Geo June 2015

Here are some of the highlights you will find in our June 2015 issue

PHOTOSTORY: MOVING LIVES
Jacob Maentz, visually records one of the oldest and most nomadic tribes in the Philippines

RELIGION: ON THE ROAD TO QALANDER
As more than a million Shia Muslims gather, David Lewis joins the chaotic and often brutal Sehwan Sharif pilgrimage

AQUACULTURE: MANGROVE PRAWNS
As Thailand’s organic prawn farms struggle to stay in business, Victor Paul Borg reports on a possible solution

ENVIRONMENT: A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Visitors to Taipei were once met by rubbish-filled streets. Chris Fitch looks at how the locals are embracing a cleaner lifestyle

REPORTAGE: BLOOD RANSOM
There’s a war being fought in the Indian Ocean. John Boyle sheds light on the beginnings of Somali piracy and the effects it has on those caught in the middle

TRAVEL: BUILDING A REPUBLIC
Marco Magrini sees how a land of diversity can overcome immense hardship

EXPLORE: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DARWIN
When Tom Allen attempted to explore the Santa Cruz river in Patagonia, he discovered the future of this near-pristine wilderness is far from certain

EXPLORE: DISCOVERING BRITAIN
In this month’s RGS-IBG Discovering Britain walk, Tom Hart finds England’s second city relies on a dam built in a remote Welsh valley