Media Release
Mangalore, Jul 13: Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation in association with SDM College of Business Management is organizing a presentation by Paul Rosolie, a renowned naturalist and explorer of the Amazon rain forests. The presentation will be followed by an interactive session with him.
The venue for the session is The Conference Hall at SDM College of Business Management, MG Road, Mangalore on Monday, July 15 at 4.30pm.
Amazon basin in South America, encompasses 7,000,000 square kilometres (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 square kilometres (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world.
At a time when we are all concerned about the future of Western Ghats, it would be worthwhile to benefit from the insights and experiences of Paul Rosolie who has specialized in the Western Amazon for nearly a decade and dedicated his life to the study of this environmentally significant region.
The session is open for public and we welcome all those interested in nature, wildlife and conservation issues to attend the event and interact with Paul Rosolie.
Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, author, and award-winning wildlife filmmaker who has specialized in the western Amazon for nearly a decade. Along with running a conservation project called Tamandua Expeditions that uses tourism to support rainforest conservation, Paul’s work has taken him to some of the last dark places on the map.
He has traveled with poachers into deep jungle to document the black market trade in endangered species (the third largest black market globally, after guns and drugs), he has learned from indigenous trackers about the Amazon’s flora and fauna, and has explored a previously undocumented ecosystem that has come to be called the ‘floating forest’.
His work with anacondas has attracted the attention of major television networks such as NatGeo Wild and Discovery Science. According to Paul, “telling the story of places like the Amazon and other threatened biomes and the species within them is a crucial link in the process of protecting them. These stories need to be accessible to a wider audience, not just biologists and conservationists. The loss of biodiversity and ecosystems affects all of us as a global community.”
Paul has worked on conservation projects in tropical ecosystems all over the world, his experience covers locations in India, Indonesia, Brazil and Peru. Specializing in the upper Amazon Rosolie has been featured by conservation news sources for his work with anacondas and his work with indigenous communities leading volunteers from all over the world into the rainforest to protect biodiversity. At the age of 22 he was featured in Mongabay.com’s Young Scientists series for his conservation work with Tamandua Expeditions. In 2012 he sold the rights to his first book, Mother of God to Harper Collins and in 2013 Paul spoke at the United Nations Forum on Forests as a winner of the annual short film contest Forests for People, for the documentary An Unseen World.
Paul Rosolie profile and photos from : www.paulrosolie.com
For media reference and further details contact:
Rohit Rao 9845071770 / kudremukh.wildlife@gmail.com