De Beers and National Geographic have launched Okavango Eternal, a strategic partnership to address one of the most critical conservation challenges in Africa. The partnership is focused on working hand-in-hand with communities throughout the Okavango to deliver shared ecological solutions that lead to collective economic opportunity.
Whatever the precise location of the statue's origin, one thing is for sure: The cats bring in good fortune.
The 2021 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of The Year is Paula Kahumbu. She is the CEO of non-governmental organization Wildlife Direct.
Must watch. Prices start high and drop until people start to bid.
Eric Weiner was spot on. Bad trips are always memorable, and at times transformative.
Cornelia Bohn is one of Germany's most respected whiskey makers and one of the first women to open her own distillery. She has turned a modest family inheritance into a label born from a teenage dream, producing Germany's only organic single malt.
Useful links: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/germany/brandenburg-is-the-next-great-whiskey-trail I https://www.preussischerwhisky.com
Established as a park in 2001, Jalapao was until recently not well known in Brazil. It covers approximately 400000 acres in a remote northern corner of the Cerrado, South America's largest savanna, which separates the Amazon from the Atlantic Coast. The park was left virtually untouched by the agricultural industry for centuries. I hope it remains that way for the next several centuries.
20000 hammer blows. Gold leaf manufacture in Burma is many centuries old. It is associated with Buddhist ritual. Pasting gold leaf onto statues at pagodas is one way to honor the Buddha's teachings. Gilding such figures is an act of loving kindness and a path to transfer good merits. Gold in Buddhism signifies the sun: a flame of purity, knowledge, enlightenment. Seeing is believing. Visit Burma.
The fossil was priceless to paleontologists. Now it belongs to an unknown bidder. The sale of one of the world's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons smashed auction estimates when it was sold at Christie's auction for US$31.8 million. The sale set a new world record for any dinosaur skeleton or fossil ever sold at auction.
Useful links: https://www.christies.com/features/The-life-of-STAN-a-T-rex-excavated-in-1992-10872-7.aspx I https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/stan-tyrannosaurus-rex-sold-at-auction-paleontologists-are-furious
