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Wildlife in the frame: photography sale aims to raise $1m for Africa’s parks | Global development

More than 150 wildlife photographers are taking part in a sale of wildlife prints to raise money for African Parks, a South Africa-based conservation NGO. In 2020, the first Prints for Wildlife sale raised $660,200 (£479,000), with more than 6,500 prints sold within 30 days.

This year, the initiative, founded by two photographers, Pie Aerts from the Netherlands and Austrian Marion Payr, is aiming to raise $1m. The prints will be on sale through the online shop printsforwildlife.org until 11 August.

Alongside some of the most respected wildlife photographers in the world, such as Greg du Toit, Beverly Joubert, Suzi Eszterhas, David Lloyd and Steve Winter, the sale also features emerging talent from developing nations, with the aim of promoting greater diversity among wildlife photographers.

The money raised will support African Parks, which manages 19 parks, spanning 14.7m hectares (36.3m acres), in 11 countries on behalf of governments

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Get involved: Wildlife photography challenge aims to keep Nottinghamshire connected to nature

Lockdown gave many of us the chance to reconnect with nature and what was important in our lives.

For one Nottinghamshire wildlife lover adding photography to the mix helped her through the pandemic.

Now she hopes to inspire others to pick up a camera as part of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trusts 30 Days Wild challenge.

Sophie Bell is a Wildlife Trust volunteer. During lockdown she set up a wildlife photography page (@adayinthewildlifesoph) to share her local nature and knowledge with others.

She said: “Wildlife photography kept me in touch with nature through a very tough time and I want to continue making sure I don’t lose this connection as life starts to get busier again.



Sophie Bell, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Volunteer
Sophie Bell, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Volunteer

“During 30 Days Wild I am going to be exploring more and taking photographs of as many different animals I can find in my local area –

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