#photographyforgood

Photo by @amivitale. I am proud to be a part W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine, an upcoming show at @annenbergspace in Los Angeles. Featuring over 70 artists and photographers, W|ALLS invites guests to contemplate how these structures – from the decorative to the divine – affect the human psyche and why we keep building them. Opening this next Saturday, Oct. 5, I hope you will take time to visit this thoughtful exhibit. For more details, follow @annenbergspace Hope to see you there! @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @photography.for.good @nikonusa #WallsExhibit #Art #Annenberg #Museum #LosAngeles #FridayFeeling #ComingSoon #MyDayInLA #protectearth #india #women #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographyforgood (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B29-JA6hP4N/?igshid=1ivbvqkwftd9a

I'm honored to be a part of “Empathy: Beneath the Surface,” a thoughtful, multi-disciplinary perspective on the idea of empathy and personal agency, with works that explore the universal themes that confront, and ultimately bind, us at the California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks (@joincmato). Do make time to see this important show. Up through Feb. 16. Photo by @amivitale @r.e.s.c.u.e @conservationorg @sandiegozoo @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety #protectearth #conservation #earth #elephants #saveelephants #worthmorealive #stoppoaching #northernkenya #kenya #magicalkenya #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographer #photography #photographyforgood #africa #photojournalism #wildlife #restore #empathy #museum #artexhibition #joincmato https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LA3amhp8v/?igshid=o166gx84h1xf

Photo by @amivitale. A recently released lion walks through tall grass in a remote region of the 4,500 square kilometer Zambeze Delta area in Mozambique. She was a part of the largest ever international conservation transfer ever undertaken. 24 lions, sourced from various reserves in South Africa, were brought to their new home. Mozambique's wildlife had been decimated by civil war and subsequent poaching, but careful management had allowed other wildlife to come back, with the exception of the lions. This transfer is bringing the apex predator back to some of its native range. A hundred years ago, there were over 200,000 wild lions living in Africa. Today, lions are extinct in 26 African countries and they number fewer than 20,000 across the continent. This transfer could someday represent an important stronghold for the species. Scientists estimate in 15 years, there may be as many as 500 lions here and in 20 years, they may represent as much as 10% of the world's wild lion population. Already, 20 cubs have been born. I covered this historic undertaking for my recent @natgeo story. Learn more by reading "How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off. @twentyfourlions @zambezedeltaconservation @ivan.carter @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @photog.for.good #protectearth #conservation #earth #lions #savelions #worthmorealive #stoppoaching #mozambique #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographyforgood (at Mozambique) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3u2zARB2bO/?igshid=2j7opokhopjr

Photo by @amivitale. “You just have to look around and you can see this the perfect habitat for lions... They’ve got over two millions acres to explore. There’s a wealth of game here. You can’t drive for five minutes without seeing warthog, reedbuck, zebra, hartebeest. I can’t imagine what they don’t have here!” - @ivan.carter After years of civil war in Mozambique, lions were all but lost in the Zambezi Delta region. In an ambitious plan, 24 lions were sourced from across South Africa to be transplanted to this remote region in Mozambique. The move was the largest conservation transport of wild lions across an international boundary in history. It is estimated that that the population could grow to as many as 500 within 15 years and may come to represent a full 10% of the world's wild lion population within 20 years. Already, 20 cubs have been born. I covered this historic undertaking for my recent @natgeo story. Learn more by reading "How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off". @twentyfourlions @zambezedeltaconservation @ivan.carter @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @photography.for.good #protectearth #conservation #earth #lions #savelions #worthmorealive #stoppoaching #mozambique #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographyforgood (at Mozambique) https://www.instagram.com/p/B27Nww1hIfa/?igshid=1hhhizxly2g9a

"Women of Impact" premieres this Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10/9c on @natgeochannel. I'm so honored to be a part of this incredible project celebrating the power women have to change the world for the better. The companion exhibition, "Women: A Century of Change" opened Oct. 22 at the @natgeomuseum in Washington, D.C. and the book, "Women: The National Geographic Collection" was released Oct. 15. Don't miss them! @anniegriffithsphotography @ashadevos @janegoodallinst @jenniferwlopez @jodicobbphoto @dr.sylviaearle @mission_blue @raewynngrant @robinrobertsgma @natgeo @thephotosociety @photog.for.good @nikonusa #photographyforgood #protectearth #conservation #earth #women #womenofimpact #heroes #inspiration #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonambassador https://www.instagram.com/p/B399Zd-hcfE/?igshid=vb8imkeknr1f

Photo by @amivitale. Lions are transported by truck after being flown to Mozambique via airplane. They are part of the largest transport of wild lions across an international boundary in history. Decades of civil war and poaching had all be decimated the animals in this area and careful management had brought back nearly all the other indigenous species with the exception of these apex predators. So far all the newly introduced lions are thriving. Already 20 cubs have been born. I covered this historic undertaking for my recent @natgeo story. Learn more by reading "How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off. @twentyfourlions @zambezedeltaconservation @ivan.carter @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @photog.for.good #protectearth #conservation #earth #lions #savelions #worthmorealive #stoppoaching #mozambique #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographyforgood (at Mozambique) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pjg7bBVM0/?igshid=141ewn9yh6bsx

Photo by @amivitale. The sun rises over Mozambique's remote Zambezi Delta. Wildlife here has made a remarkable recovery after years of civil war. Now lions are the last apex predator to return to the ecosystem, thanks to some help from humans. A transfer of 24 lions, the largest ever international conservation transfer, was recently undertaken. It added 2.5 million acres to the species’ home range. Scientists estimate that the population could grow to as many as 500 within 15 years and may come to represent a full 10% of the world's wild lion population within 20 years. Already, 20 cubs have been born. I covered this historic undertaking for my recent @natgeo story. Learn more by reading "How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off. @twentyfourlions @zambezedeltaconservation @ivan.carter @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @photog.for.good #protectearth #conservation #earth #lions #savelions #worthmorealive #stoppoaching #mozambique #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographyforgood (at Mozambique) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3r8hJyhhi5/?igshid=hgphdiwu6ys

24 lions wait in a boma in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa before being flown to Mozambique in the largest international transportation of wild lions ever attempted. In order to keep the genetic mix as wide as possible, the team sourced the lions from various reserves in South Africa. They were kept in KwaZulu Natal’s Mkhuze Game Reserve for three weeks to complete medical tests. Then they were sedated and put in two private planes for the journey to Mozambique. After years of civil war in Mozambique, lions were all but lost in the Zambezi Delta region. This move was the largest conservation transport of wild lions across an international boundary in history. It is estimated that that the population could grow to as many as 500 within 15 years and may come to represent a full 10% of the world's wild lion population within 20 years. Already, 20 cubs have been born. I covered this historic undertaking for my recent @natgeo story. Learn more by reading "How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off. @twentyfourlions @zambezedeltaconservation @ivan.carter @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @photog.for.good #protectearth #conservation #earth #lions #savelions #worthmorealive #stoppoaching #mozambique #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #photographyforgood (at KwaZulu-Natal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Ek5hshkNv/?igshid=lhjnpma5comm