Cristina Mittermeier, executive director of the International League of Conservation Photographers, discusses the role of photography in celebrating and protecting biodiversity through rapid assessment visual expeditions (RAVEs), books, and exhibitions that bear witness about the role of natural systems in human welfare--and what's at stake if we lose those services. Whether we are professional or amateur photographers, we can all contribute to getting the message out, Mittermeier says. Read more about this on the NatGeo News Watch Web site: [ Ссылка ]
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