Photographers Help Raise Money for African Wildlife

More than 170 photographers are taking part in a fundraiser to help raise money for the South African conservation group African Parks.

The fundraiser, which is called Prints For Wildlife, sells wildlife prints by an international group of photographers to help support local communities and wildlife conservation. It was started by Dutch photographer Pie Aerts and Austrian photographer Marion Payr to support conservation efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, and this year it wants to raise $1 million.

Prints will be sold for $100 each. They can be bought through the fundraiser's website at printsforwildlife.org until August 11, 2021.

This will be the second Prints for Wildlife event. In 2020, the first event sold more than 6,500 prints in 30 days, raising more than $660,000 for the group.

African Parks manages 19 parks and protected areas in 11 countries, covering over 14.7 million hectares of land. It was started in the year 2000 in response to the poor management and funding given to conservation areas.

In 2019, tourism contributed almost $170 billion to Africa's economy. According to the fundraiser, wildlife tourism provides income to help support parks, but travel restrictions during the pandemic have meant that countries have lost billions of dollars.

Andrea Heydlauff, chief marketing officer of African Parks, told The Guardian that conservation was already "in crisis" before the coronavirus pandemic, and that it continues to be as the pandemic goes on.

Questions

1.Who started Prints For Wildlife?

2.Will the prints be available until the end of the year?

3.How much money did the first Prints for Wildlife event raise?

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