stories
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Fighting for an African forest
Click here to return to table of contents... GISHWATI AREA CONSERVATION PROJECT Kinihira, Rwanda — Near this east-central African village, an impassioned collection ...
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Moments from the trip: Perry Beeman’s reflections
Click here to return to table of contents... Hiking on the job If you want to write about the environment, you have to see the environment. In Gishwati Forest, I paid for ...
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Much progress made, but many challenges face a post-genocide Rwanda
Click here to return to table of contents... The church at Nyamata became the final resting place for 10,000 people who sought refuge there. Hutu forces broke into the ...
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President Kagame is committed to environment
Click here to return to table of contents... The man driving Rwanda's new environmentally friendly economy studied military intelligence in the United States and Cuba, ...
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Rwanda works to power up with clean energy
Click here to return to table of contents... Kigali, Rwanda — Six years ago, a drought nearly snuffed out the tiny flicker that is Rwanda's electricity supply. The ...
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A new, green day dawns in war-wracked Rwanda
Click here to return to table of contents... FARMING IN RWANDA: Villagers team up to hoe a field in the Gishwati area. Rwandan agriculture generally doesn't use modern ...
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Inspiration from gorillas leads Iowa businessman to Gishwati project
Click here to return to table of contents... Des Moines businessman Ted Townsend is the genial, articulate son of an inventor who made a fortune selling meat-processing ...
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Renewal in Rwanda: Multimedia package for The Des Moines Register
About the series Des Moines Register reporter Perry Beeman visited Rwanda for five weeks on a grant from the International Reporting Project. In this multi-part interactive ...
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Gishwati team an ecletic group
Click here to return to table of contents... Rebecca Chancellor knows a lot about Gishwati Forest's 14 remaining chimps. She knows they won't survive unless other chimps ...
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Saving Rwanda’s Gishwati Forest
Click here to return to table of contents... Perry Beeman and Great Ape Trust conservation director Ben Beck explain why Iowans are working to save Gishwati Forest, the chimps ...
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Rwandan students promote conservation
Click here to return to table of contents... Des Moines Register reporter Perry Beeman tells you about Kinihira students' school assignment - singing, dancing or performing ...
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Tracking wild chimps through the forest
Click here to return to table of contents... Des Moines Register reporter Perry Beeman goes on a 10.5-hour chimp trek through Gishwati Forest as scientist Rebecca Chancellor ...
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Post-Crisis Rwanda: Protecting the Environment while Promoting Economic Recovery
Rwanda faces a range of environment-related challenges, as it continues to recover from genocide 15 years later. President Paul Kagame insists the country’s first full-blown ...
Blog Posts RSS
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October 21, 2009 | by Perry Beeman
Power up, Rwanda, Part 2
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October 21, 2009 | by Perry Beeman
Rwanda update
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October 14, 2009 | by Perry Beeman
Turn on Rwanda
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October 14, 2009 | by Perry Beeman
“Clean” Rwanda, Part 3
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