#国家地理# Photo by @jtkerby | Words by @craigwelch | Gelada monkeys scamper by a road worker napping in the shadow of his bulldozer in the central Ethiopian highlands. The population of these grass-eating primates in Guassa, a protected area, is relatively healthy. But the highlands are changing fast. Farms are spreading as climate change makes higher ground more suitable for agriculture, and the government is encouraging new development, such as road paving in rural areas. More farms and better roads might help villagers economically. But that also fragments and destroys native grasslands, which geladas rely on for food.
| Unpublished photo from April's article on gelada monkeys at Guassa. See the full story in the magazine and more shots from the field from assignment photographers @jtkerby and @tbfrost. #Ethiopia #NatGeo #ExpeditionsCouncil #gelada

#国家地理# Photo by @jtkerby | Words by @craigwelch | Gelada monkeys scamper by a road worker napping in the shadow of his bulldozer in the central Ethiopian highlands. The population of these grass-eating primates in Guassa, a protected area, is relatively healthy. But the highlands are changing fast. Farms are spreading as climate change makes higher ground more suitable for agriculture, and the government is encouraging new development, such as road paving in rural areas. More farms and better roads might help villagers economically. But that also fragments and destroys native grasslands, which geladas rely on for food.
| Unpublished photo from April's article on gelada monkeys at Guassa. See the full story in the magazine and more shots from the field from assignment photographers @jtkerby and @tbfrost. #Ethiopia #NatGeo #ExpeditionsCouncil #gelada

#国家地理# Photo by @jtkerby | Words by @craigwelch | Gelada monkeys scamper by a road worker napping in the shadow of his bulldozer in the central Ethiopian highlands. The population of these grass-eating primates in Guassa, a protected area, is relatively healthy. But the highlands are changing fast. Farms are spreading as climate change makes higher ground more suitable for agriculture, and the government is encouraging new development, such as road paving in rural areas. More farms and better roads might help villagers economically. But that also fragments and destroys native grasslands, which geladas rely on for food.
| Unpublished photo from April's article on gelada monkeys at Guassa. See the full story in the magazine and more shots from the field from assignment photographers @jtkerby and @tbfrost. #Ethiopia #NatGeo #ExpeditionsCouncil #gelada