Our future depends on nature. Without wildlife and wild places, there is no us.
National Geographic and the Wyss Campaign for Nature are committed to conserving threatened species and the places we all need to survive by protecting 30% of the planet's land and ocean by 2030.
Sylvia Earle has devoted her life to studying and safeguarding our ocean.
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- Oceanography
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- Global
Beverly and Dereck Joubert are working to halt the decline of big cats in the wild.
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- Wildlife Conservation
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- Africa
Shah Selbe is harnessing technology to detect and track illegal fishing.
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- Technology
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- Global
Guillermo De Anda is exploring remote cenotes to better understand the Maya.
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- Archaeology
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- North America
Paula Kahumbu is empowering people to follow conservation projects in real time.
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- Conservation
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- Africa
Meave Leakey has spent half a century studying human evolution in Kenya.
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- Paleontology
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- Africa
Louise Leakey is helping us better understand our human origins.
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- Paleontology
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- Africa
Paul Salopek is retracing our ancestors’ global migration – one step at a time.
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- Journalism
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- Global
Michael Fay is committed to exploring and protecting critical wild places.
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- Conservation
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- Global
Shivani Bhalla is helping people and lions coexist.
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- Conservation
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- Africa
Enric Sala is working to protect the last wild places in the ocean.
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- Marine Ecology
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- Global
Salam Al Kuntar is fighting to save Syria’s cultural heritage.
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- Archaeology
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- Asia
Steve Boyes is helping to protect Botswana’s pristine Okavango Delta.
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- Conservation
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- Africa
Asha de Vos is studying the threats facing whales around Sri Lanka.
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- Marine Biology
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- Asia
Olivier Nsengimana is working to save Rwanda’s endangered species.
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- Conservation
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- Africa
Jónína Ólafsdóttir is mapping freshwater biodiversity in Iceland.
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- Biology
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- Europe
Maritza Morales Casanova is cultivating environmental awareness in Mexico.
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- Environmental Education
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- North America
Joel Sartore is saving species one photo at a time.
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- Photography
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- Global
“I want people to care, to fall in love, and to take action.”
Projects
Impact
Pristine Seas
Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala and his team are on a mission to explore and protect some of the last truly wild places in the ocean. With up to five expeditions per year, they’re never far from their next scientific quest.
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Okavango Wilderness Project
Explorer Steve Boyes and a team including Angolan, Namibian, and South African scientists are surveying thousands of miles of the Okavango River Basin with one goal in mind: to protect one of Africa's richest places for biodiversity.
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Photo Ark
National Geographic Photo Ark founder Joel Sartore is more than halfway to his goal of creating intimate portraits of every species in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries to inspire people to protect animals at risk.
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Out of Eden Walk
Explorer Paul Salopek is walking across the planet, following the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age. Along the way, he’s covering some of the major stories of our time by giving voice to the people who inhabit them every day.
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Big Cats Initiative
Explorers-in-Residence, and Big Cats Initiative founders, Beverly and Dereck Joubert are working with communities and innovative scientists and conservationists to develop sustainable approaches to big cat conservation.
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