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Broadcast journalist covering Africa for international news networks.

Joined November 2022
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
2 months
Urbanization in coastal #Kenya has seen busy roads cut forests into pieces, isolating primates from their habitats. Researchers mapped hotspots for monkey-car collisions, then built canopy bridges for the embattled Colobus. Our report for DW. https://t.co/Qc9qEOSW9J
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
8 months
Proud to have helped capture this story with @_MarielMueller and team, alongside colleagues from DER SPIEGEL and ZDF. Salute to the hardworking journalists, whose months of digging helped uncover this shadowy transnational network. https://t.co/s1WRF698I0
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
8 months
IMPACT: Our reporting has prompted #Kenya's gov't to suspend kidney transplants at #Mediheal Hospitals, order an audit into eight #transplant facilities and suspend the chair of the state-owned vaccine institute. https://t.co/21oPtz7lWk
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
9 months
Last month's court ruling against #Kenya's leading soil-carbon offset dealer was just the tip of the iceberg in an industry beset by scandal and human rights controversy. From Zimbabwe to Cambodia, indigenous peoples are paying the cost. My latest for DW. https://t.co/aPVeHBpfHJ
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dw.com
Judges have declared a Kenyan carbon project partially illegal. It is the latest of several controversies in the sector.
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
10 months
@AlexandriaSahai Kenya's High Court has ruled that the #NRT operated illegally, establishing conservancies on community land in breach of constitutional principles. I spoke with DW's AfricaLink on what this means for the org's controversial flagship soil carbon project. https://t.co/U7QWPG4R63
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Martin Siele
10 months
Watch the full new documentary here. Great stuff by @DanielPlafker and a super important story
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@SurvivalDeutsch
Survival International Deutschland
11 months
Eine neue Doku von @DeutscheWelle zeigt die versteckte Seite der Naturschutzorganisation Northern Rangelands Trust in Kenia: ➑️ https://t.co/1WnoND43UR Das CO2-Kompensationsprojekt von NRT bringt den betroffenen Gemeinden keinen nennenswerten Nutzen. 1/x
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
11 months
Our new investigation on carbon credit trading and human rights in Northern #Kenya is out now on DW's Planet A. Western tech corps have invested millions in an #NRT-run scheme, but herders and lawyers are crying foul. Shot with @AlexandriaSahai. Watch: https://t.co/wTw0GdIU8H
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
11 months
Excited to be reporting on market-based responses to climate change and indigenous human rights in East Africa as a #TransAtlanticMediaFellow with @boell_us. It's an honor to be among this talented cohort of journalists from around the world. https://t.co/dixmCQDsYT
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
11 months
Labor violations in #Kenya's AI and data-labelling supply chains. I'm proud to have helped film this episode of 'Ketens' for Dutch broadcaster VPRO, alongside @AlexandriaSahai and a tri-continental team. Watch the full documentary here: https://t.co/W0JqQl9BUW
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
1 year
Back in Kenya after a fruitful visit to New York City, where #UNGA2024 and Climate Week drew out world leaders and climate activists alike. πŸŒŠπŸ‡§πŸ‡Έ Was proud to help film this interview with #Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis for DW News. https://t.co/kho8qAiMR3
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
1 year
Kenyans spend hours watching films and TV shows from overseas. But can domestically produced entertainment compete with imports from Nigeria, S. Africa and the USA? Creatives like @eddiebutita say it can. πŸ“½οΈπŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ My report for TRT, shot with S. Adeleke. https://t.co/FiVfbVzGTz
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
1 year
Low pay and poor conditions are driving young #doctors to leave #Kenya in droves. Medical lab technicians have been on strike for over 120 days, joining doctors in a roiling labor dispute against unilateral cuts by #Ruto's gov't.πŸ©ΊπŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ My report for DW. https://t.co/kye1wZS4Xt
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
1 year
Machine learning is revolutionizing #forestry management in #Kenya, with AI microphones monitoring habitat degradation through birdsong data and stereoscopic tree cameras for assessing carbon stock. πŸ¦β€β¬›πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Shot for DW's EcoAfrica with Alexandria Williams https://t.co/PIBOxM5hYh
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
1 year
Data visualization meets traditional #Igbo iconography in the art of C Anagbado, whose digital drawings are etched and painted onto wood, transforming #wildlife conservation data into colorful tableaus of layered meaning. πŸ–ŒοΈπŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Shot for DW with S Adeleke. https://t.co/RCMiIwTnps
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
1 year
Few artists go to work in heatproof welding masks and steel-toed boots. But for #Nigeria's Dotun Popoola, it's all part of the job: Drawing on #Yoruba metallurgy traditions to sculpt biting environmental critiques. πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Produced for DW with Samson Adeleke. https://t.co/NEcFFeIQgn
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
2 years
By far the most fragrant story I've had the honor to work on. Shot for DW with colleague Samson Adeleke.
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
2 years
The spice trade of #Zanzibar was historically marked by slave labor and colonial extraction. Now entrepreneurs in #Tanzania are shaking up the sector with ecological farming practices, domestic processing and local manufacturing of natural cosmetics. πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ώ https://t.co/2nE5ITZfyv
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
2 years
In Kenya's lakeside hub of #Kisumu, fisheries and shipping are fueling growth while straining the environment. We looked at how local campaigners are combining music and advocacy in defense of the lake and city they love. Shot for DW with S. Adeleke. https://t.co/JrezBmlNH7
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@DanielPlafker
Daniel Plafker
2 years
Democratizing data in #Kenya's air pollution fight: Citizen-scientists are using 3D-printed, open-source air monitors to help communities hold government and private polluters to account for a greener, more electrically mobile Nairobi. My report for DW. https://t.co/5xCDZIZykN
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