"Hi John, I guess its time for wrapping up rather than to introduce new points. Let me just say again that I really enjoyed your paper and its empirical and historical richness.  Thanks also for the clarification on how you see the relationship…"

"Sorry for joining the conversation so late, but I have been offline for the last week. I have had an ongoing conversation with Keith on ‘informality’ from the time when he supervised my Phd work in the mid 1990s, and I had been looking…"

"Hi again, Achirri. You should get in touch with Frode Sundes (frode.sundnes at umb.no) as well. He is doing a PhD looking at environmental history in the Dukuduku forest near St Lucia. I have bits of the EIA but its massive. And check out the…"

"Thanks for pointing out the people and parks thread, Keith!"

"Hi Achirri. I think your categorization is basically right, bearing in mind that the Bhangazi model was a first attempt at addressing these issues and that the model has since been abandoned. I have been working on the Dukuduku land claim over…"

"Hi Knut, There is a thread on people vs park in the Southern Africa Group."

"Hi John! Good to see you here as well! Knut"

"Great initiative, Keith! Expect more people soon, I just saw an announcement for this on the American Environment and Anthropology listserv! Best Knut"

"Great to see you here, Knut. can you believe that I started it this morning, not really understanding what I was doing, and we already have over 100 members!"