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Agustina Besada
Ocean

Agustina Besada

Unplastify

The Unplastify project seeks to accelerate solutions to minimize reliance on single-use plastics, and inspire young people worldwide to help protect the planet.

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Alicia Odewale
Human Histories & Cultures

Alicia Odewale

Archaeology of Greenwood: Bearing Witness to a Century of Resilience

I am reexamining historical evidence and mapping stories of resilience since the attack on Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma's historic Greenwood district.

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Anthony Obayomi
Human Ingenuity

Anthony Obayomi

Seeing the Pandemic

My documentary “Seeing the Pandemic” shares the experiences of blind and visually impaired people in Lagos, Nigeria as they navigate COVID-19 safety measures.

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Ariel Waldman
land

Ariel Waldman

Antarctica at Orders of Magnitude

My docu-series “Antarctica at Orders of Magnitude” explores the lively and dynamic ecosystems of Antarctica at five perspectives ranging from space to microscopic.

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Aristide Takoukam Kamla
Wildlife

Aristide Takoukam Kamla

Using the SIREN mobile App and Citizen Science to save African marine wildlife

I work with fishers to collect data through the SIREN citizen science app to protect key marine species and promote healthy ecosystems across West and Central Africa.

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Ashley Lamb-Sinclair
Human Histories & Cultures

Ashley Lamb-Sinclair

2892 Miles To Go Geographic Walk for Justice

The 2892 project convenes local educators and leaders to walk historic routes in their communities and create educational resources that rebalance historical narratives.

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Callie Veelenturf
Wildlife

Callie Veelenturf

Illuminating and Protecting the Pearl Islands' Endangered Treasures

We study endangered marine turtles of the Pearl Islands Archipelago, Panama, with the aim of increasing conservation of marine life and expanding protected areas.

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Danielle Da Silva
Land

Danielle Da Silva

Indigenous Feminism in Sumatran Conservation

We made a documentary about Nayla Azmi, a Batak woman from Sumatra, Indonesia, who is training Indigenous girls and women to be forest rangers and protect their land.

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Diego Pol
Land

Diego Pol

Biodiversity in the end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia

Our team of over 30 scientists aims to understand life and ecosystems in Patagonia at the time of the mass extinction that wiped out dinosaurs and other creatures.

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Fatima Tuj Johora
Ocean

Fatima Tuj Johora

Living with Salts

"Living with Salts" is a multimedia project exploring how women’s health in coastal Bangladesh is impacted by salinity intrusion in water due to climate change.

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Jahawi Bertolli
Human Histories & Cultures

Jahawi Bertolli

The First Rock Project

This project shines a light on African cultures and history by combining the sound of ancient rock gongs with modern music in a soundscape that spans generations.

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Jennie Warmouth
Wildlife

Jennie Warmouth

An Orphaned Bear Cub's Journey Back into the Wild

My project documents the journey of a rescued, medically rehabilitated, and re-released black bear cub in educational materials to inform students about bear preservation.

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Nur Febriani Wardi smiling at the camera while posing beside chainsaw monument
Land

Nur Febriani Wardi

Assessing community resilience to COVID-19, the first of many climate shocks

I am studying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic climate shock on rainforest communities to highlight the importance of integrated, community-based conservation.

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Pau Villanueva
Human Histories & Cultures

Pau Villanueva

Amidst Night and Day: An Exploration on Indigenous Gender Identity

The documentary “Amidst Night and Day” highlights and explores the intersectionality of queer identity and cultural identity in Indigenous communities who have faced displacement and conflict.

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Radhika Bhargava
Land

Radhika Bhargava

Transboundary Governance of the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh

This project will work with local communities in the Sundarbans to create mangrove restoration plans and map areas vulnerable to shoreline retreat due to erosion.

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Raquel E Fleskes
Human Histories & Cultures

Raquel E Fleskes

Kinship in the 17th Century Chesapeake Colonial Frontier

I am developing an ethical archaeological method to extract ancient DNA from tobacco pipestems to help illuminate the histories of people in colonial North America.

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Rena Effendi standing on top of a rocky mountain peak with a giant butterfly net on her shoulder, looking off into the distance which shows green mountains and blue sky.
Human Histories & Cultures

Rena Effendi

Looking for Satyrus

Our goal is to find and observe the Satyrus effendi, a rare butterfly species named after my father, found only at the border of my homeland Azerbaijan and Armenia.

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Ribhu Vohra
Ocean

Ribhu Vohra

Sea Change: Engaging students to reduce ocean plastic pollution

Our Sea Change educational program engages thousands of students in India with the latest science about microplastics pollution to encourage community-driven change.

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Roberto Zariquiey
Human Histories & Cultures

Roberto Zariquiey

New approaches to language revitalization in central Amazonia

The “Escuelita Iskonawa” is a culture revitalization project that uses games, technology, and movement to encourage Iskonawa youth to learn their ancestral language.

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Silvia Alvarez-Clare smiling while giving a presentation in front of a podium.
Land

Silvia Alvarez-Clare

Safeguarding the endangered oak Q. Insignis and its habitat

Our project aims to safeguard the endangered oak Quercus insignis and its habitat by developing sustainable management plans and promoting community involvement.

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Human Histories & Cultures

Sylvia Arthur

A Women's Oral History of West Africa

I am gathering stories from women living along the coast of West Africa, with the goal of helping to restore to history their experiences in their own words.

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Symon Newborn Chibaka
Land

Symon Newborn Chibaka

"Diso la Chidwi Chatsopano posamala Chilengedwe" - Changing the Lens on Conservation in Malawi

This project aims to increase awareness of wildlife conservation among children in Malawi, and their local communities through photography and storytelling.

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Tatjana Rosen
Wildlife

Tatjana Rosen

Cores, Corridors, and Big Cats in Central Asia

My project harnesses the knowledge of conservationists and local communities from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to conserve Persian and snow leopards.

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Tyler Lyson
Land

Tyler Lyson

Tree of Life: Paleoecology after the End-Cretaceous Extinction

My team is working to CT scan a giant 65-million-year-old tree stump to reveal and create 3-D models of fossilized mammal and crocodile skeletons hidden within.

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Victoria Stephanie Herrmann
Human Histories & Cultures

Victoria Stephanie Herrmann

Seeing Our Future to Save Our Past

We equip local leaders with scientific knowledge and technical training to create place and people-based climate change adaptation plans to preserve cultural heritage.

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Meridian Projects

Tanzanian youth holding local flowers while looking at a botanical book. Tanzanian youth holding local flowers while looking at a botanical book.
Wildlife

Michele Raggio, Rebecca Ryakitimbo, Kelly Koller, Martina Panisi, Carlos Velazco, Ghaamid Abdulbasat, Tsiory Andrianavalona

Nature Ambassadors

We work to engage youth, educators, and local Tanzanian communities through education and research to foster advocacy and preservation of native biodiversity.

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Three women wearing orange smiling at the camera from a large, round metal hole. There is large yellow machinery behind them and the ocean. Four women wearing orange smiling at the camera from a large, round metal hole. There is large yellow machinery behind them and the ocean.
ocean

Rachael Zoe Miller, Edem Mahu, Theo Anagnostopoulos, Tania Pelamatti, Claire Gwinnett

Citizen science microplastic and microparticle mapping in the Hawaiian Islands

Our team works to document, map and monitor microplastic and microfiber pollution in the surface waters and air surrounding the islands of Maui, Lana'i, and Hawai'i.

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Ved Chirayath holding the MiDAR technology Ved Chirayath holding the MiDAR technology
Ocean

Ved Chirayath, Alison Fundis, Kenny Broad

MiDAR UV – Marine plastic and coral reef bleaching sensor

By expanding the spectral range of our project’s custom-built MiDAR technology, we seek to identify and map marine wildlife and coral reef diseases at a deeper scale.

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Thank you!

We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Lyda Hill Philanthropies for making this Explorer crowdfunding campaign possible during the 2023 Explorers Festival.

 

 

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For a limited time only, you can help National Geographic Explorers get the additional resources and tools they need for their active projects. Our global community of Explorers are using the power of science, exploration, and storytelling to illuminate the wonder of our world and need your help to continue their important work. To learn more about this special opportunity, read our frequently asked questions:

What does my gift go towards? 

100 percent of your gift goes toward supporting the needs of NGS Explorers. NGS will use contributions to support the work of the identified Explorers and will have discretion to reallocate the funding within the Explorer community as appropriate, consistent with its mission.

What kind of costs can my contribution support? 

Your support will help Explorers get the tools, equipment, technology, leadership and professional development training, and other supplies they need to power exploration and storytelling. 

How were featured Explorers selected? 

As this is a pilot, a small subset of Explorers participating in Explorers Festival 2023 whose projects met specific criteria were invited to submit applications to be a part of this funding opportunity. All those who applied and submitted the appropriate materials before the deadline were selected.

Is there a limit on the Explorers I can donate to? 

You can pick from any of the Explorers and projects featured on the page. While you can only donate to one at a time, you are welcome to donate as many times as you’d like. 

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How long is this opportunity running?

You have until midnight ET on June 25 to make your donation. After the deadline, you can still make a contribution, but your gift will help support a plethora of Explorer-led projects across our five focus areas: ocean, land, wildlife, histories & cultures, and human ingenuity. 

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