Posts tagged biodiversity
CONSERVING IBERÁ: Our First Short Film About a Tompkins Conservation Success Story
CONSERVING IBERÁ: Our First Short Film About a Tompkins Conservation Success Story

In the Iberá wetlands of northern Argentina lies an incredibly biodiverse ecosystem. In this inspiring interview with Kris Tompkins, she tells the story of how her organization, Tompkins Conservation, has worked to restore and rewild the land, bringing back extirpated species and involving local communities in the conservation of what is now one of the largest protected areas in Argentina. Listen to her story and travel from home to this beautiful and remote corner of the planet where wildlife has been returning in large numbers.

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Argentina, Nature PhotographyAndreea LotakWildlife, rewilding, recent, conservation, Tompkins, Argentina, nationalpark, wetlands, biodiversity Comments
MAYA KA'AN: A Photo Essay of the Yucatán's Wildlife
MAYA KA'AN: A Photo Essay of the Yucatán's Wildlife

The Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the neighboring Maya Ka'an region more to the interior of the Yucatan Peninsula offer a different kind of tourism, compared to many of the populated coastlines. The photos below were taken during a week of visiting Maya Ka'an and the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve. 

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Nature Photography, MexicoJustin LotakMexico, Sian Ka'an, Maya Ka'an, Yucatan, wildlife, photography, Tulum, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, biodiversity, nature, yucatan peninsula, yucatanComment
HOPE IN IBERÁ: A Rewilding Story (Part I)
HOPE IN IBERÁ: A Rewilding Story (Part I)

Rewilding seems to be a meeting point between conservation and storytelling where magic things happen: people start listening. Not always, and not in the same way, but they do listen. An interview with  Ignacio Jiménez Pérez, the Conservation Director and Communications Coordinator of Conservation Land Trust (CLT) Argentina.

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National Parks, Interviews, ArgentinaAndreea LotakIbera, Argentina, wetlands, conservation, rewilding, hope, conservation tourism, popular, wildlife, biodiversityComment
“THE WILD SIDE OF CHILOÉ”: Conservation in Tantauco Park
“THE WILD SIDE OF CHILOÉ”: Conservation in Tantauco Park

Tantauco Park is a large-scale private conservation initiative, protecting 118,000 ha of wilderness at the southern tip of the Island of Chiloé. Hiking here was one of the biggest adventures we've had in Chilean Patagonia, as we went accompanied by a massive storm rushing through the island. An interview with Alan Bannister, General Manager of Tantauco. 

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Interviews, Chile, Private ConservationAndreea Lotaktantauco, private conservation, chiloe, chile, patagonia, park, hiking, backpacking, adventure, wild, biodiversity, recent, nature photographyComment
BRINGING BACK THE DARWIN’S RHEA: Wildlife Conservation in the Future Patagonia National Park
BRINGING BACK THE DARWIN’S RHEA: Wildlife Conservation in the Future Patagonia National Park

Interview with Alejandra Saavedra, park warden and coordinator of the Darwin's Rhea breeding center in the Patagonia Park, and with Cristián Saucedo, Director of Wildlife Conservation for Conservacion Patagonica.

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Private Conservation, Interviews, ChileAndreea Lotakpatagonia, Chile, conservation, darwin rhea, conservacion patagonica, tompkins, patagonia national park, biodiversity, wildlife, ecosystem, restoration, recentComment
BIODIVERSITY IN THE CHACABUCO VALLEY: Restoring a Unique Ecosystem
BIODIVERSITY IN THE CHACABUCO VALLEY: Restoring a Unique Ecosystem

“We created the space needed for the recuperation of native species. It gave them the chance to repopulate the space they had lost with the arrival of livestock." Interview with Conservacion Patagonica's Director of Conservation, Cristián Saucedo Gálvez.

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Chile, Nature Photography, Private Conservation, InterviewsJustin Lotakbiodiversity, Parque Patagonia, species, Chacabuco, Chile, Patagonia, park, national park, Tompkins, conservation, guanaco, nandu, darwin's rhea, lesser rhea, condor, vizcacha, puma, huemul, rewilding, recentComment
ISLANDS OF BIODIVERSITY: The other "Galápagoses"
ISLANDS OF BIODIVERSITY: The other "Galápagoses"

Intact ecosystems and their continuous conservation are something that an increasing number of people are willing to pay to witness, and whether for their endemic species, evolutionary importance, or rich biodiversity, many islands around the world claim to be different regions’ “Galápagos”. 

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National Parks, Marine Conservation, Adventure TravelJustin Lotakislands, biodiversity, unqiue, conservation, travel, nature, wildlife, national parks, popular, GalapagosComment
VISITING SAN CRISTÓBAL, GALAPAGOS: Humans & Wildlife Sharing Space
VISITING SAN CRISTÓBAL, GALAPAGOS: Humans & Wildlife Sharing Space

It had been six days of open ocean when one early morning we woke up with land in sight. From the misty air and foggy, rugged landscape of what looked like a barren island it was easier to think we had reached some mysterious lands up North rather than at the Equator. Once we sailed past the majestic silhouette of the Leon Dormido rocks it was less than an hour that we’d make our entrance in the bay of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal. 

 

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National Parks, Nature Photography, Tips, EcuadorAndreea & Justin Lotakislands, travel, ecotourism, galapagos tortoise, wildlife, biodiversity, conservation, GalapagosComment