Geographical Magazine

In our November cover story, Mark Rowe investigates cash’s hidden role in global crime, from wildlife trafficking to human exploitation. Elsewhere, in Eastern DRC, Olivia Acland reports on how rebel violence, displacement and deep mistrust are hampering efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the nation.

This month, the magazine also features a Country Profile on Yemen. Stuart Butler explores a country of ancient cities and dramatic landscapes, where war, hunger and dwindling water supplies shape everyday life.

In Greenland, uncover how a bucolic farming landscape sits at the centre of a battle over rare-earth minerals. Meanwhile, Imogen Edmonds reveals the journeys and explorations made by five women supported by Royal Geographical Society grants, while Tristan Kennedy meets ski mountaineer Jim Morrison who made a pioneering descent of Mount Everest. Diana Maclean traces the evolution of the RGS’s Explore Weekend across fifty years, an event helping to turn ambitious ideas into viable expeditions around the world.