Overview

• Nilssen recounts how a mugging in New York tipped a gun to her forehead and inspired her to spin a globe and set off for Namibia.
• She spent 13 years partnering with Ju/'hoansi communities before relocating to Botswana’s Kalahari, where lions and leopards roam nearby.
• The Aug. 14 episode of Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild on Channel 5 visits her desert camp to explore her conservation work.
• Through her Wisdom Academy she teaches traditional knowledge and sustainable practices to local San people.
• Her husband, Ralph Bousfield, runs an adjacent luxury safari camp that helps fund regional eco-tourism.