A world-wide open vote that seeks to renovate Africa’s “big five”

If the COVID-19 pandemic does not go away, it will be a year later, in the wake of the turbulent tourist movement at the international level, without it, many visitors will come to the country as South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania or Angola, serian seguramente tentados por guías paraar realún safari y poder, así, ver de cerca a los “big five”, Tal como promotes the tierras of the African continent al lion, elephant, rhinoceros, leopard and buffalo, authentic reyes de la sabana.

But the expression, in reality, has an original little happiness: it is created that was held during the era of explorations in Africa by mayors at the mayor’s office to refer to the most difficult cases, for the sake of approval, to concede.

Prohibition of probes, the British photo reporter Graeme Green, an adventure and passion for the New Year, plan to redefine the term, dándole un nuevo giro.

A travers de su proyecto The New Big 5, the reporter gráfico que, who is more than 15 years old, via various relationships and publications, such as The National Geographic, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and BBC, open the gates to people from all over the world to vote for their five favorite animals, the “New Big Five”, from photography, not from home.

With the sublime theme of “disappearing with a chamber and no army”, the camp, initiated the past year and hopes to announce the result in Mayo media, is positioned as “a celebration of New Year’s Eve and the photography of New Year’s Eve”.

From a list of more than 40 animals, mainly terrestrial mammals, you can choose from orangutans and chimpanzees to polar bears, tigers and crocodiles to convert them into new big five. The vote is open until April 20.

“While talking about the big fives is based on the animals that result in more difficulties to disperse and feed to the walkers, we would like to introduce you to the people who love their five favorite animals all over the world to take pictures or see them in New Year’s Eve photos”, Compartió Green from the page of his project.

The initiative counts with the support of more than 100 photographers and personalities, like Jane Goodall, Steve McCurry, Steve Winter, Marina Cano, Jonathan Scott and Ami Vitale, among others, in addition to organizations such as Save the Elephants, WWF, African Wildlife Foundation and Wildlife SOS, among others.

“What a great project it is! I would like to ask queens of the five elves. There are so many amazing animals in the world, all fascinating in different ways. Any project that pays attention to the animals, many of the animals are being arranged, is really important“, Declares Goodall.

The New Year’s Day is in crisis and the next 10 years, according to Green, will be critical. “Quedan solo 7100 chitas en la vida silvestre. It is estimated that the furtive walkers matan diariamente to 55 African elephants. Occupied African giraffes have been reduced to 600. African lions pass from 200,000 to 20,000 in 50 years. A total of 200,000 pangolins are being cared for each year, ”said the photographer.

Green has the hope that the new five large elites in the initiative of the initiative will be welcomed by ambassadors of the New Year’s Eve, involving more people in the course of its protection.

Passionate about the roads, for the last 10 years, Green has been working on photographs for the Wanderlust magazine in various locations such as Japan, Colombia, Botswana, Peru, United States, Laos and Honduras.

Has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Mexico, Latin America and the Americas, covering dozens of destinations, from the Antarctic to Zambia.

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