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BUT EQUALLY, IT IS TO CHAMPION A CAUSE LARGER THAN OURSELVES.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE CLOUDS CONCEAL RARE BIRDS, WHERE ANIMALS BLEND INTO THE FOREST, WHERE PREDATORS HIDE IN THE SHADOWS, AND TRADITIONAL PEOPLE ARE DISAPPEARING.

I'VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE AMAZON FOR DECADES, AND IT'S ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE TO RETURN TO THIS ENCHANTED FOREST.

[ PERUVIAN MUSIC PLAYING ] I'M IN CUSCO, PERU, SUCKING OXYGEN AT NEARLY 11,000 FEET.

UP HERE IN THE HIGH ANDES, THE MOUNTAINS DROP DRAMATICALLY EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT EXPANSE OF THE AMAZON BASIN, ONE OF THE MOST BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE PLACES ON EARTH.

FROM HIGH IN THE ANDES, WE'LL DESCEND 9,000 FEET THROUGH THE CLOUD FOREST, THEN TRAVEL DOWN THE MADRE DE DIOS RIVER TO SOUTHERN PERU, WHERE A STRING OF NATIONAL PARKS FORM THE LARGEST AREA OF PROTECTED RAINFOREST IN THE AMAZON.

MY FIRST STOP IS A VISIT TO THE CLOUD FOREST, WITH LOCAL NATURALIST KIKE, WHO'S GOING TO SHOW ME ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS BIRDS.

KIKE, WHAT DISTINGUISHES THE CLOUD FOREST FROM THE LOWLAND RAINFOREST?

OH, THIS AREA IS ELEVATION 8,000 FEET, AND LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE ANDES.

SO IT'S JUST THE SLOPE AND THE ELEVATION THAT REALLY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE?

DIFFERENCE, YES.

THESE TREES SEEM MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT I REMEMBER IN THE LOWLAND RAINFOREST.

YEAH, BECAUSE NOT MANY SUNLIGHT BECAUSE ALWAYS COVERED BY THE CLOUDS.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU A NICE PLACE CALLED A LEK.

A LEK?

WHAT IS A LEK?

OH, IT IS THE PLACE WHERE ALL OF THE COCK-OF-THE-ROCKS DANCING AND LOOKING FOR FEMALES.

THESE ARE THOSE BRILLIANT RED BIRDS, RIGHT?

YES, THE BRILLIANT RED BIRDS.

AND THEY'RE DANCING BECAUSE OF COURTSHIP?

YES, COURTSHIP.

OH, ALL RIGHT.

Art: OH, BOY!

THIS RIVER WATER IS MOVING FAST!

LET'S GET TO THE LEK.

OKAY, LET'S GO, IT'S A SHORT WALK TO THE LEK.

IT'S AROUND THE CORNER.

THIS IS THE LEK, AND YOU KNOW, THE COCK-OF-THE-ROCKS IS THE PERUVIAN NATIONAL BIRD.

THE NATIONAL BIRD OF PERU?

YES, AND ALSO THEY CALL IT COCK-OF-THE-ROCKS BECAUSE THE FEMALES NEST ON THE ROCKS IN CAVES.

SEEMS LIKE THIS FOREST IS SO INTACT, MILE AFTER MILE OF THIS FOREST, I DON'T SEE ANY LOGGING ROADS, ANY CLEAR CUTS, IT'S DEEP VIRGIN FOREST.

YES, MOSTLY OLD GROWTH FOREST HERE, IS PRISTINE.

GOOD THING IS VERY STEEP SO NO GOOD FOR FARMING, AND ALSO, THE WOOD IS NOT HARD WOOD, SO IT'S NOT GOOD FOR LOGGING.

SO NOBODY TOUCH IT.

I JUST SAW A BIRD.

OKAY, I GOT TO GO.

OH, MY GOD!

[ Whispering ] Let's do this really slow.

Oh...

This is the pay-off shot.

This bird is so close.

I need to locate.

[ MAKES BIRD-LIKE SQUEAKS ] I'm trying to do this because the bird occasionally turns its head in profile.

THIS IS THE PRETTIEST OF THE MALES IN A GREAT OPEN SPOT.

WOW, THAT WAS FANTASTIC, KIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

YOU'RE WELCOME!

THESE BIRDS WERE BEAUTIFUL AND THE LIGHT WAS PERFECT -- OVERCAST AND EVEN.

NOW ON TO THE DEEP AMAZON AND, IF I'M LUCKY, WE'LL SEE THE MACAWS, RIGHT?

YES.

BIGGER, REDDER, AND NOISIER.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE AMAZON THAT STRIKES FEAR IN PEOPLE IS THERE'S SO MUCH MYSTERY IN THE FOREST.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY ANIMALS THAT GO UNSEEN -- POISONOUS SNAKES AND POISONOUS INSECTS AND BIG PREDATORS LIKE THE JAGUAR.

SO EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MYSTERY AND A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING.

I'M TRAVELING TO THE MANU WILDLIFE CENTER WHERE I'M MEETING CONSERVATIONIST DANIEL BLANCO.

HE WANTS TO SAVE THE RAINFOREST BY FOSTERING DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN LOCAL INDIANS AND THREATENED SPECIES, AND BY GENERATING GREEN REVENUE FROM TAKING PEOPLE LIKE ME DIRECTLY INTO AN ANIMAL'S HABITAT.

ART, I'M TAKING YOU TO A SPECIAL PLACE TO SEE THE RED-AND-GREEN MACAWS AND THE SCARLET MACAW.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR THESE BIRDS?

THE BLACK MARKET AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HABITAT.

SOMEBODY TOLD ME $300 MILLION INDUSTRY IN THE BLACK MARKET TRADING BIRDS THAT ARE CAPTURED OUT OF THE FOREST.

YEAH, THIS IS TRUE.

THEY DON'T REALLY LIVE IN BIG FLOCKS, DO THEY?

NO, THEY DON'T LIVE IN FLOCKS.

THEY LIVE IN PAIRS ONLY BUT THEY JOIN IN THE LAKE OR SOMETIMES IN TREES WITH A LOT OF FRUITS.

WHAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS WE'RE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE BIRDS THAT THE PLANE OF THE FILM IS REALLY PARALLEL WITH THE PLANE OF THE CLIFF, WHICH ENABLES ME TO TAKE A FAST SHUTTER SPEED WHERE ALL THE BIRDS ARE IN FOCUS.

I JUST LOVE THE TEXTURE OF THE CLIFF AND THE WAY THE NEUTRAL COLOR OF THE CLIFF REALLY ALLOWS THE BRIGHT COLORS OF THE MACAWS TO STAND OUT.

WHAT'S YOUR LONG-TERM GOAL FOR ECOTOURISM?

WE HOPE TO PROTECT ALL THIS AREA AND TO HAVE MACAWS, OTHER ANIMALS FOR A LONG TIME.

WE WORK WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND THEY EARN MONEY -- THEY DON'T NEED TO HUNT OR TO CAPTURE BIRDS TO SELL.

OR THEY DON'T NEED THESE MACAWS TO EAT.

MORE VALUE WHEN THE MACAWS ARE FLYING THAN EATING MACAWS OR SELLING MACAWS.

AH, THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE TO ME.

PEOPLE COME DOWN, THEY SEE WILD ANIMALS IN A PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT, THE ANIMALS ARE HAPPY, THE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE HAPPY AND EARNING A LIVING.

IT'S WORKING HERE, EH?

DANIEL, WHAT MAKES THE MANU FOREST SO UNIQUE, SO SPECIAL?

THE BIODIVERSITY.

BIODIVERSITY.

WE HAVE 13 SPECIES OF MONKEYS, WE HAVE JAGUARS, DIFFERENT KINDS OF CATS LIKE OCELOT, PUMA, THERE ARE 550 SPECIES OF BIRDS.

SO, DANIEL, WHAT IS THAT BIRD I'M HEARING?

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL SOUNDING.

IT'S THE SCREAMING PIHA.

SCREAMING PIHA?

WELL, I'VE BEEN CALLED THAT BEFORE.

ART, THE BASE OF THIS TREE IS GOOD HABITAT FOR FINDING FROGS.

FROGS -- THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS, DANIEL.

OH, HERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE.

WHAT KIND OF FROG IS THAT?

IT'S A TREE FROG.

I'LL GET MY MACRO LENS OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

JUST FILLING IN THE FLASH HERE.

THIS IS NICE NOW.

I LOVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THESE PICTURES AND VERIFY WHAT I'M GETTING.

THAT'S JUST A LOVELY SHOT.

WHEN I'M PHOTOGRAPHING THESE FROGS, IN MANY CASES, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M DOCUMENTING AN ANIMAL THAT MAY NOT BE HERE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

WE'RE LOSING AMPHIBIANS WORLDWIDE AT AN ALARMING RATE.

LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE OZONE DEPLETION, THE HARMFUL RAYS OF THE SUN FILTER DOWN THROUGH THIS FOREST CANOPY THAT'S A THICK AS ANYWHERE ON EARTH.

IT'S STILL POWERFUL ENOUGH TO AFFECT THE VERY DELICATE MUCOUS SKINS OF THESE AMPHIBIANS.

WHAT A WONDERFUL LITTLE GUY.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER FROG HERE.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A CLOWN TREE FROG.

BEAUTIFULLY MARKED ON A BEAUTIFUL HELICONIA.

I LOVE FINDING THESE LITTLE GUYS IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S SUCH A DESIGNY SHOT -- I'M MOVING IN CLOSE I'M USING POLARIZERS ON THE LENSES, FLASH, GREAT DEPTH OF FIELD OF THE CAMERA.

ALL PERFECT AND A REALLY ENGAGING SUBJECT.

YOU THINK IT WHEN IN THE TREE OR IN A HOLE?

THEY'VE FOUND A CORAL SNAKE.

THERE IT IS!

MY SNAKE HANDLERS ARE ACTUALLY CAPTURING THE SNAKE.

WHAT'S SO DANGEROUS ABOUT THESE SNAKES IS THE HEAD AND THE TAIL LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL.

THE MARKINGS ON THE TAIL AND THE HEAD ARE SO SIMILAR AND EVEN THOUGH ONE'S SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN THE OTHER, WHEN THEY'RE MOVING AROUND, IT'S VERY CONFUSING.

HERPETOLOGISTS THAT ARE TRYING TO COLLECT THESE POISONOUS SNAKES AND MILKING THEM TO CREATE ANTI-TOXINS OFTEN GET NAILED.

WHEN YOU HAVE A FAST-MOVING SNAKE IN THE RAINFOREST, IT'S REALLY CONFUSING AS TO WHICH END IS UP.

AND THE SNAKE KNOWS THAT.

SO IT WIGGLES BOTH ENDS.

THE RED COLORS AND THE YELLOW ARE WARNING COLORS.

USUALLY VERY TOXIC ANIMALS LIKE POISON ARROW FROGS OR THESE VENOMOUS SNAKES REALLY GIVE YOU ADVANCED WARNING NOT TO PLAY WITH THEM.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A SMALL BOA.

OH!

A LITTLE GREETING.

SEE IF I CAN GET THIS CAMERA RIGHT IN POSITION WITHIN -- WITHOUT STRIKING DISTANCE.

I'M VERY BRAVE WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A SMALL BOA.

IF THIS ONE WAS AS BIG AS THEY GET, I WOULD BE ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY.

THIS RANGE IS... OH YEAH!

ABOUT 6 INCHES AWAY.

THIS SNAKE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME BUT HE'S IN A CLASSIC DEFENSIVE MODE.

I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GET SOME SHOTS AND THEN MOVE ON AND LET HIM BE.

I'M NOT REALLY TRYING TO SHOOT A PATTERN SHOT AS MUCH AS A BEHAVIORAL SHOT.

I REALLY LOVE THE WAY THAT THE TAIL, THE BACK THIRD OF THE SNAKE IS WRAPPED AROUND THE BRANCH, WHICH GIVES IT THE SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO STRIKE OUT.

IT SHOWS THE ANIMAL IN ITS ENVIRONMENT BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO SURVIVE, WHICH IS REALLY ANCHOR ITSELF ON A BRANCH SO THAT IT CAN REACT TO WHATEVER IS COMING WITHIN RANGE.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFULLY MARKED AND, IN THE CASE OF THIS SNAKE, IS VERY ORNATELY MARKED TO MATCH THE CHAOS OF THE FOREST IT LIVES IN.

A TAPIR IN THE AMAZON IS A HEARTENING PHOTOGRAPH.

THESE ARE VERY SECRETIVE ANIMALS.

IT'S GOING BY THE SIDE!

GOING TO THE SIDE!

HEY, GUY -- HE'S JUST SITTING RIGHT THERE.

OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S A MAGNIFICENT ANIMAL.

THE TAPIR IS THE LARGEST ANIMAL IN THE AMAZONIAN.

AND NORMALLY, THEY ARE NOCTURNAL.

TO AVOID PREDATORS, THEY CAN RUN VERY FAST INTO THE BAMBOO PATHS, BUT BAMBOO HAS SPINES AND FOR THESE TAPIR, NOT PROBLEM, BUT FOR A JAGUAR, IT IS A PROBLEM.

GUYS!

LOOK, LOOK!

HE WENT COMPLETELY UNDER THE WATER.

THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO AVOID THE PREDATORS.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER WITH A WIDE ANGLE.

OKAY, IF I'M LUCKY AND I DON'T FALL ON MY BEHIND GOING DOWN THIS STEEP, MUDDY SLOPE, I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A NICE SHOT.

I'M GOING TO FALL IN THIS MUD, I JUST KNOW IT.

THIS IS REALLY NICE AS IT TURNS LIKE THIS.

[ Whispering ] This is close!

Right.

THAT'S WHAT A GUIDE'S FOR.

THANK YOU, DANIEL, YOU SHOWED ME ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ANIMALS TO PHOTOGRAPH IN THE AMAZON.

THIS IS FANTASTIC, THERE'S A THREE-TOED SLOTH RIGHT IN THE TOP OF THIS YOUNG CECROPIA.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A WILD ANIMAL, THEY'VE EVOLVED TO MOVE VERY SLOW -- FAST MOVEMENT BY A SLOTH IS EQUAL TO DEATH.

SO THE SLOWER THE MOVE, THE MORE THEY BLEND INTO THE SUBDUED, GREEN ENVIRONMENT.

WHY DOES A SLOTH GROW GREEN ALGAE ON HIS FUR?

FOR CAMOUFLAGE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SLOTHS IN THE FOREST, BUT THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.

SOMETIMES YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CECROPIA TREE AND YOU SEE A DEAD LEAF.

BUT IT'S NOT A DEAD LEAF, IT'S A SLOTH!

PERFECT CAMOUFLAGE.

YEAH, YEAH.

WHY SUCH LONG, STRONG TOES?

TO CLIMB THE TREE AND TO BE HANGING ALL THE TIME.

THEY SLEEP HANGING.

HANGING UPSIDE DOWN?

YEAH, YEAH.

HE IS IN A GREAT, GREAT POSITION RIGHT NOW.

DANIEL HAS TAKEN ME TO THIS OXBOW LAKE WHICH IS A GREAT MAGNET FOR ALL SORTS OF WILDLIFE.

OXBOW LAKES REALLY FORM AS THE RIVERS IN THE AMAZON BASICALLY CUT NEW CHANNELS.

THE OLD CHANNELS BECOME ISOLATED FROM THE MAIN RIVER, THEY BECOME LAKES.

THESE OXBOW LAKES ARE MAGNETS FOR A GREAT VARIETY OF WILDLIFE, INCLUDING ONE OF THE RAREST ANIMALS IN ALL OF THE AMAZON BASIN -- THE GIANT RIVER OTTER.

ONCE NUMBERING INTO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, THERE'S ONLY 1,000 TO 2,000 LEFT.

SO THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, THEY'RE VERY CURIOUS ANIMALS, BUT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PHOTOGRAPH.

AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL WORKING THE SHORE, AND THEY COME UP FOR JUST BRF SECONDS, I GRAB A SHOT, THEY GET DOWN AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK UP.

YOU SEE THEM RIGHT UP THERE?

I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW A TROOP OF SQUIRREL MONKEYS AND THEY'RE REALLY FUNNY LITTLE MONKEYS.

AND OCCASIONALLY THEY COME OUT ONTO THE BAMBOO TIPS AND WATCH US, THEY'RE VERY CURIOUS LITTLE PRIMATES.

TRYING TO FOLLOW A TROOP OF SQUIRREL MONKEYS BOUNDING THROUGH THESE TREES IS DRIVING ME NUTS, QUITE HONESTLY.

THEY -- JUST BITS OF GLIMPSES AS THEY COME IN AND OUT OF THIS DENSE VEGETATION.

I'M USING A 400 MILLIMETER LENS WITH IMAGE STABILIZATION WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR THE SHOTS I'M GETTING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS OF SOME HOATZINS WHICH ARE REALLY STRANGE, STRANGE BIRDS.

THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE A BIRD THAT IS PREHISTORIC.

REALLY INTERESTING BIRDS THAT GENERALLY HANG OUT ON THE EDGES OF WATER COURSES AND, IN THIS CASE, AN OXBOW LAKE.

THEY'RE SO FUNNY!

SANDPIPER DOWN HERE.

FOR MY LAST STOP IN THE MANU REGION, DANIEL AND THE BOATMAN ARE TAKING ME INTO ONE OF THE LAST TRIBES OF THE AMAZON THAT STILL CLING TO THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS -- THE MACHIGUENGA.

SO THIS IS IT, THIS IS THE CLEARING.

YEAH, THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL HOUSEHOLD OF THE MACHIGUENGAS.

WHEN I WALK INTO A VILLAGE, I REALLY LOOK ALL ACROSS THE VILLAGE AND I PULL OUT THE VIGNETTES.

WHAT ARE THE TRADITIONAL IMPLEMENTS THAT THEY USE?

THE BASKETS THAT THEY USE, THE FOOD, THE CLOTHING, ANY ADORNMENT, ALL OF THOSE ARE SUBJECT TO MY CAMERA.

WHAT I FIND FASCINATING ABOUT THIS SHOT IS NOT ONLY THE NICE BACKDROP BUT ALSO THE TEXTURES, THE PATTERNS OF THE BASKETS THAT THEY MAKE HERE IN THE FOREST, BUT ALSO THE BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS ON THEIR KUSHMAS OR THEIR COTTON ROBES.

I'M PHOTOGRAPHING THIS MAN EATING BITS OF PECCARY.

NOW PART OF THE ECOTOURISM THAT WORKS NEAR MANU WILDLIFE CENTER IS THAT THE MACHIGUENGA PEOPLE HAVE AGREED NOT TO HUNT THE REALLY PRIME ANIMALS LIKE JAGUAR OR TAPIRS AND THE REALLY RARE ANIMALS LIKE THE GIANT RIVER OTTER.

THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HUNT THE PECCARY, WHICH IS HERE IN GREAT NUMBERS.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO HUNT THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS WITHOUT REALLY HARMING THE ECOSYSTEM, AND IN TRADE, SOME OF THE VILLAGERS ARE EMPLOYED BY THE LODGE TO WORK THERE SO THEY'RE DERIVING A REALLY GOOD INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD.

WHENEVER I'M IN A VILLAGE LIKE THIS, I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET A FULL FACET OF THE BEHAVIORS, THE CULTURES, THE DETAILS THAT REALLY CONVEY A SENSE OF LOCATION FOR THE TRIBES, BUT ALSO HOW THEY LIVE.

IT JUST GIVES IT A NICE TEXTURE.

IT TELLS A MUCH MORE COMPLETE STORY TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'M USING.

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE AMAZON WITH A TRIBE THAT REALLY IS LIVING ON THE MARGINS.

THEY'VE GOT ONE FOOT SLIGHTLY INTO THE WESTERN CULTURE, BUT MOST OF WHAT THEY DO IS STILL HUNT AND GATHER FOODS FROM THE FOREST IN THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS.

IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO WITNESS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE MILLENNIA, BUT ALSO, IN A LARGER SENSE, TO RECORD SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN FAR INTO THE FUTURE.

THAT'S A NICE SHOT RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY AND A SENSE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE WORK THAT I'M DOING.

I DOUBT VERY MUCH LONGER TRIBES IN THE AMAZON WILL BE USING BOW AND ARROW TO HUNT FISH, AND SO GETTING A VISUAL RECORD OF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME.

THE ELUSIVE CREATURES OF THE AMAZON, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE RIVER'S EDGE, AND THE TOURISTS WHO COME TO THE REMOTE PARTS OF THE RAINFOREST ARE PANERED IN A VITAL BUT UNEASY RELATIONSHIP.

TOGETHER, CAN THEY SAVE THE RAINFOREST?

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THE MOMENT A SMILE BREAKS OR WHEN THE RAINS COME.

THE MOMENT YOU IMAGINED IS PASSING RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE MOMENT YOU SEE, WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, IS A MOMENT YOU'VE CAPTURED FOREVER.

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DEDICATED TO INSPIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS TO PRESERVE AND TO PROTECT THE BEAUTY, DIVERSITY, AND GRANDEUR OF THE NATURAL WORLD.

FROM CAPTURE TO DISPLAY, CANON CAMERAS, HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO, PRINTERS, AND PROJECTORS HELP TO FUEL THE PASSION AND THE CREATIVITY THAT BRING THIS INCREDIBLE WORLD INTO FOCUS.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY... AT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, OUR MISSION IS TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE WORLD'S MOST PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES.

BUT EQUALLY, IT IS TO CHAMPION A CAUSE LARGER THAN OURSELVES.