Future of the Environment

We need to save our wild places. We can’t survive without them

A lion cub is seen walking in the grass at Nairobi animal orphanage in Kenya in this July 2004 file photo. Even the King of the Jungle needs a hand staying alive on his own turf. That is what the government of Kenya thinks as far as the majestic African lion, a symbol of the continent and one of its most feared predators, is concerned. The Kenya Wildlife Service is pushing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), to give the African lion, panthera leo, its most protected status. Current conservative estimates place the African lion population at 23,000, Kenya wrote in its proposal

Wild places, and the creatures they sustain, enrich us in ways that might surprise you. Image: REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Enric Sala
Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, Member of Friends of Ocean Action and Champions for Nature
Kristin Rechberger
Chief Executive Officer, Dynamic Planet
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The Amazon rain forest (R), bordered by deforested land prepared for the planting of soybeans, is pictured in this aerial photo taken over Mato Grosso state in western Brazil, October 4, 2015. Brazil will produce a record 97.8 million tonnes of soybeans in 2015/16, a 3.2 percent rise compared to 2014/15, but much of this additional volume will be stored in the country, with little impact on export volumes, estimated on Monday the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE). Picture taken October 4, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000233479
The Amazon rainforest bordered by deforested land prepared for the planting of soybeans Image: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
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