Michael Nichols for National Geographic Magazine
The Roots of Heaven
One of the greatest joys in his life has been to spend time with African elephants, watching them through his camera.
In Zakouma National Park, they are relatively safe for seven or eight months of the year, but the most recent numbers are devastating: fewer than 1000 elephants are left in Zakouma. The poachers move quickly, and the profits from ivory help fund guerrilla activities and weapons, or simply the personal wealth of certain individuals.
When will humans finally understand that without the natural inhabitants - whales, tigers, gorillas, elephants - the planet Earth cannot be whole?
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