Navigating territorial hippos and active minefields, TED Fellow Steve Boyes and a team of scientists have been traveling through the Okavango Delta, Africa's largest remaining wetland wilderness, to explore and protect this near-pristine habitat against the rising threat of development. In this awe-inspiring talk packed with images, he shares his work doing detailed scientific surveys in the hopes of protecting this enormous, fragile wilderness.
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I believe there needs to be more harsher environmental laws
Believe isn’t helpful in the facts of what’s needed. I have facts that would help this man in enormous bound’s. cheers Ian aka Tinman Bigfoot Tracker Channel Canada British Columbia BC.
take a look at the first 10 minutes of cowspiracy on youtube, it may be helpful.
I have a sneaky plan.
We all know nuclear energy is super clean, and super powerful.
But it produces radioactive waste.
All we have to do is put this radioactive waste in some wild places. This means people can’t go there and nature thrives, just like at Chernobyl.
Maybe there is an idea here, Human beings are more toxic than a radioactive explosion.
But we won’t go near a radioactive explosion.
Awesome ❤️
Bore ragnorok? More like bore ragnorok
Who is dis guy o.O
Stop littering the comment section with pointless fucking comments.
Justin Y. I love Kevin as well
Justin Y. Pls leave
So happy about this!
Conserve our wildlife!!! you’re my hero!
Sir you really have No idea of what’s out there…
Tinman Bigfoot Tracker Channel Canada British Columbia BC.
I could teach this man a language that he is missing with-in all the World Forest’s and more,, I’m reaching out for contact information on YouTube or like.
thanks for reading…
ian aka Tinman Bigfoot Tracker Channel Canada British Columbia BC.
This made me depressed..
Damn this place is truly beautiful, If Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia can pull this off, they should be pretty damn proud of themselves. Wildlife needs and deserves these last refuges, lest they succumb to our expansion. I hope in my lifetime to see many more places like this pop up around the world, not just in Africa, but in Europe, Asia, Australia and both North and South America. Guys like Steve Boyes are truly heroes
Humans are so far separated from the natural world that there seems to be an unspoken belief we can survive without it.
When you look at the advances NASA and other space programs have made in creating tech for colonies on other planets, it doesn’t seem like an impossible thing to believe. Am I saying that we shouldn’t protect our ecosystems because eventually we won’t need all of what they provide? Of course not, there are so many reasons to protect the environment no matter what you believe in. I’m simply pointing out that just because we are becoming increasingly separated from the “natural world” as people perceive it to be, doesn’t mean that we will continue to be dependent on Earth forever.
Cybersquirrell well said. But I am talking about the present. For example mental health is a major issue today would you agree? It has been proven that natural environments improve human mental health far better then any built environment can offer. For our population to advance as you suggest requires enviroments that do not deprive us of happiness, but offers the development of strong resilient minds. That is way many good town planners incorperate a nature aspect in urban sprawls. I suggest a look at Abraham Maslow Hierarchy of Needs.
Cybersquirrell you sound like you’re from another planet. Be a good steward and start paying better attention to what’s going on around you. NASA is nothing but a PR firm contracting for the US govt and you would be wise to take whatever bs they say with a block of salt.
You missed all the points, in the video and from the comments: without preserving non-human habitats, ALL the Biosphere is at risk. I’m guessing you don’t study Biology or don’t understand the importance of anything not in front of you.
dont blanket every human as the same, thats bs
Undeveloped means not destroyed.
This guy thinks he’s a regular Indiana Jones. Good vid though
a bit full of himself; I like the cause, but his egocentrism overshadows the talk
Great TED talk. Its a shame that the current American secretary of the interior is selling out federal land and endangered species to the highest bidder.
Elaborate and very well expressed in 9 min of my time, this is what I need to hear and less of “essskkit” 😉
New Locations for future Hollywood Multimillon dollar Movies.
5:28 So this fella named Steve Boyes and a team of scientists have been traveling through the Okavango Delta, Africa’s largest remaining wetland wilderness, to explore and *Map* the virgin wetlands, calculating maps and safe routes….so the next wave of humans can go through , and the next wave of humans can follow through….well done, in opening the flood gates to Natures solitude and welcoming the interests of New generations of humans. Bravo. good by , to the last remaining Wetlands.
So much passion in him.
I’m watching this shortly after learning that President Trump’s(first time I have put that in print and it hurts me deep inside to admit that he is our president) administration is trying to open national parks and protected wildlife sanctuaries to oil and logging companies as well as deciding whether to save endangered species on an individual basis rather than preserving the sanctity of the biosphere wholesale. I’ve never been so ashamed of my country as I am for having elected that imbecile.
theres many times to have been just as ashamed tho, you dropped nuclear bombs ffs
It’s fine to be ashamed, but what we need is action, engagment. Fight agains him, organise marches, use your so loved freedom of speech to make yourself heard ! 😀
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness]. The Noble Qur’an. Surah Ar Rum. Verse:41)
“And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.” (The Noble Quran. Surah Luqman Verse 27)
FELLOW DWELLERS OF THE EARTH;
My name is Eight Billion,
I contain an angel and a devil struggling inside,
The face I dress varies to survive,
Always hungry for power, never enough to content,
I look for “inner peace” whilst consumed by grudge,
For sons, for daughters, for the self, please be advised, there long existed the new code, aside,
Let’s consider having an appointment with the best stylist for a change,
Experience, how exceptionally would you look better reflecting the best,
Thus, if you manage to change yourself, repenting for good,
The place called Earth might turn into Heaven, I assure,
It is me, it is you, it is us will power to CHANGE.
Listen to the voice of the Noble Quran.
Maybe your life will be changed If God allows.
French : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVY8pwx9B74
French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqY9TYEkvk
English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omh4oG8T_Fw
When the environment collapses, and it will, nature will inevitably bounce back as it has many times before. It just won’t be with us.
He is a sexy Nigel Thornberry!