National Geographic explorers—anthropologists, archaeologists, conservationists, photographers, educators, oceanographers, epidemiologists, paleontologists, geneticists, geographers, linguists, urban planners, and more—gather at the Society’s Washington, D.C., headquarters to share their latest discoveries and insights with one another and the National Geographic staff.
The annual Explorers Symposium has become a forum for visionary individuals across a range of fields to meet and find ways to collaborate on innovative projects.
At sessions with biologists, oceanographers and marine ecologists over the last two days, one alarming figure has stood out: 95%.
Dereck Joubert estimates that there were 450,000 lions in Africa when he was born. Now there are 20,000. That's a 95% decrease in one lifetime. Enric Sala, a marine ecologist, reports a similar decline for sharks. Wade Davis reports that at the time of his birth humans spoke different 7,000 languages. Today, only half those are whispered to babies.
Conservation, preservation and action have become the bywords of these explorers.
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