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Christian Ziegler
Germany

Christian Ziegler, a native of Germany, is a photojournalist specializing in natural history and science related topics. A tropical ecologist by training, he has been working extensively in tropical rainforests on three continents. Christian is associate for communication with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama where the main focus of his work has been for the last 10 years. As an assignment for STRI, he spend 15 months in the field taking the images for a book on the ecology of tropical forests. “A Magic Web”, published by Oxford University Press in 2002 was named the best biology book by the American Association of Publishers. He sees himself as a translator, sharing the extraordinary beauty and scientific fascination of tropical ecosystems with the general public and thereby raising awareness for their conservation.

Christians work is frequently contracted and published internationally in leading magazines such as National Geographic, GEO, Smithsonian, BBC Wildlife, National Wildlife, and others. Next to his editorial work, Christian has been working in educational projects with museums and with environmental groups such as the WWF, CI and others.

His work has been awarded several international prizes, including two category  category winner each in BBC Wildlife photographer of the year and the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Single exhibitions of Christians work include a travel exhibition produced by the Smithsonian Travel Exhibition Centre and an exhibit produced by GEO magazine. He is a founding fellow of the ILCP.

Currently, Christian is working in Panama and Costa Rica on several magazine articles and a museum project.

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Yucatan RAVE Preview

by Adam Enatsky and iLCP Multimedia, Jenny Nichols


Teaser from the Yucatan RAVE, August- November 2009

THE YUCATAN RAVE:

An expedition of 32 leading conservation photographers undertaken from July to November resulted in a portfolio of hundreds of images that serve as a warning of the conservation status of this area known as the heart of the ancient Mayan civilization. The Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition or RAVE is a project of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).

The photos were released at the opening of the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9) in Merida, Mexico. The event is gathering senior-level representation from governments, the private sector, native peoples and non-governmental organizations to address the role of conservation of wilderness areas in human well-being and climate stabilization.

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Bioko RAVE Multimedia, English Version

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Travel with Joel Sartore, Christian Ziegler, Tim Laman, and Ian Nichols to Bioko, an island off the coast of Equatorial Guinea in West Africa.

Four renowned conservation photographers have brought back a disturbing yet hopeful portrait of the biodiversity, threats and efforts to conserve the small West African island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. Despite having a significant system of protected areas, the small West African nation has been unable to stave off the relentless hunting of wildlife, and especially primates, for human consumption, which is leading to the demise of some species.

The photographers are members of the iLCP, an organization that includes some of the most acclaimed photographers of our generation and whose mission is to further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography. RAVE, a trademarked initiative of the iLCP that stands for Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition, aims to address the challenges of modern conservation, which often demands an immediate supply of images, words and research to answer threats of imminent disruption to focus the attention from international media.

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