In March 2021, Nat Geo Photographer Dan Winters worked with Angelina Jolie to draw attention to the need to protect bees and their habitats. Hear Winters describe the inspiration and technique for capturing the shot. WorldBeeDay
, named for her eldest child, Maddox, in a protected region in rural, northwestern Cambodia. The foundation has worked to remove wartime landmines, retrain wildlife poachers as forest rangers, and promote gender equality, among other goals. It also trains beekeepers.
What's exciting to me is that instead of stepping forward and saying, “We are losing the bees, we have certain species that have gone extinct, are going extinct,” we're coming forward to say, “Yes, this is how you have to protect.” You have to be more conscious of chemicals and deforestation. But also, here are things different people can do. You don't even have to have land, but you can consider being a part of the solution.
It's very important that you don't just go into a country and say,"No infrastructure, no roads, no progress, no nothing, we're going to keep this special area and preserve it." We do need to do that, but in order to really do that in a way that's sustainable, we have to find ways that the people living within those communities are thriving and connected to this natural environment.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Angelina Jolie tackles fast fashion with creative collective venture aimed at 'breathing new life' into used materialsBillions of pounds of textiles, mostly clothes, end up in landfills every year in the U.S. alone, an amount that has only increased since the '60s. Now, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is starting a new company aiming to help reduce waste.
Read more »
The Dish: Seven new restaurant openings around the countyThey include AnniVenti La Trattoria, Jolie Coronado, Dockside 1953, Long Story Short, Mesa Agricola, Underground Burgers and City Tacos
Read more »
Man attempting to photograph every animal species in human care reaches his 14,000thJolie, an Indochinese green magpie, was found stuffed into a suitcase during a 2017 smuggling at LAX.
Read more »
Man attempting to photograph every animal species in human care reaches his 14,000thJolie, an Indochinese green magpie, was found stuffed into a suitcase during a 2017 smuggling at LAX.
Read more »
Man attempting to photograph every animal species in human care reaches his 14,000thJolie, an Indochinese green magpie, was found stuffed into a suitcase during a 2017 smuggling at LAX.
Read more »
Man attempting to photograph every animal species in human care reaches his 14,000thJolie, an Indochinese green magpie, was found stuffed into a suitcase during a 2017 smuggling at LAX.
Read more »