Kira Walker is an independent journalist and photographer based in rural Andalusia, Spain.

She is particularly interested in stories about the environment, food sovereignty and biocultural diversity across the Mediterranean.
 

Kira Walker

Basic information

Name
Kira Walker
Title
Journalist, photographer
Expertise
environment, food sovereignty, biocultural diversity
Country
Spain
City
Eivissa

Supported projects

They make a desert and call it profit

  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Exploitation

HUELVA - Across the southern Iberian Peninsula, plastic greenhouses stretch to the horizon where rain-fed olives, wheat and grapes were traditionally grown. Spain and Portugal are Europe’s main producers of water-intensive berries. But the region is also one of the continent’s driest areas, where droughts are becoming more frequent. Reports have warned Europe’s fruit garden is in danger of becoming a desert before the end of the century.