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class="heading-decor"></span> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bc4c4dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="bc4c4dd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-88758c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="88758c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="font-size: 1.15rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .1em; color: #fff; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: 800;">An Oasis in the Desert</p> <span style="color: #ffffff;">In the heart of southern Africa, the Kalahari Desert gives way to one of the world’s largest wetlands as seasonal rains from Angola’s highlands flood northern Botswana’s Okavango Delta each year.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fd171fa elementor-align-center elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="fd171fa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/become-a-member/" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">explore with us</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4a42b68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="4a42b68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> 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href="#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJ0eXBlIjoidmlkZW8iLCJ2aWRlb1R5cGUiOiJob3N0ZWQiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3Lm5hdGlvbmFsZ2VvZ3JhcGhpYy5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA2XC9Oa2FzaGktRmlsbV9UcmFpbGVyX1dFQi5tcDQifQ%3D%3D"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1600" height="2359" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2d52e678-831f-407b-86b7-39efe4b410e5.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-17804" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2d52e678-831f-407b-86b7-39efe4b410e5.png 1600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2d52e678-831f-407b-86b7-39efe4b410e5-203x300.png 203w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2d52e678-831f-407b-86b7-39efe4b410e5-695x1024.png 695w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2d52e678-831f-407b-86b7-39efe4b410e5-768x1132.png 768w, 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style="letter-spacing: .1rem; font-weight: 800;">DOCUMENTARY FILM</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-53decdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="53decdd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4 class="ng-margin-medium-top ng-lg-margin-large-top " style="letter-spacing: .1rem;"><strong>Nkashi: Race for the Okavango</strong></h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ff03e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ff03e2c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><strong><em>Nkashi: Race for the Okavango</em></strong> shows the triumphs and challenges of three mokoro (dugout canoe) polers, celebrates cultural heritage, and illuminates the importance of protecting the Okavango Delta – one of the most unique wetlands in the world. This feature length documentary was made in Botswana, in Setswana, in close collaboration with a team of Batswana filmmakers.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5209236 elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="5209236" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJ0eXBlIjoidmlkZW8iLCJ2aWRlb1R5cGUiOiJob3N0ZWQiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3Lm5hdGlvbmFsZ2VvZ3JhcGhpYy5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA2XC9Oa2FzaGktRmlsbV9UcmFpbGVyX1dFQi5tcDQifQ%3D%3D" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">watch the trailer</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1c5dd98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="1c5dd98" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81fc643 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="81fc643" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6d59fc" data-id="d6d59fc" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf93fcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="bf93fcd" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9994024" data-id="9994024" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0766cca elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="0766cca" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3bbaaa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="3bbaaa3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="letter-spacing: .1rem; font-weight: 800; font-color: #fff!important;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.6px; font-size: 1.5rem">WHY IT MATTERS</span></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-41579dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="41579dc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p class="ng-text-edit-s" style="font-color: #ffffff!important; font-weight: 800; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem;">The Okavango Basin is the main source of water for a million people and is one of the most biodiverse places in Africa. It supports the world’s largest remaining elephant population as well as lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, hundreds of species of birds, and much more.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-136abcd elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="136abcd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="#whyitmatters" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">learn about biodiversity in the basin</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bfa4e9" data-id="1bfa4e9" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div 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surveying and collecting scientific data on the river system and working with local communities; NGOs; and the governments of Angola, Namibia, and Botswana to secure permanent, sustainable protection for the greater Okavango Watershed.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2e6a5bb elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="2e6a5bb" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="#whatweredoing" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">learn about the river system</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f7f0950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="f7f0950" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5116232 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5116232" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9381308" data-id="9381308" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1741e7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="1741e7a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bcc841 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="8bcc841" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01e50b3" data-id="01e50b3" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c75011a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="c75011a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="letter-spacing: .1rem; font-weight: 800; font-color: #fff!important;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.6px; font-size: 1.5rem;">WHO WE ARE</span></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3ba0d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="3ba0d7f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p class="ng-text-edit-s" style="font-color: #ffffff!important; font-weight: 800; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem;">The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP) has been surveying and collecting scientific data on the river system and working with local communities; NGOs; and the governments of Angola, Namibia, and Botswana to secure permanent, sustainable protection for the greater Okavango Watershed.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f8b2b54" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><span style="font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 1.6px;">PODCAST SERIES</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fa3e52d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="fa3e52d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4 class="ng-margin-medium-top ng-lg-margin-large-top " style="letter-spacing: .1rem;"><strong>Guardians of the River</strong></h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-16e3522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="16e3522" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix">This is the story of the guardians of the Okavango water system. These guardians have a monumental task: safeguard a remote, near pristine environment facing threats from all sides. This podcast follows what happens when worlds connect, and at times collide, with the common goal of protecting a place.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4047775 elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4047775" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.wildbirdtrust.com/guardians-of-the-river" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">listen now</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-776cc25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="776cc25" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> 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<div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4 class="ng-margin-medium-top ng-lg-margin-large-top " style="letter-spacing: .1rem;"><strong>Into the Okavango</strong></h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-052c1b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="052c1b9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>Follow the story of the Okavango Wilderness Project, produced by National Geographic Documentary Films. <strong><em>Into the Okavango</em></strong> is now streaming on Disney+ and is available for purchase on Amazon, Apple/iTunes, GooglePlay, and Vudu.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4b3a9e9 elementor-align-left elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4b3a9e9" data-element_type="widget" 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https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KWANDO_R06_KJ_02_WEB-731x1024.jpg 731w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KWANDO_R06_KJ_02_WEB-400x561.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9c6f23" data-id="e9c6f23" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b8044bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b8044bc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 1.6px;">DOCUMENTARY FILM</span></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f7cea74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f7cea74" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4 class="ng-margin-medium-top ng-lg-margin-large-top " style="letter-spacing: .1rem;"><strong>Kwando</strong></h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c544471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="c544471" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix">Kwando tells the story of a young Angolan fisherman, haunted by his past as a child soldier and unsure of his future, who joins a team of international scientists with the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project to explore one of Angola’s most remote, mythical rivers. Through hardships, scientific discoveries and his own growing interest in birds, he finds hope for a new future for his homeland – one that involves protecting this magnificent landscape for future generations.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-691a00b elementor-align-left elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="691a00b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJ0eXBlIjoidmlkZW8iLCJ2aWRlb1R5cGUiOiJ5b3V0dWJlIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbVwvZW1iZWRcL1phdk5LWHVtWjlvP2ZlYXR1cmU9b2VtYmVkIn0%3D" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">watch the film</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da4e909 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="da4e909" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-766d738" data-id="766d738" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4667ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="c4667ed" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3ace02 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="f3ace02" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c281b96" data-id="c281b96" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6d06bcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="6d06bcb" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3e40244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor" data-id="3e40244" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="menu-anchor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <style>/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 */ body.elementor-page .elementor-widget-menu-anchor{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="elementor-menu-anchor" id="whyitmatters"></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a2dca20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="a2dca20" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9611187 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="9611187" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdf9540" data-id="fdf9540" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c841794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="c841794" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h3 style="letter-spacing: 0.1rem; font-weight: 800; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.6px; color: #fff;">AN OASIS OF BIODIVERSITY</span></h3></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2e0a7c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="2e0a7c3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p class="ng-text-edit-s" style="font-weight: 800; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; text-align: center;">The Okavango Delta is one of the largest freshwater wetlands in southern Africa and is home to over 1,000 species of plants, more than 480 species of birds, 130 species of mammals, and numerous species of reptiles and fish. In the Angolan highlands, where the source of the Okavango originates, NGOWP has recorded 53 species new to academic science, more than 81 species potentially new to science, and more than 143 species previously unknown in Angola.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5aac4b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="5aac4b5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d01a8fb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="d01a8fb" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0aac596" data-id="0aac596" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-16a1c11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="16a1c11" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80b80b4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="80b80b4" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2f3ff2" data-id="f2f3ff2" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-26ccf30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="26ccf30" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0335820" data-id="0335820" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f2081d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f2081d7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>BIRDS</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b30ad41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b30ad41" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>The Delta is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International as it is home to 24 species of globally threatened birds. The expedition team has documented 480 bird species, including four new species records for Angola, and collected data for 66 range extensions. Their bird surveys continue to add important data to the regional bird list including a newly discovered breeding population of the vulnerable wattled crane.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d123d" data-id="99d123d" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8e10b58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-carousel-widget" data-id="8e10b58" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="premium-carousel-widget.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div id="premium-carousel-wrapper-8e10b58" class="premium-carousel-wrapper premium-carousel-hidden carousel-wrapper-8e10b58 premium-carousel-dots-below" data-settings="{"vertical":false,"slidesToScroll":1,"slidesToShow":1,"infinite":true,"speed":300,"fade":false,"autoplay":true,"autoplaySpeed":5000,"draggable":true,"touchMove":true,"rtl":false,"adaptiveHeight":false,"variableWidth":false,"cssEase":"ease","pauseOnHover":false,"centerMode":false,"arrows":true,"dots":true,"slidesDesk":1,"slidesTab":1,"slidesMob":1,"animation":"null","tabletBreak":1025,"mobileBreak":768,"navigation":[],"carouselNavigation":"dots","templatesNumber":4}"> <div class="premium-carousel-nav-dot"> <i class="fas fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-nav-arrow-prev"> <a type="button" data-role="none" class="carousel-arrow carousel-prev" aria-label="Previous" role="button"> <i class="fas fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-nav-arrow-next"> <a type="button" data-role="none" class="carousel-arrow carousel-next" aria-label="Next" role="button"> <i class="fas fa-angle-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </div> <div id="premium-carousel-8e10b58" class="premium-carousel-inner"> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22193 .elementor-element.elementor-element-71c7d8d7 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22193" class="elementor elementor-22193"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8f808c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="a8f808c" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f1e879b" data-id="1f1e879b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c9e45c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="c9e45c9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b4aaa6d6-e5fa-4a81-9ef7-b2d8b3bb7ef8_c122-0-2077-1467_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19799" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b4aaa6d6-e5fa-4a81-9ef7-b2d8b3bb7ef8_c122-0-2077-1467_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b4aaa6d6-e5fa-4a81-9ef7-b2d8b3bb7ef8_c122-0-2077-1467_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b4aaa6d6-e5fa-4a81-9ef7-b2d8b3bb7ef8_c122-0-2077-1467_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b4aaa6d6-e5fa-4a81-9ef7-b2d8b3bb7ef8_c122-0-2077-1467_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-71c7d8d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="71c7d8d7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div><p>The delta is recognized as a RAMSAR Wetland of International Importance and an Important Bird Area.</p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: GeographWeb, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY CORY RICHARDS/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC</span></p></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22190 .elementor-element.elementor-element-6b4de522 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22190" class="elementor elementor-22190"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2879bdc7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2879bdc7" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ef0a61" data-id="2ef0a61" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6860bc4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="6860bc4a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f9f6bac3-d934-4649-b255-dd75db247560_c162-0-2758-1947_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19791" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f9f6bac3-d934-4649-b255-dd75db247560_c162-0-2758-1947_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f9f6bac3-d934-4649-b255-dd75db247560_c162-0-2758-1947_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f9f6bac3-d934-4649-b255-dd75db247560_c162-0-2758-1947_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f9f6bac3-d934-4649-b255-dd75db247560_c162-0-2758-1947_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6b4de522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6b4de522" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div><p>The team’s surveys resulted in the inclusion of the newly discovered breeding population of the vulnerable wattled crane into the regional bird list.</p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: GeographWeb, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES KYDD</span></p></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22187 .elementor-element.elementor-element-747335f0 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22187" class="elementor elementor-22187"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ad57e62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4ad57e62" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-755ec52a" data-id="755ec52a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7df9ad46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="7df9ad46" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3a862c2c-b0c6-4c58-95a8-6e378ba43afd_c531-0-3719-2391_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19790" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3a862c2c-b0c6-4c58-95a8-6e378ba43afd_c531-0-3719-2391_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3a862c2c-b0c6-4c58-95a8-6e378ba43afd_c531-0-3719-2391_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3a862c2c-b0c6-4c58-95a8-6e378ba43afd_c531-0-3719-2391_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3a862c2c-b0c6-4c58-95a8-6e378ba43afd_c531-0-3719-2391_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-747335f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="747335f0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div><div><p>This squadron of juvenile Great white pelicans is one of many bird species who inhabit the Okavango Delta.</p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: GeographWeb, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY ANGOLA IMAGE BANK</span></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22183 .elementor-element.elementor-element-74d4d5a1 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22183" class="elementor elementor-22183"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-213557ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="213557ed" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-627ed5db" data-id="627ed5db" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-47a09de3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="47a09de3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2895f6a6-84f0-4509-b4d5-8464d07263e7_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19785" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2895f6a6-84f0-4509-b4d5-8464d07263e7_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-1.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2895f6a6-84f0-4509-b4d5-8464d07263e7_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2895f6a6-84f0-4509-b4d5-8464d07263e7_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2895f6a6-84f0-4509-b4d5-8464d07263e7_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-1-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-74d4d5a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="74d4d5a1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div class="ng-thumbnail-caption "><div class="ng-thumbnail-caption "><div class="ng-thumbnail-caption "><div class="ng-thumbnail-caption "><p>The expedition team documented 480 bird species, including four new species records for Angola.</p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: GeographWeb, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY ANGOLA IMAGE BANK</span></p></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00f5c4b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="00f5c4b" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-379a41a" data-id="379a41a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d0b5b7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="d0b5b7c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2c8d8f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="f2c8d8f" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d73efa7" data-id="d73efa7" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e0618a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="e0618a6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-83654d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="83654d4" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5096380" data-id="5096380" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3fd3a9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="3fd3a9d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>MAMMALS</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-72179c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="72179c3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>Leopards, spotted hyenas, red lechwe, roan antelope, and sitatungas are widespread throughout the Okavango Delta. Some of the world’s most endangered animals like cheetahs and African wild dogs can be found here, as well as stable populations of iconic species such as elephants and lions.</p><p>The NGOWP’s camera traps confirmed the presence of the lion, cheetah, leopard, and critically endangered African wild dog in areas as far north as the Cuito and Kembo Rivers’ source lakes. This has led to the expansion of the known range for wild dogs and cheetahs.</p><p>Another of the team’s camera traps recorded the first confirmation of sable antelope around the source lake of the Cuanavale River, a location more than 300 kilometers north of their current range. This has sparked new scientific discussion on the relative distribution of this species.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-16f368b" data-id="16f368b" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7f42b0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-carousel-widget" data-id="7f42b0e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="premium-carousel-widget.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div id="premium-carousel-wrapper-7f42b0e" class="premium-carousel-wrapper premium-carousel-hidden carousel-wrapper-7f42b0e premium-carousel-dots-below" data-settings="{"vertical":false,"slidesToScroll":1,"slidesToShow":1,"infinite":true,"speed":300,"fade":false,"autoplay":true,"autoplaySpeed":5000,"draggable":true,"touchMove":true,"rtl":false,"adaptiveHeight":false,"variableWidth":false,"cssEase":"ease","pauseOnHover":false,"centerMode":false,"arrows":true,"dots":true,"slidesDesk":1,"slidesTab":1,"slidesMob":1,"animation":"null","tabletBreak":1025,"mobileBreak":768,"navigation":[],"carouselNavigation":"dots","templatesNumber":5}"> <div class="premium-carousel-nav-dot"> <i class="fas fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-nav-arrow-prev"> <a type="button" data-role="none" class="carousel-arrow carousel-prev" aria-label="Previous" role="button"> <i class="fas fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-nav-arrow-next"> <a type="button" data-role="none" class="carousel-arrow carousel-next" aria-label="Next" role="button"> <i class="fas fa-angle-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </div> <div id="premium-carousel-7f42b0e" class="premium-carousel-inner"> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22238 .elementor-element.elementor-element-38326fe9 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22238" class="elementor elementor-22238"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a03eeb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5a03eeb8" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7670af" data-id="a7670af" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2f5b6874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="2f5b6874" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/09789649-13bd-4abe-8852-b317fd529b53_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19819" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/09789649-13bd-4abe-8852-b317fd529b53_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/09789649-13bd-4abe-8852-b317fd529b53_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/09789649-13bd-4abe-8852-b317fd529b53_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/09789649-13bd-4abe-8852-b317fd529b53_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-38326fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="38326fe9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div> The delta is an oasis for many large mammals that gather around its life-giving waters. <br/> <span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</span> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22235 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1e580936 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22235" class="elementor elementor-22235"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bd494f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2bd494f5" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fbeb9e2" data-id="2fbeb9e2" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-38453f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="38453f6e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/801e4d79-670a-4de6-919f-92cbec9eb188_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19816" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/801e4d79-670a-4de6-919f-92cbec9eb188_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/801e4d79-670a-4de6-919f-92cbec9eb188_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/801e4d79-670a-4de6-919f-92cbec9eb188_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/801e4d79-670a-4de6-919f-92cbec9eb188_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1e580936 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="1e580936" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div> The crown jewel of the delta is the world’s largest population of elephants, numbering around 130,000. <br/> <span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</span> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22232 .elementor-element.elementor-element-790951f8 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22232" class="elementor elementor-22232"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-279f22b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="279f22b5" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-238f82ed" data-id="238f82ed" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-29384635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="29384635" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/944830e8-dc97-4400-9b68-8c8bbc19c0c6_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19817" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/944830e8-dc97-4400-9b68-8c8bbc19c0c6_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/944830e8-dc97-4400-9b68-8c8bbc19c0c6_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/944830e8-dc97-4400-9b68-8c8bbc19c0c6_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/944830e8-dc97-4400-9b68-8c8bbc19c0c6_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-790951f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="790951f8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div> The team found evidence of elephants in the upper reaches of the water tower, which provides new hope for restoring the great, historic Angolan population to the area. <br/> <br/> <span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</span> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22226 .elementor-element.elementor-element-3a9d5306 > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22226" class="elementor elementor-22226"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-385dd460 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="385dd460" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70218edb" data-id="70218edb" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d640137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="d640137" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/02a40bbe-1aaa-477b-a027-4554a40592bd_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19818" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/02a40bbe-1aaa-477b-a027-4554a40592bd_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/02a40bbe-1aaa-477b-a027-4554a40592bd_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/02a40bbe-1aaa-477b-a027-4554a40592bd_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/02a40bbe-1aaa-477b-a027-4554a40592bd_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3a9d5306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="3a9d5306" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div> Red lechwe are a common sight throughout the delta. <br/> <br/> <span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</span> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-carousel-template item-wrapper"> <style>.elementor-22222 .elementor-element.elementor-element-7b8bd8af > .elementor-widget-container{padding:20px 20px 20px 20px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 01px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}</style> <div data-elementor-type="section" data-elementor-id="22222" class="elementor elementor-22222"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ba3ca64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2ba3ca64" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5af3c7c1" data-id="5af3c7c1" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5e1f7325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="5e1f7325" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b6d625e0-9e90-4d0c-aa81-ad5df2c41f0d_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-19815" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b6d625e0-9e90-4d0c-aa81-ad5df2c41f0d_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b6d625e0-9e90-4d0c-aa81-ad5df2c41f0d_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b6d625e0-9e90-4d0c-aa81-ad5df2c41f0d_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b6d625e0-9e90-4d0c-aa81-ad5df2c41f0d_c236-0-4013-2833_r800x600-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7b8bd8af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="7b8bd8af" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div>Botswana is home to the second largest zebra migration; about 25,000 zebras journey the 150 miles between the Okavango Delta and the Makgadikgadi Pan.<br/> <br/> <span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; word-spacing: 2.64px;">PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</span> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-958055f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="958055f" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9b808d" data-id="e9b808d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-96d4afd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="96d4afd" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-397b068" data-id="397b068" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ea172c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="ea172c8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1714" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-22258" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-300x201.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-768x514.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wild-dogs-delta-RvB-Okavango-400x268.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b49fa4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b49fa4b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix">PHOTOGRAPH BY RAINER VON BRANDIS</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-acf588f" data-id="acf588f" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-929ac23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="929ac23" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: var(--ngs-color-ramp-gray-5); font-size: 1rem;">The crown jewel of the Delta is the world’s largest remaining population of elephants, numbering around 130,000, whose movements shape and reshape the Delta’s channels.</span></p> <p>The team confirmed the presence of elephants in the upper reaches of the water tower, between the Cuito and Cuando Rivers. This observation indicates that remnants of the great, historic Angolan population still survive and can once again flourish if the area is protected. This could help reduce the ecological pressures that Botswana’s large elephant population is exerting on the environment, which exceeds its carrying capacity, due in part to the Angolan population taking refuge there from poaching and the country’s civil war. Securing a home in Angola for these elephants would allow them to safely migrate back into the Okavango-Zambezi Water Tower.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2ea7d7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="f2ea7d7" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d04915e" data-id="d04915e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-be65933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="be65933" data-element_type="widget" 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class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28ca14a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="28ca14a" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7969781" data-id="7969781" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c753ab elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="0c753ab" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a09025a" data-id="a09025a" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b472fc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="b472fc3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2040" height="1360" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18352" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58.jpg 2040w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dbcb1ab8-a846-4100-80a9-d6b4e663ed58-400x267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-49a33f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="49a33f8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div style="font-size: 15px!important; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 20px;">A local woman navigates the Delta on a mokoro, a wooden dugout canoe invented by the Wayei people.</div> <div>PHOTOGRAPH BY KARABO LEBRONPETER</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-83b1d52" data-id="83b1d52" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1c274c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="1c274c5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>PEOPLE & COMMUNITIES</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-910b6a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="910b6a1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>The Okavango River Basin is the main water source for one million people across Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. The Delta is also a major tourist attraction, and provides an important source of income and employment for people living in the communities along the river.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26024bd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="26024bd" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e07ed67" data-id="e07ed67" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d64c4c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="d64c4c2" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6be244d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="6be244d" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5f2b7c" data-id="a5f2b7c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0972078 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="0972078" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-073e874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor" data-id="073e874" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="menu-anchor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-menu-anchor" id="whatweredoing"></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f857803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="f857803" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cec4a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="8cec4a4" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d94311" data-id="0d94311" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ab0c145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ab0c145" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h3 style="letter-spacing: 0.1rem; font-weight: 800; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.6px; color: #fff;">THE RIVER SYSTEM</span></h3></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-76e6ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="76e6ada" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p class="ng-text-edit-s" style="font-weight: 800; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; text-align: center;">The Okavango Delta is the main source of water for a million people and is one of the most biodiverse places in Africa. It supports the world’s largest remaining elephant population as well as lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, hundreds of species of birds, and much more.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0dad71a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="0dad71a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d04f07 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4d04f07" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ad0f8c" data-id="8ad0f8c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-db105bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="db105bf" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bbb347" data-id="5bbb347" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f49cb19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="f49cb19" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a9903c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5a9903c" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3ec959" data-id="a3ec959" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a9ad27b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="a9ad27b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="445" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ScreenShot-Tool-20240103125428.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-30387" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ScreenShot-Tool-20240103125428.png 680w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ScreenShot-Tool-20240103125428-300x196.png 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ScreenShot-Tool-20240103125428-400x262.png 400w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-09d439f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="09d439f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix">IMAGE BY ROSS DONIHUE</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fa89a1" data-id="5fa89a1" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-eb1f061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="eb1f061" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <span class="sub-title">Defining the Angolan Highlands Water Tower</span><h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Lifeline of the Okavango Delta</h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-281313e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="281313e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>The Okavango Delta, a vast fan-shaped wetland located in the Kalahari Desert, receives its life-giving waters from a water tower in the highlands of Angola.</p><p>The term “water tower” refers to a water supply stored in mountains or highlands as snow, glaciers, or natural reservoirs, such as lakes.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e3594de elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="e3594de" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ebeca89587c646cd81bc1f4c85f0e393" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">Learn More about the Water Tower</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-264854f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="264854f" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0c1166" data-id="d0c1166" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-05b42a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="05b42a3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d091ae4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="d091ae4" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f8ae09" data-id="4f8ae09" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-09d9012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="09d9012" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>FROM THE WATER TOWER TO THE DELTA</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c231c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="4c231c1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>An average of 2.5 trillion gallons of water flow through the Okavango watershed every year, providing water to a million people and creating a haven for wildlife.</p><p>Over 95 percent of the water that flows to the Delta originates from rainfall in the Angolan highlands. There it is captured by source lakes and rivers like the Cuito, Cuanavale, Cuiva, Cuando, and Lungue-Bungo, that are surrounded by vast miombo woodlands creating an ecosystem characterized by seepages, streams, oxbow lakes, and ridgelines that make up the Okavango-Zambezi Water Tower. The water tower is critically important for sustaining water flow to the rest of the Okavango watershed.</p><p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7cdb76" data-id="f7cdb76" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cf5538e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="cf5538e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1705" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18387" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1522e083-38a6-49cc-8020-4ee5a52e2673-400x266.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-800963e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="800963e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix">PHOTOGRAPH BY CORY RICHARDS</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-13cdd68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="13cdd68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h5>Over 95 percent of the water that flows to the Delta originates from the rainfall in the Angolan highlands.</h5></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a1fb69 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5a1fb69" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc307d0" data-id="fc307d0" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccdb30d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="ccdb30d" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-221bfd1" data-id="221bfd1" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-98388a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="98388a6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2200" height="1467" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18443" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4.jpg 2200w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/81c575fe-c4ba-4a0e-b04d-07606269d7b4-400x267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-44b3ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="44b3ac0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix">PHOTOGRAPH BY CORY RICHARDS</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c2be67" data-id="0c2be67" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4561974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="4561974" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>The seasonal rains travel to the Okavango Delta by two main rivers: the steep Cubango River in the west and the more gradual Cuito River in the east, where water pools into lakes; percolates through grassy floodplains, peat deposits, and underlying sand; and seeps into tributaries.</p><p>These rivers converge at the southern border of Angola to form the Okavango River. The Okavango River then flows across Namibia and into Botswana, where it radiates out over the vast Okavango Delta, driving the dramatic seasonal expansion of life in the Delta.</p><p>After building up for weeks in the Delta, flood waters eventually burst forth from its southern reaches, forming the Boteti River, which flows out to the Makgadikgadi Pan.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0af23ae elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="0af23ae" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21e9abf" data-id="21e9abf" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-817f415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="817f415" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c3d89 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="45c3d89" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bf476a" data-id="3bf476a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-154e8ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="154e8ad" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0add0a4" data-id="0add0a4" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f15c81d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f15c81d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>PLANTS</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1c60d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="1c60d3c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="margin-bottom: 20px; word-spacing: 0.8px;">The team’s comprehensive surveys have resulted in the discovery of 14 plant species potentially new to science and 27 species newly recorded for Angola, filling one of the largest gaps in botanical knowledge on the African continent.</p> <p style="margin-top: 20px; word-spacing: 0.8px;">The team also identified previously undocumented, large-scale stratified peat deposits surrounding the source lakes and rivers. These extensive peatlands act like a giant sponge absorbing both carbon dioxide and water, which is essential for sustaining the year-round flow of freshwater into the Okavango, Cuando, Zambezi, and Kwanza Rivers and ensuring that fish and wildlife can endure prolonged periods of drought.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-69d9b70" data-id="69d9b70" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0d1c9ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="0d1c9ef" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1707" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18332" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-600x400.jpeg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29604298-515a-43b8-a8a3-5f61925b434c-400x267.jpeg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ebe70b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ebe70b6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div style="font-size: 15px!important; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 20px;">The team’s work to collect and record plant specimens has helped fill the one of the largest botanical knowledge gaps in Africa.</div> <div>PHOTOGRAPH BY PETE MULLER</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c56fb8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2c56fb8" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2285ebe" data-id="2285ebe" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9fa8b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="9fa8b12" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-024235e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="024235e" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9665e08" data-id="9665e08" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-acbefea elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="acbefea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85e9862 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="85e9862" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-778254c" data-id="778254c" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5095734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="5095734" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>EMERGING THREATS</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d5e3fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d5e3fde" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>Communities along the water tower have maintained a lifestyle intertwined with the rivers and the ecosystem they support. But as land mines from the decades-long civil war are decommissioned and more roads open up, the outside world is encroaching into these isolated communities and the surrounding wilderness. As a result, the illegal commercial bushmeat trade has picked up, as have unregulated development, charcoal production, and logging.</p><p>Widespread, human-set fires from hunting, slash-and-burn agriculture, and charcoal production represent one of the greatest threats to the source waters.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-358ba96" data-id="358ba96" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d898527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="d898527" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1365" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18395" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079.jpeg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079-600x400.jpeg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8b8735c5-dbab-40a5-b482-61705f583079-400x267.jpeg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4154ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="4154ff8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES KYDD</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ee4db7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="ee4db7e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2871ce3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2871ce3" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebb943a" data-id="ebb943a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e187ee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="e187ee4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17e2d82 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="17e2d82" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fc1c4f" data-id="6fc1c4f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-723838c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="723838c" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cebe343" data-id="cebe343" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-740f8b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="740f8b9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://g.co/earth/okavango" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2548" height="1796" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18404" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796.jpg 2548w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796-300x211.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796-768x541.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796-2048x1444.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61f0432e-28f2-4ac4-bee4-c31c4369e66e_r2548x1796-400x282.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2548px) 100vw, 2548px" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e965d4a" data-id="e965d4a" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-98592a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="98592a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>PROTECTING THE OKAVANGO RIVER BASIN</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-938d6bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="938d6bc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>In partnership with Google, National Geographic’s Voyager story uses newly visualized Human Impact data and on-the-ground storytelling from our Okavango Wilderness Project expeditions to show real-world solutions for better protecting natural resources and wildlife.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-be44bf6 elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="be44bf6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="https://g.co/earth/okavango" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">view voyager story</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eac2026 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="eac2026" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af917d6" data-id="af917d6" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-51f1c82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="51f1c82" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-decf799 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="decf799" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d353e4" data-id="3d353e4" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f8e8903 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="f8e8903" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7a7809e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor" data-id="7a7809e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="menu-anchor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-menu-anchor" id="whoweare"></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9c67310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="9c67310" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5461e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="c5461e0" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-caab13e" data-id="caab13e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8d5a330 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="8d5a330" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h3 style="letter-spacing: 0.1rem; font-weight: 800; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.6px; color: #fff;">WHO WE ARE & OUR WORK</span></h3></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f10c736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f10c736" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p class="ng-text-edit-s" style="font-weight: 800; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; text-align: center;">The NGOWP is committed to securing permanent, sustainable protection for the greater Okavango River Basin, from the source waters in the highlands of Angola, to the Delta in Botswana. Since 2015, NGOWP has been working with local communities; NGOs; and the governments of Angola, Namibia, and Botswana to realize this vision.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-31f1669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="31f1669" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcbbc55 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="fcbbc55" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d27cd" data-id="99d27cd" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d92b988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="d92b988" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d47ac56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="d47ac56" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1552d0b" data-id="1552d0b" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f28ebe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="f28ebe6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>SUPPORTING LOCAL ACTION</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-39db50b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="39db50b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>The NGOWP is working to support the Angolan government and its Ministries of Tourism and Environment in protecting these remote watersheds and developing and implementing a conservation plan for the Okavango system.</p><p>In addition to working with regional governments, NGOWP has partnered with regional secretariats, NGOs, and local communities to help establish community-based alternative livelihood cooperatives for sustainable agriculture and forestry, watershed management, infrastructure development, education outreach, healthcare, energy and information technology, and protected areas management to support a conservation-based local economy.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8401ae2" data-id="8401ae2" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-522c096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="522c096" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1707" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18518" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6d779871-f7cc-4a1c-838f-d20ff821ecc4-400x267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-655b4f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="655b4f0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4c6efa elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="e4c6efa" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e635eb" data-id="1e635eb" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6e76792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="6e76792" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b70d2a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="9b70d2a" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3129180" data-id="3129180" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-abffd40 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="abffd40" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c92420" data-id="9c92420" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-78f12a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="78f12a9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1705" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18522" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/505c9abb-e858-404a-a4de-706c18e9b34a-400x266.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cb0ebaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="cb0ebaa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>PHOTOGRAPH BY KOSTADIN LUCHANSKY</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b30a34a" data-id="b30a34a" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-dbdbfb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="dbdbfb5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>EXPEDITIONS</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e6872e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e6872e0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: var(--ngs-color-ramp-gray-5); font-size: 1rem;">Since 2015, the NGOWP team has completed 12 ambitious multi year expeditions covering more than 13,000 kilometers on foot, in dug-out mekoro (canoes), on fat-tire bikes, and on motorcycles from the highlands of Angola—where the source waters of the Okavango Delta originate—to the salt flats of the Makgadikgadi Pan, where the waters reach their terminus.</span></p><p>Year after year, they document the Okavango ecosystem like never before, accumulating vast amounts of data to make it available for scientists, policymakers, educators, and anyone else to explore and use. Their work provides an important baseline for this little-known area—and is essential for securing its permanent protection.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94a3921 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="94a3921" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a63182b" data-id="a63182b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b6a7190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="b6a7190" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e95ad7 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="3e95ad7" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d7deaa" data-id="2d7deaa" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-639e3b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="639e3b0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="letter-spacing: .1rem; font-weight: 800;">MOST RECENT EXPEDITION</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d65a1dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d65a1dd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4 class="ng-margin-medium-top ng-lg-margin-large-top ">2022 ANNUAL OKAVANGO DELTA CROSSING</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d75e5ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d75e5ba" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>The team is currently undertaking its 12th annual crossing of the Okavango Delta. On this year’s crossing, they are traveling along two different routes simultaneously: one in the east from Seronga to Daonara, and one in the west from Mopiri to Maun.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-be570e1 elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="be570e1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2022/08/04/national-geographic-okavango-wilderness-project-to-launch-two-expeditions-simultaneously-for-its-annual-okavango-delta-crossing/" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md" target="_blank" role="button"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">READ MORE</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element 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data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8a5799 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="b8a5799" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a4d320" data-id="2a4d320" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3204e94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="3204e94" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2460" height="2256" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-18526" alt="" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256.jpg 2460w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256-300x275.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256-1024x939.jpg 1024w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256-768x704.jpg 768w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256-1536x1409.jpg 1536w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256-2048x1878.jpg 2048w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5631dbf5-b8d5-447a-989d-10847c98406a_r2460x2256-400x367.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2460px) 100vw, 2460px" /> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-66ff4c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="66ff4c6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p>MAP BY NGS STAFF</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7c6439" data-id="d7c6439" data-element_type="column" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2b18047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="2b18047" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h4>PAST EXPEDITIONS</h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-caa7584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="caa7584" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h6><strong>2015 Expedition</strong></h6><ul style="list-style: none; padding-left: 0px;"><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #ffcc67; font-weight: 800;">1 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/source-sand-megatransect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May-Sept.: Source to Sand Megatransect</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a9ecd70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="a9ecd70" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h6><strong>2016 Expeditions</strong></h6><ul style="list-style: none; padding-left: 0px;"><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #f7971d; font-weight: 800;">2 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/cuito-cuanavale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feb.-April: Source Lakes Cuito Cuanavale</a></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #ef5423; font-weight: 800;">3 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/kembo-cuando/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July-Aug.: Source Lakes Kembo Cuando</a></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #d41920; font-weight: 800;">4——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/7th-delta-crossing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August-Sept.: Annual Delta Crossing</a></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #921f22; font-weight: 800;"><br />5 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/source-lakes-science/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oct.-Nov.: Source Lakes Science</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b8e9eeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b8e9eeb" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h6><strong>2017 Expeditions</strong></h6><ul style="list-style: none; padding-left: 0px;"><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #4d173a; font-weight: 800;">6 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/source-lakes-science/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April-May: Source Lake Survey</a></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #452f94; font-weight: 800;">7 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/cubango-river-transect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May-July: Cubango Megatransect</a></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #d41920; font-weight: 800;">4 ——— </span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/2017-delta-crossing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August: Annual Delta Crossing</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-91a7ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="91a7ebc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h6><strong>2018 Expeditions</strong></h6><ul style="list-style: none; padding-left: 0px;"><li><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.1em; font-weight: 800;">8 ——— </span>May-June: Kembo River Megatransect</li><li><span style="color: #00ffff; letter-spacing: -0.1em; font-weight: 800;">9———</span><a style="border-bottom: 1px solid #fc0; text-decoration: none; color: #030303; font-weight: 400;" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/okavango/expeditions/2018-cuando-source-lakes-and-river-transect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May-August: Cuando River Megatransect</a></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -.1em; color: #d41920; font-weight: 800;">4——— </span>September: Annual Delta Crossing</li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-679a9dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="679a9dd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><h6><strong>2019 Expeditions</strong></h6> <ul style="list-style: none; padding-left: 0px;"><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1em; color: #009900; font-weight: 800;">10———</span>July-August: Annual Delta Crossing</li> <li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1em; color: #ff66ff; font-weight: 800;">11———</span>Sept-Oct: Mussuma track</li></ul></div> </div> </div> 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He has extensive experience in conservation projects across eastern and southern Africa, and works in close collaboration with a wide range of colleagues across the Society, the government of Angola, and the Wild Bird Trust. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ed34304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="ed34304" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-ed34304" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Mike Beckner </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-ed34304" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-19139" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6b6c8c8b-1af5-4adb-9aaa-4e58cc2d80a2_c0-156-2567-2723_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Mike Beckner</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Senior Program Manager</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> With over a decade of experience on the ground and with local partners, Mike Beckner helps advance National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project goals. He has extensive experience in conservation projects across eastern and southern Africa, and works in close collaboration with a wide range of colleagues across the Society, the government of Angola, and the Wild Bird Trust. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-00971bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="00971bc" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Senior Program Manager</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7cc5ab" data-id="b7cc5ab" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8a1539" data-id="a8a1539" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f0ef867 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="f0ef867" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c91956e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c91956e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h5 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">WILD BIRD TRUST</h5><span class="heading-decor"></span> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ebbdb43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="2ebbdb43" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a81e9e4" data-id="3a81e9e4" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f419121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="f419121" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-f419121" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600.jpeg" alt="7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-f419121" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; 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float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Steve Boyes</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Project Leader, National Geographic Explorer</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> South African conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes is the founder and chairman of The Wild Bird Trust and leader of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project. With a passion for wilderness and restoration, he works to safeguard the Okavango Delta by leading expeditions to learn more about the ecosystem, and working with local community and government leaders. This work is vital in order to embark on a community-led process of creating a network of protected areas across the project area in southeastern Angola. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c3b8b92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="c3b8b92" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-c3b8b92" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Steve Boyes </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-c3b8b92" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18800" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600.jpeg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600-400x400.jpeg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600-160x160.jpeg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7fb63717-5909-48db-99a2-d6ac8b452c3a_r600x600-100x100.jpeg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Steve Boyes</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Project Leader, National Geographic Explorer</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> South African conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes is the founder and chairman of The Wild Bird Trust and leader of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project. With a passion for wilderness and restoration, he works to safeguard the Okavango Delta by leading expeditions to learn more about the ecosystem, and working with local community and government leaders. This work is vital in order to embark on a community-led process of creating a network of protected areas across the project area in southeastern Angola. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6b66360f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6b66360f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Project Leader, National Geographic Explorer</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-255a6ed0" data-id="255a6ed0" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7d186da elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="7d186da" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-7d186da" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600.jpg" alt="ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-7d186da" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18801" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac703466-67f7-47d5-8548-b533f5a897b4_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">John Hilton</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Project Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> John Hilton is CEO of The Wild Bird Trust and regional director of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project. Hilton oversees the administration, human resources, finance, and logistics of the project. He also leads outreach efforts with government officials from the three countries in the Okavango River’s watershed to encourage protection of this fragile ecosystem. 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Hilton oversees the administration, human resources, finance, and logistics of the project. He also leads outreach efforts with government officials from the three countries in the Okavango River’s watershed to encourage protection of this fragile ecosystem. 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Costa also works as a research assistant with the project’s science team while on expeditions and is a key link to the remote communities across the project area in southeastern Angola. A citizen of Angolan, he holds a B.Sc. in environmental science and biology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and has experience in zoology and botany. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-375630a elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="375630a" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-375630a" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Kerllen Costa </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-375630a" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18803" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/30ea39d2-4895-442d-9d98-e4d035ce17a0_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Kerllen Costa</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Country Director – Angola</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Kerllen Costa is the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project’s country director in Angola. Costa also works as a research assistant with the project’s science team while on expeditions and is a key link to the remote communities across the project area in southeastern Angola. A citizen of Angolan, he holds a B.Sc. in environmental science and biology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and has experience in zoology and botany. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6afc3d65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6afc3d65" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Country Director – Angola</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9e5b1" data-id="f9e5b1" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-918faf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="918faf9" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-918faf9" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600.jpg" alt="8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-918faf9" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18802" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8ccb8a1d-6624-42ec-af1c-61a271e77c1e_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Koketso Mookodi</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Country Director – Botswana, National Geographic Explorer</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Koketso Mookodi is a conservation educator, community mentor, and the managing director for The Wild Bird Trust in Botswana. A citizen of Botswana, she works closely with communities in the Okavango Delta to educate and empower them on issues of conservation and sustainability. 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A citizen of Botswana, she works closely with communities in the Okavango Delta to educate and empower them on issues of conservation and sustainability. 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A journalist by trade, he works for local media houses writing content. Charles has joined the team on expeditions taking him to the source waters of the Okavango and through the beautiful Delta. 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A journalist by trade, he works for local media houses writing content. Charles has joined the team on expeditions taking him to the source waters of the Okavango and through the beautiful Delta. Inspired by his love for travel, he recently wrote and published a book titled <strong><em>Botswana’s Top 50 Ultimate Experiences</em></strong>. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d09ce57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d09ce57" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Storytelling Manager, National Geographic Explorer</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-21c2daa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="21c2daa" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a78b0bf" data-id="a78b0bf" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1ebbf03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="1ebbf03" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-1ebbf03" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600.jpg" alt="57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-1ebbf03" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/57a1d9bb-5b72-41de-bc58-80f24bb2564c_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Sally-Ann Fraser</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Project Administrator</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> As the general manager of the Wild Bird Trust, Sally-Ann Fraser manages human resources and administration. 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After working for four years in the oil and gas Industry, she has joined the Okavango Wilderness project to help manage the Luanda office part time. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2bf8560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="2bf8560" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-2bf8560" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Ilda Menezes Cangolo </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-2bf8560" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dd25b0a7-4e4f-48c5-aa66-71aa940d3ea4_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Ilda Menezes Cangolo</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Office Manager</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Ilda Menezes Cangolo is an Angolan who did a completed their undergraduate degree in Earth Science at the University of Stellenbosch. After working for four years in the oil and gas Industry, she has joined the Okavango Wilderness project to help manage the Luanda office part time. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-98eff82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="98eff82" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Office Manager</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44aa542" data-id="44aa542" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-231e681 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="231e681" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-231e681" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600.jpg" alt="441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-231e681" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Motlalemang John</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Office Manager – Botswana</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Motlalemang “Motty” John was born in the panhandle of the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. She worked for a prominent tourism operator for many years, gaining broad experience in all aspects of the business. Since 2020, John has been working for the Botswana Wild Bird Trust as the office manager, handling the group’s administration and record-keeping. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-74cf75d elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="74cf75d" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-74cf75d" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Motlalemang John </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-74cf75d" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/441da564-b12d-46ab-82d8-99f887797871_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Motlalemang John</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Office Manager – Botswana</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Motlalemang “Motty” John was born in the panhandle of the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. She worked for a prominent tourism operator for many years, gaining broad experience in all aspects of the business. Since 2020, John has been working for the Botswana Wild Bird Trust as the office manager, handling the group’s administration and record-keeping.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5c0aa5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="5c0aa5a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Office Manager – Botswana</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4967f9b" data-id="4967f9b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-378fe30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="378fe30" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-378fe30" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600.jpg" alt="f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-378fe30" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Martin Taylor</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Operations Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Martin Taylor is the operations director at the Wild Bird Trust for southern Africa. He is responsible for coordinating field operations and ensuring that effective management and operational structures are in place to deliver on the organization’s strategies. He is based in the Lowveld of South Africa in the small town of Hoedspruit. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5b402d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="5b402d6" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-5b402d6" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Martin Taylor </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-5b402d6" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/f51e7712-b81e-4f97-9586-5676ee917c57_c0-294-1765-2059_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Martin Taylor</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Operations Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Martin Taylor is the operations director at the Wild Bird Trust for southern Africa. He is responsible for coordinating field operations and ensuring that effective management and operational structures are in place to deliver on the organization’s strategies. He is based in the Lowveld of South Africa in the small town of Hoedspruit. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fb45a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="fb45a8f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Operations Director</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c16393e" data-id="c16393e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ec3d3f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="ec3d3f9" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-ec3d3f9" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600.jpg" alt="32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-ec3d3f9" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18815" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Keamogetse “Castro” Molathegi</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Maun Operations Manager</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Keamogetse “Castro” Molathegi is from northwestern Botswana, along the Okavango Delta, and remains dedicated to the conservation and culture of the area. Molathegi has worked extensively in the hospitality industry around the Delta and is currently the operations manager for the Botswana Wild Bird Trust.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b704944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="b704944" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-b704944" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Keamogetse "Castro" Molathegi </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-b704944" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18815" srcset="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-160x160.jpg 160w, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/32b937c7-59fb-4ab9-b005-777560602065_r600x600-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Keamogetse “Castro” Molathegi</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Maun Operations Manager</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Keamogetse “Castro” Molathegi is from northwestern Botswana, along the Okavango Delta, and remains dedicated to the conservation and culture of the area. Molathegi has worked extensively in the hospitality industry around the Delta and is currently the operations manager for the Botswana Wild Bird Trust. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-021e262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="021e262" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Maun Operations Manager</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e692dcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="e692dcc" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7bf9ee" data-id="b7bf9ee" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-05e528a elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="05e528a" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-05e528a" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kai-Collins-web.jpg" alt="Kai-Collins-web"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-05e528a" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kai-Collins-web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Kai Collins</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Senior Strategic Advisor</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Botswana-born conservation biologist, Kai Collins has dedicated the last 15 years of his life to applied conservation in sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on rhinos, threatened species, and the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and protected areas. Kai coordinates the NGO and Government partners’ collaboration – the Lisima Watershed Partnership – towards a community-led process of creating a network of protected areas across the project area in South Eastern Angola as well as developing adventure tourism opportunities across the Okavango Delta and its catchment. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ab151e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="ab151e3" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-ab151e3" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Kai Collins </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-ab151e3" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kai-Collins-web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Kai Collins</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Senior Strategic Advisor</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Botswana-born conservation biologist, Kai Collins has dedicated the last 15 years of his life to applied conservation in sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on rhinos, threatened species, and the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and protected areas. Kai coordinates the NGO and Government partners’ collaboration – the Lisima Watershed Partnership – towards a community-led process of creating a network of protected areas across the project area in South Eastern Angola as well as developing adventure tourism opportunities across the Okavango Delta and its catchment. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-21b7831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="21b7831" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Senior Strategic Advisor</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6b866d" data-id="e6b866d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3f731e" data-id="c3f731e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a0b87" data-id="55a0b87" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6c99ad" data-id="c6c99ad" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6cfa443b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="6cfa443b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b68c5d6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="b68c5d6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h5 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">RESEARCH</h5><span class="heading-decor"></span> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d492db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="3d492db" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-895d1ab" data-id="895d1ab" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d02b46" data-id="7d02b46" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-21eafac elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="21eafac" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-21eafac" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/d2877b02-5eee-475e-bf03-4820742f50ec_c1230-192-5054-4016_r600x600.jpg" alt="d2877b02-5eee-475e-bf03-4820742f50ec_c1230-192-5054-4016_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-21eafac" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/d2877b02-5eee-475e-bf03-4820742f50ec_c1230-192-5054-4016_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Rainer von Brandis</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Research Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Rainer von Brandis completed his honors and master’s degrees in nature conservation while working intermittently as a freelance guide in South Africa. In 2002, he moved to the Seychelles where he worked to establish security protocols, trained marine rangers, wrote conservation management plans, eradicated invasive species, implemented long-term monitoring programs, and mentored scientific researchers. In 2012, von Brandis completed his doctorate degree in nature conservation, and has been working with the project for the last two years. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1ee67c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="1ee67c8" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-1ee67c8" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Rainer von Brandis </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-1ee67c8" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/d2877b02-5eee-475e-bf03-4820742f50ec_c1230-192-5054-4016_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Rainer von Brandis</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Research Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Rainer von Brandis completed his honors and master’s degrees in nature conservation while working intermittently as a freelance guide in South Africa. In 2002, he moved to the Seychelles where he worked to establish security protocols, trained marine rangers, wrote conservation management plans, eradicated invasive species, implemented long-term monitoring programs, and mentored scientific researchers. In 2012, von Brandis completed his doctorate degree in nature conservation, and has been working with the project for the last two years. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7d62f88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="7d62f88" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Research Director</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-313d20a" data-id="313d20a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-19906ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="19906ea" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-19906ea" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6cfdce37-e6a5-4e60-b992-cd41f6fa860e_c0-972-3840-4812_r600x600.jpg" alt="6cfdce37-e6a5-4e60-b992-cd41f6fa860e_c0-972-3840-4812_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-19906ea" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6cfdce37-e6a5-4e60-b992-cd41f6fa860e_c0-972-3840-4812_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Götz Neef</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Research and Collections Manager</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Namibian-born Götz Neef coordinates all the research data and sample collections for the project. During expeditions he works with the various specialists and research assistants undertaking sampling, trapping, and recording.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c13945d elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="c13945d" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-c13945d" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Götz Neef </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-c13945d" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6cfdce37-e6a5-4e60-b992-cd41f6fa860e_c0-972-3840-4812_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Götz Neef</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Research and Collections Manager</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Namibian-born Götz Neef coordinates all the research data and sample collections for the project. During expeditions he works with the various specialists and research assistants undertaking sampling, trapping, and recording. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-12a8679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="12a8679" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Research and Collections Manager</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-09b55c4" data-id="09b55c4" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-16eb6f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="16eb6f4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4f65830 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="4f65830" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h5 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">RESEARCH AFFILIATES</h5><span class="heading-decor"></span> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c3712d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4c3712d" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ea9a38" data-id="4ea9a38" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4444ae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="4444ae8" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-4444ae8" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/669bda52-88c3-43fc-b1ad-40641d7810b4_c202-0-1011-809_r600x600.jpg" alt="669bda52-88c3-43fc-b1ad-40641d7810b4_c202-0-1011-809_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-4444ae8" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/669bda52-88c3-43fc-b1ad-40641d7810b4_c202-0-1011-809_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Stephan Woodborne</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead, Paleolandscape Studies</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Stephan Woodborne is the senior accelerator mass spectrometry scientist at iThemba LABS. He obtained a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Cape Town in 1996 and took up a post-doctoral fellowship in the radiocarbon dating laboratory at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. He ran the Quaternary Dating Research Unit (QUADRU) at the CSIR for 15 years, and in this time introduced luminescence dating to complement the radiocarbon dating facility, and he also diversified the field of stable light isotope analyses in South Africa. His research interests are in paleoscience, climate change, and ecological processes. He has led a long-running program that assesses climate models using past climate variability in South Africa as a test case. He currently manages the stable light isotope laboratory at iThemba LABS, is associate professor at the Mammal Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, and is associate professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-183b742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="183b742" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-183b742" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Stephan Woodborne </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-183b742" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/669bda52-88c3-43fc-b1ad-40641d7810b4_c202-0-1011-809_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Stephan Woodborne</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead, Paleolandscape Studies</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Stephan Woodborne is the senior accelerator mass spectrometry scientist at iThemba LABS. He obtained a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Cape Town in 1996 and took up a post-doctoral fellowship in the radiocarbon dating laboratory at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. He ran the Quaternary Dating Research Unit (QUADRU) at the CSIR for 15 years, and in this time introduced luminescence dating to complement the radiocarbon dating facility, and he also diversified the field of stable light isotope analyses in South Africa. His research interests are in paleoscience, climate change, and ecological processes. He has led a long-running program that assesses climate models using past climate variability in South Africa as a test case. He currently manages the stable light isotope laboratory at iThemba LABS, is associate professor at the Mammal Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, and is associate professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0eb95ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="0eb95ca" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;"> Lead, Paleolandscape Studies </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-54cf6c8" data-id="54cf6c8" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-49ca542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="49ca542" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-49ca542" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/633dc542-aa76-47d3-87db-e6cc24f037c0_c912-0-4560-3648_r600x600.jpeg" alt="633dc542-aa76-47d3-87db-e6cc24f037c0_c912-0-4560-3648_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-49ca542" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/633dc542-aa76-47d3-87db-e6cc24f037c0_c912-0-4560-3648_r600x600.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Jennifer Fitchett</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Paleoclimates</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Jennifer Fitchett is an Associate Professor of Physical Geography in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and is a National Research Foundation Y1-rated scientist. Her research is in the discipline of biometeorology, exploring the effects of climate change over long (tens of thousands of years) and short (decadal) timescales on plants, animals and people. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-10ac361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="10ac361" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-10ac361" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Jennifer Fitchett </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-10ac361" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/633dc542-aa76-47d3-87db-e6cc24f037c0_c912-0-4560-3648_r600x600.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Jennifer Fitchett</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Paleoclimates</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Jennifer Fitchett is an Associate Professor of Physical Geography in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and is a National Research Foundation Y1-rated scientist. Her research is in the discipline of biometeorology, exploring the effects of climate change over long (tens of thousands of years) and short (decadal) timescales on plants, animals and people. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-999ea38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="999ea38" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Paleoclimates</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0720e11" data-id="0720e11" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-94327c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="94327c1" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-94327c1" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a27ad37c-cd4a-4638-997a-d13596029ff4_c1523-8-4779-3264_r600x600.jpg" alt="a27ad37c-cd4a-4638-997a-d13596029ff4_c1523-8-4779-3264_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-94327c1" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a27ad37c-cd4a-4638-997a-d13596029ff4_c1523-8-4779-3264_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Werner Conradie</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Herpetologist, Reptiles and Amphibians</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Werner Conradie is the curator of herpetology at the Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa. He holds a master’s in environmental science and has 10 years of experience studying southern African herpetofauna, with his main research interests focusing on the taxonomy, conservation, and ecology of amphibians and reptiles. He has published numerous scientific papers, and has served on a number of conservation and scientific panels.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5c62339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="5c62339" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-5c62339" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Werner Conradie </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-5c62339" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a27ad37c-cd4a-4638-997a-d13596029ff4_c1523-8-4779-3264_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Werner Conradie</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Herpetologist, Reptiles and Amphibians</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Werner Conradie is the curator of herpetology at the Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa. He holds a master’s in environmental science and has 10 years of experience studying southern African herpetofauna, with his main research interests focusing on the taxonomy, conservation, and ecology of amphibians and reptiles. He has published numerous scientific papers, and has served on a number of conservation and scientific panels. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c397561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="c397561" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Herpetologist, Reptiles and Amphibians</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f09a8ad" data-id="f09a8ad" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cac3d5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="cac3d5f" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-cac3d5f" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/88c21048-ae2e-485e-a5ed-6ac00aa03af9_c1089-105-3151-2167_r600x600.jpg" alt="88c21048-ae2e-485e-a5ed-6ac00aa03af9_c1089-105-3151-2167_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-cac3d5f" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/88c21048-ae2e-485e-a5ed-6ac00aa03af9_c1089-105-3151-2167_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Ninda Baptista</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Herpetologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Ninda Baptista has a master’s in conservation biology from the University of Lisbon. She joined the Okavango Wilderness Project as an assistant herpetologist and has been involved in several of the surveys. Her primary interest is effective conservation, with a focus on conserving priority unprotected areas in Angola. She has experience in research, environmental education, and environmental impact assessments. Her current work at ISCED-Huíla in Angola involves herpetological surveys, monitoring herpetofauna, and participating in a project for the conservation of the Kumbira escarpment forest in Kwanza Sul. 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She joined the Okavango Wilderness Project as an assistant herpetologist and has been involved in several of the surveys. Her primary interest is effective conservation, with a focus on conserving priority unprotected areas in Angola. She has experience in research, environmental education, and environmental impact assessments. Her current work at ISCED-Huíla in Angola involves herpetological surveys, monitoring herpetofauna, and participating in a project for the conservation of the Kumbira escarpment forest in Kwanza Sul. Ninda </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-54c48d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="54c48d0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Herpetologist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e12f8d5" data-id="e12f8d5" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b69dda0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="b69dda0" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-b69dda0" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/0ca51e83-4945-4a4d-8524-6019f5c3cae4_c63-79-948-964_r600x600.jpg" alt="0ca51e83-4945-4a4d-8524-6019f5c3cae4_c63-79-948-964_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-b69dda0" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18815" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/0ca51e83-4945-4a4d-8524-6019f5c3cae4_c63-79-948-964_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Helen Barber-James</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead Entomologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Helen Barber-James is a freshwater biologist in the Department of Freshwater Invertebrates at the Albany Museum in South Africa, which houses a collection of more than 1.5 million specimens. She has over 25 years of research experience, which has focused on the biodiversity, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater invertebrates, especially the Ephemeroptera (mayflies). 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She has over 25 years of research experience, which has focused on the biodiversity, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater invertebrates, especially the Ephemeroptera (mayflies). She received a Ph.D. in entomology from Rhodes University in South Africa. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-56783e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="56783e1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Lead Entomologist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b416317 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="b416317" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bb666f" data-id="0bb666f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-eec9a8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="eec9a8a" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-eec9a8a" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2953aa82-68c4-447c-beda-0fc5a4abcd1c_c707-0-3543-2836_r600x600.jpg" alt="2953aa82-68c4-447c-beda-0fc5a4abcd1c_c707-0-3543-2836_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-eec9a8a" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2953aa82-68c4-447c-beda-0fc5a4abcd1c_c707-0-3543-2836_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Entomologist</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Project Administrator</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Ina Ferreira is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University. Her research focuses on the systematics of southern African Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera), using both morphological and molecular approaches. As an entomologist, her interests lie with freshwater insects, particularly the taxonomy, biodiversity and ecology of mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Ferreira received B.Sc. degrees in zoology and entomology at the University of the Free State, and earned a master’s degree in environmental management at the Centre for Environmental Management from UFS.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b26112a elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="b26112a" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-b26112a" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Ina Ferreira </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-b26112a" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2953aa82-68c4-447c-beda-0fc5a4abcd1c_c707-0-3543-2836_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Entomologist</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Project Administrator</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Ina Ferreira is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University. Her research focuses on the systematics of southern African Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera), using both morphological and molecular approaches. As an entomologist, her interests lie with freshwater insects, particularly the taxonomy, biodiversity and ecology of mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Ferreira received B.Sc. degrees in zoology and entomology at the University of the Free State, and earned a master’s degree in environmental management at the Centre for Environmental Management from UFS. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8a0ba5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="8a0ba5a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Entomologist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a81ac52" data-id="a81ac52" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b2135d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="b2135d2" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-b2135d2" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ae5e0dec-a9d2-457f-acf1-d4d50f742757_c0-768-3840-4608_r600x600.jpg" alt="ae5e0dec-a9d2-457f-acf1-d4d50f742757_c0-768-3840-4608_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-b2135d2" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ae5e0dec-a9d2-457f-acf1-d4d50f742757_c0-768-3840-4608_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Paul Skelton</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead Ichthyologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Paul Skelton helps coordinate the specialist survey results and publications of the Okavango Wilderness Project. He is emeritus professor and emeritus managing director of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity at Rhodes University. Author of several books on the fishes of the southern African sub-region, Paul has chaired several International Union for Conservation of Nature committees and discovered many new fish species. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-14ac761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="14ac761" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-14ac761" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Paul Skelton </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-14ac761" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ae5e0dec-a9d2-457f-acf1-d4d50f742757_c0-768-3840-4608_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Paul Skelton</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead Ichthyologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Paul Skelton helps coordinate the specialist survey results and publications of the Okavango Wilderness Project. He is emeritus professor and emeritus managing director of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity at Rhodes University. Author of several books on the fishes of the southern African sub-region, Paul has chaired several International Union for Conservation of Nature committees and discovered many new fish species. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d2ef60e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="d2ef60e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Lead Ichthyologist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8ab1a7" data-id="f8ab1a7" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-edb3598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="edb3598" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-edb3598" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2a949b19-8d46-4484-9e28-24b4379bc81e_c531-156-3090-2715_r600x600.jpg" alt="2a949b19-8d46-4484-9e28-24b4379bc81e_c531-156-3090-2715_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-edb3598" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2a949b19-8d46-4484-9e28-24b4379bc81e_c531-156-3090-2715_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">David Goyder</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Co-lead Botanist, Botanical Research Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> David Goyder has catalogued the entire Okavango Wilderness Project plant collection, which is currently housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London. 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Goyder is director and research leader for Africa and Madagascar at Kew, which has been working in Angola to document the flora and fill the large gap in botanical knowledge of the area. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7eab3db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="7eab3db" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Co-lead Botanist, Botanical Research Director</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ce20ef" data-id="4ce20ef" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3f4ea81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="3f4ea81" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-3f4ea81" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/023b7970-e1a3-4542-8d4e-588d2cb35401_c1312-0-4148-2836_r600x600.jpg" alt="023b7970-e1a3-4542-8d4e-588d2cb35401_c1312-0-4148-2836_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-3f4ea81" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/023b7970-e1a3-4542-8d4e-588d2cb35401_c1312-0-4148-2836_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Botanist</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves is a biologist associated with the Herbarium of Lubango at ISCED-Huíla, Angola. His previous experience includes working with renowned botanists in the field and assessing the impact of forest fragmentation on the endemic birds of the Angolan escarpment. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in plant ecology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His interests include plant diversity, tree population dynamics of the Angolan miombo woodlands, and biodiversity conservation, all of which prepared him well for the Okavango Wilderness Project.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e775072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="e775072" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-e775072" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-e775072" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/023b7970-e1a3-4542-8d4e-588d2cb35401_c1312-0-4148-2836_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Botanist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves is a biologist associated with the Herbarium of Lubango at ISCED-Huíla, Angola. His previous experience includes working with renowned botanists in the field and assessing the impact of forest fragmentation on the endemic birds of the Angolan escarpment. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in plant ecology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His interests include plant diversity, tree population dynamics of the Angolan miombo woodlands, and biodiversity conservation, all of which prepared him well for the Okavango Wilderness Project. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-edfffc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="edfffc6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Botanist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e05ee9d" data-id="e05ee9d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a6a1335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="a6a1335" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-a6a1335" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/527a5be9-38b1-41d1-8e2b-5780c8c940a7_c0-257-1234-1491_r600x600.jpeg" alt="527a5be9-38b1-41d1-8e2b-5780c8c940a7_c0-257-1234-1491_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-a6a1335" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18815" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/527a5be9-38b1-41d1-8e2b-5780c8c940a7_c0-257-1234-1491_r600x600.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">John Mendelson</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Geomorphologist and System Ecologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> John Mendelsohn has lived all his life in Africa, and has been residing in Namibia for the past 30 years. A passion for research has driven much of his work in zoology, education, livelihoods, geography, and river systems. He has been published in over 70 scientific papers and 28 books. Most of his recent research has been in Namibia, but he now also works extensively in Angola. Over the past 15 years, Mendelsohn has developed a keen interest in the economies of rural areas, seeking to document and understand relationships between natural resources, land uses, land rights, incomes, savings, opportunities, and constraints in different areas. 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A passion for research has driven much of his work in zoology, education, livelihoods, geography, and river systems. He has been published in over 70 scientific papers and 28 books. Most of his recent research has been in Namibia, but he now also works extensively in Angola. Over the past 15 years, Mendelsohn has developed a keen interest in the economies of rural areas, seeking to document and understand relationships between natural resources, land uses, land rights, incomes, savings, opportunities, and constraints in different areas. 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He is also a core team member at the Centre for Invasion Biology in South Africa. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-aff7c97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="aff7c97" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Co-lead Mammologist, Small Mammals</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ae92d2" data-id="1ae92d2" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f3551a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="f3551a8" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-f3551a8" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/87d87873-dc88-4ac2-9314-097c1f55db3b_c0-0-720-720_r600x600.jpg" alt="87d87873-dc88-4ac2-9314-097c1f55db3b_c0-0-720-720_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-f3551a8" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/87d87873-dc88-4ac2-9314-097c1f55db3b_c0-0-720-720_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Dan Parker</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Co-lead Mammologist, Small Mammals</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Professor Dan Parker’s research focuses on mammalian terrestrial ecology. An associate professor at the University of Mpumalanga in South Africa, Parker is also active with the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University in South Africa. For the Okavango Wilderness Project, Parker is leading the surveys of the little-known bat populations of the upper catchments in the Angola highlands. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-df51306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="df51306" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-df51306" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Dan Parker </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-df51306" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/87d87873-dc88-4ac2-9314-097c1f55db3b_c0-0-720-720_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Dan Parker</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Co-lead Mammologist, Small Mammals</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Professor Dan Parker’s research focuses on mammalian terrestrial ecology. An associate professor at the University of Mpumalanga in South Africa, Parker is also active with the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University in South Africa. For the Okavango Wilderness Project, Parker is leading the surveys of the little-known bat populations of the upper catchments in the Angola highlands. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6e14388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6e14388" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Co-lead Mammologist, Small Mammals</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b356740" data-id="b356740" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-21914ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="21914ff" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-21914ff" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b8590506-ac5e-4aac-97ed-d34a65f3e49a_c0-44-2824-2868_r600x600.jpg" alt="b8590506-ac5e-4aac-97ed-d34a65f3e49a_c0-44-2824-2868_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-21914ff" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b8590506-ac5e-4aac-97ed-d34a65f3e49a_c0-44-2824-2868_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Sina Weier</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Mammalogist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Sina Weier earned an M.Sc. from the Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. She obtained her Ph.D. at the South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change at the University of Venda, where she currently works as a postdoctoral fellow. Her research is focused on the habitat use and distribution of insectivorous bat species in Southern Africa under the perspectives of land use and climate change. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3d88775 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="3d88775" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-3d88775" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Sina Weier </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-3d88775" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18817" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/b8590506-ac5e-4aac-97ed-d34a65f3e49a_c0-44-2824-2868_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Sina Weier</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Mammalogist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Sina Weier earned an M.Sc. from the Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. She obtained her Ph.D. at the South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change at the University of Venda, where she currently works as a postdoctoral fellow. Her research is focused on the habitat use and distribution of insectivorous bat species in Southern Africa under the perspectives of land use and climate change. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bdf0394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="bdf0394" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Mammalogist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c255008" data-id="c255008" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-605aee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="605aee3" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-605aee3" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/926583d8-65a6-4ff2-84ea-caa26e71feb8_c300-0-1505-1205_r600x600.jpg" alt="926583d8-65a6-4ff2-84ea-caa26e71feb8_c300-0-1505-1205_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-605aee3" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/926583d8-65a6-4ff2-84ea-caa26e71feb8_c300-0-1505-1205_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Fenton Cotterill</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Mammalogist and Geomorphology</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Fenton “Woody” Cotterill BSc (Hons), MSc (Tropical Resource Ecology), Ph.D. is a Research associate at Stellenbosch University. He was previously curator of mammals and principal curator of vertebrates at Bulawayo’s Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. His studies of African vertebrates combine analysis of specimens in worldwide museum collections and fieldwork across central Africa, focused on African mammals, including descriptions of seven new species of mammals. His studies also combine evolutionary biology and geomorphology to decipher the evolution of Africa’s landscapes. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5654ede elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="5654ede" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-5654ede" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Fenton Cotterill </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-5654ede" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18816" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/926583d8-65a6-4ff2-84ea-caa26e71feb8_c300-0-1505-1205_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Fenton Cotterill</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Mammalogist and Geomorphology</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Fenton “Woody” Cotterill BSc (Hons), MSc (Tropical Resource Ecology), Ph.D. is a Research associate at Stellenbosch University. He was previously curator of mammals and principal curator of vertebrates at Bulawayo’s Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. His studies of African vertebrates combine analysis of specimens in worldwide museum collections and fieldwork across central Africa, focused on African mammals, including descriptions of seven new species of mammals. His studies also combine evolutionary biology and geomorphology to decipher the evolution of Africa’s landscapes.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1b350e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="1b350e5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Mammalogist and Geomorphology</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dee6212" data-id="dee6212" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-34e413e elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="34e413e" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-34e413e" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/28df6d97-e24b-4620-b73d-a2ecfe432d02_c34-0-498-464_r600x600.jpg" alt="28df6d97-e24b-4620-b73d-a2ecfe432d02_c34-0-498-464_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-34e413e" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18815" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/28df6d97-e24b-4620-b73d-a2ecfe432d02_c34-0-498-464_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Sophie von der Hyden</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Molecular Ecologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Sophie von der Heyden is a molecular ecologist. Her research primarily focuses on the conservation and sustainable utilization of species, particularly in the marine environment. She specializes in employing molecular, ecological, and genomics tools to inform spatial planning, working to understand connectivity patterns, resilience and adaptation of species to ongoing and future change, as well as the impacts of changing marine communities on society. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2e9f8d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="2e9f8d8" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-2e9f8d8" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Sophie von der Hyden </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-2e9f8d8" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18815" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/28df6d97-e24b-4620-b73d-a2ecfe432d02_c34-0-498-464_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Sophie von der Hyden</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Molecular Ecologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Sophie von der Heyden is a molecular ecologist. Her research primarily focuses on the conservation and sustainable utilization of species, particularly in the marine environment. She specializes in employing molecular, ecological, and genomics tools to inform spatial planning, working to understand connectivity patterns, resilience and adaptation of species to ongoing and future change, as well as the impacts of changing marine communities on society. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cbbd21a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="cbbd21a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Molecular Ecologist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-be83500 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="be83500" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc42f8c" data-id="fc42f8c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-faa6d57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="faa6d57" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-faa6d57" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65adbb4c-e8ae-4455-9485-98d74f985e62_c0-61-2157-2218_r600x600.jpg" alt="65adbb4c-e8ae-4455-9485-98d74f985e62_c0-61-2157-2218_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-faa6d57" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65adbb4c-e8ae-4455-9485-98d74f985e62_c0-61-2157-2218_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Jolanda Roux</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead Mycologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Jolanda Roux has a Ph.D. in microbiology, specializing in tree pathology and mycology. She has extensive field work experience in many African countries, both in native and planted forests. She worked as a research scientist in academia for nearly 20 years before moving into the corporate world. She has published numerous scientific papers and served on a number of forestry and plant health related panels. For the Okavango Wilderness Project, Roux is assisting in the identification of the numerous macro-fungi present in the Angolan catchment areas. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-58258cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="58258cb" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-58258cb" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Jolanda Roux </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-58258cb" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65adbb4c-e8ae-4455-9485-98d74f985e62_c0-61-2157-2218_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Jolanda Roux</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead Mycologist</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Jolanda Roux has a Ph.D. in microbiology, specializing in tree pathology and mycology. She has extensive field work experience in many African countries, both in native and planted forests. She worked as a research scientist in academia for nearly 20 years before moving into the corporate world. She has published numerous scientific papers and served on a number of forestry and plant health related panels. For the Okavango Wilderness Project, Roux is assisting in the identification of the numerous macro-fungi present in the Angolan catchment areas. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-295fe11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="295fe11" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Lead Mycologist</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a52625a" data-id="a52625a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-591b721" data-id="591b721" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e0e818" data-id="3e0e818" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5dd569" data-id="d5dd569" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9736c04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="9736c04" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ff52a58 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="ff52a58" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h5 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">EXPEDITIONS TEAM</h5><span class="heading-decor"></span> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4045b97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4045b97" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4afcb5d" data-id="4afcb5d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3afeda6" data-id="3afeda6" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-42438e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="42438e6" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-42438e6" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a0dce878-5f0d-43c2-82ef-56368ed6e31e_c0-696-3840-4536_r600x600.jpg" alt="a0dce878-5f0d-43c2-82ef-56368ed6e31e_c0-696-3840-4536_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-42438e6" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a0dce878-5f0d-43c2-82ef-56368ed6e31e_c0-696-3840-4536_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Tumeletso Setlabosha</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Research Director</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Tumeletso “Water” Setlabosha has been a wilderness guide in the Okavango Delta for 14 years. Born in Jao in the middle of the Okavango Delta, Setlabosha has a deep understanding of the intricacies of this complex ecosystem. He has been involved with the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project since 2015 and is featured in the documentary <em>Into the Okavango</em>. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d7f2c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="d7f2c15" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-d7f2c15" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Tumeletso "Mr. Water" Setlabosha </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-d7f2c15" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18819" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a0dce878-5f0d-43c2-82ef-56368ed6e31e_c0-696-3840-4536_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Tumeletso Setlabosha</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Head Guide, Ambassador for NGOWP, National Geographic Explorer</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Tumeletso “Water” Setlabosha has been a wilderness guide in the Okavango Delta for 22 years. Born in Jao in the middle of the Okavango Delta, Setlabosha has a deep understanding of the intricacies of this complex ecosystem. He has been involved with the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project since 2015 and is featured in the documentary <em>Into the Okavango</em>. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e66b98e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e66b98e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Head Guide, Ambassador for NGOWP, National Geographic Explorer</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-89df157" data-id="89df157" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6b7c4a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="6b7c4a0" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-6b7c4a0" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/e34a7b9d-3adc-4b76-bacb-da74a3fdc6af_c0-234-2768-3002_r600x600.jpg" alt="e34a7b9d-3adc-4b76-bacb-da74a3fdc6af_c0-234-2768-3002_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-6b7c4a0" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/e34a7b9d-3adc-4b76-bacb-da74a3fdc6af_c0-234-2768-3002_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Gobonamang “GB” Kgetho</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Lead Poler and Guide</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Gobonamang “GB” Kgetho is the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project’s lead poler and a member of the Seronga Polers Trust. Kgetho has crossed the Okavango Delta every year since 2010 with project leader Steve Boyes and is an exemplary ambassador of the Okavango Delta and the baYei community. He has a keen interest in the culture and history of indigenous communities. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3cb7cfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="3cb7cfb" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-3cb7cfb" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Gobonamang “GB” Kgetho </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-3cb7cfb" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/e34a7b9d-3adc-4b76-bacb-da74a3fdc6af_c0-234-2768-3002_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Gobonamang “GB” Kgetho</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Expedition Leader for NGOWP, National Geographic Explorer</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> GB is the main protagonist of the recently released film, “Nkashi: Race for the Okavango,” and is the head mokoro poler for the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP), which is locally implemented by the Botswana Wild Bird Trust (BWBT). GB has crossed the Okavango Delta every year since 2010, and all the large rivers in Angola and Namibia, alongside National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes. He is also an active member of the Seronga Polers Trust. Having grown up in the village Seronga, GB is also passionate about preserving the culture and history of his community. </div>  </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9f88919 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="9f88919" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Expedition Leader for NGOWP, National Geographic Explorer</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97528fa" data-id="97528fa" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-58262a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="58262a9" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-58262a9" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/charles-mpofu.jpg" alt="charles mpofu"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-58262a9" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/charles-mpofu.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Charles Mpofu</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Researcher at Department of Wildlife and National Parks – Botswana, National Geographic Explorer</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> Charles is currently a researcher at Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and specializes in wattled crane research. Wattled cranes are an important indicator of ecosystem health in the Delta – but they have not been extensively studied in Botswana, with no crane-focused survey being carried out in over a decade. Charles will use cutting-edge technologies, including aerial drone surveys and GPS tracking, to study the wattled crane population size, seasonal distribution, nesting numbers, and potential environmental disturbances. He will work alongside local researchers and citizen scientists. </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ef62e04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="ef62e04" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-ef62e04" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Charles Mpofu </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-ef62e04" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-18818 size-full" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/charles-mpofu.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div><div style="width: 50%; float: left;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Charles Mpofu</h3><h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Researcher at Department of Wildlife and National Parks – Botswana, National Geographic Explorer</h6><div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"> </div><p>Charles is currently a researcher at Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and specializes in wattled crane research. Wattled cranes are an important indicator of ecosystem health in the Delta – but they have not been extensively studied in Botswana, with no crane-focused survey being carried out in over a decade. Charles will use cutting-edge technologies, including aerial drone surveys and GPS tracking, to study the wattled crane population size, seasonal distribution, nesting numbers, and potential environmental disturbances. He will work alongside local researchers and citizen scientists.</p></div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0c81fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="0c81fb7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.875em;">Researcher at Department of Wildlife and National Parks – Botswana, National Geographic Explorer</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9c426d" data-id="c9c426d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6fea716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="6fea716" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1f21a61 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="1f21a61" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h5 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">IN MEMORY</h5><span class="heading-decor"></span> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e311da3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="e311da3" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4617f2" data-id="d4617f2" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28b3651" data-id="28b3651" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0abab63" data-id="0abab63" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e388418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="e388418" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"image"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <img decoding="async" data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-e388418" class="premium-modal-trigger-img" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65ece4eb-6188-460e-90c5-d7e2aff4b53b_c1000-0-5016-4016_r600x600.jpg" alt="65ece4eb-6188-460e-90c5-d7e2aff4b53b_c1000-0-5016-4016_r600x600"> </div> <div id="premium-modal-e388418" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-19139" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65ece4eb-6188-460e-90c5-d7e2aff4b53b_c1000-0-5016-4016_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Leilamang “Snaps” Kgetho</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Poler</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">An ode to an Okavango Delta ambassador by Thalefang Charles</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Leilamang “Snaps” Kgetho was one of the next generation of polers and river navigators destined to be torchbearers in the protection of the Okavango Delta. From the start, it was Steve Boyes’s dream to have young Batswana — local people, especially those from Ngamiland — to be the leading ambassadors of this great wilderness. Snaps was the finest of them; and his sudden passing in January 2020 has left the team heartbroken.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">He was the youngest of only four Batswana polers and guides who have travelled the entire Okavango River basin from the source of the Cuito River in Angola, to the mouth of the Boteti River at Lake Xau in the Makgadikgadi Pans, using dugout canoes called <em>mokoros</em>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">A son of the great rivermen, he acquired considerable knowledge of the Okavango Delta as a part of the Okavango Wilderness Project . He was featured in the National Geographic documentary, <em>Into the Okavango</em>, which documented the 2015 “Source to Sand” megatransect of the Okavango River basin.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Throughout these expeditions, Snaps proved himself an admirably hard-worker. Even when navigating thick papyrus and sharp corners, Snaps appeared to sail through effortlessly, never making his passengers work. He was very skillful and agile with his nkashi, the pole used to propel the <em>mokoro</em>, which proved crucial not just for navigation but also as a defense against the occasional hippo charge.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Snaps had the sort of soldier’s discipline that is essential for enduring the mental and physical challenge of lengthy river expeditions. He possessed a quiet strength, resilience, and focus, and he was always an eager contributor. He was usually given the sweeping back positions in the line of <em>mokoros</em> during river expeditions, or transporting photographers, and using his skills as a riverman to help them get the best shot.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">The passing of Snaps is not just a great loss to his family but to the NGOWP team and community, the Okavango Delta, and the nation of Botswana. Snaps will be dearly missed by the whole team, and will live on in their hearts.</div> </div> </div> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close" data-dismiss="premium-modal"> Close </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a80e348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box" data-id="a80e348" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"premium_modal_box_animation":"fadeIn"}" data-widget_type="premium-addon-modal-box.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="premium-modal-box-container" data-settings="{"trigger":"text"}"> <div class="premium-modal-trigger-container"> <span data-toggle="premium-modal" data-target="#premium-modal-a80e348" class="premium-modal-trigger-text"> <div > Leilamang “Snaps” Kgetho </div> </span> </div> <div id="premium-modal-a80e348" class="premium-modal-box-modal" role="dialog" style="display: none"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-dialog" data-delay-animation="" data-modal-animation="fadeIn animated-fast"> <div class="premium-modal-box-modal-body"> <div style="width: 40%; float: left; padding-right: 24px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-19139" src="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65ece4eb-6188-460e-90c5-d7e2aff4b53b_c1000-0-5016-4016_r600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div style="width: 50%; float: left;"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Leilamang “Snaps” Kgetho</h3> <h6 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Poler</h6> <div style="width: 100px; border-bottom: solid 3px #ffcc00; margin-bottom: 30px;"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">An ode to an Okavango Delta ambassador by Thalefang Charles</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Leilamang “Snaps” Kgetho was one of the next generation of polers and river navigators destined to be torchbearers in the protection of the Okavango Delta. From the start, it was Steve Boyes’s dream to have young Batswana — local people, especially those from Ngamiland — to be the leading ambassadors of this great wilderness. Snaps was the finest of them; and his sudden passing in January 2020 has left the team heartbroken.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">He was the youngest of only four Batswana polers and guides who have travelled the entire Okavango River basin from the source of the Cuito River in Angola, to the mouth of the Boteti River at Lake Xau in the Makgadikgadi Pans, using dugout canoes called <em>mokoros</em>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">A son of the great rivermen, he acquired considerable knowledge of the Okavango Delta as a part of the Okavango Wilderness Project . He was featured in the National Geographic documentary, <em>Into the Okavango</em>, which documented the 2015 “Source to Sand” megatransect of the Okavango River basin.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Throughout these expeditions, Snaps proved himself an admirably hard-worker. Even when navigating thick papyrus and sharp corners, Snaps appeared to sail through effortlessly, never making his passengers work. He was very skillful and agile with his nkashi, the pole used to propel the <em>mokoro</em>, which proved crucial not just for navigation but also as a defense against the occasional hippo charge.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Snaps had the sort of soldier’s discipline that is essential for enduring the mental and physical challenge of lengthy river expeditions. He possessed a quiet strength, resilience, and focus, and he was always an eager contributor. He was usually given the sweeping back positions in the line of <em>mokoros</em> during river expeditions, or transporting photographers, and using his skills as a riverman to help them get the best shot.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">The passing of Snaps is not just a great loss to his family but to the NGOWP team and community, the Okavango Delta, and the nation of Botswana. 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