https://www.popsci.com/environment/vital-impacts-wildlife-photos/
"Lala locks eyes with Kristi Odom’s camera. The jaguar’s steely stare reveals
nothing of her distressing story. Lala survived illegal wildlife trafficking in
the Bolivian Amazon and now lives in a sanctuary with other rescued big cats.
As a filmmaker and photographer, Odom travels to remote places to document our
planet’s biodiversity and the threats to endangered creatures like Lala.
The photograph of Lala (seen below) is part of a collection from Vital Impacts,
a non-profit focused on conservation efforts through storytelling work with
visual journalists. For its current initiative, Vital Impacts is selling 100
breathtaking prints from notable photographers to support indigenous
communities through COICA (Convening Group of Indigenous Peoples in the
Amazon).
“It is my hope that this work will help raise awareness of the urgent
challenges facing our planet,” Vital Impacts founder Ami Vitale said. “In the
last fifty years, we have lost 73 percent of the world’s wildlife—a stark
reminder of the magnitude of the biodiversity crisis we are confronting. The
future of our planet is in our hands. We cannot afford to feel paralyzed by the
scale of the challenge nor can we afford to wait for someone else to act – this
is up to us.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
