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I tread the delicate line between culture and conservation
![Nolwazi Mbongwa sitting at a traditional mai mai market, Kwa Mai Mai, in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-023-03304-y/d41586-023-03304-y_26200134.jpg)
Nolwazi Mbongwa is an ethno-ecologist pursuing a PhD at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Credit: Barry Christianson for Nature
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Nature 622, 886 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03304-y