Karabo LeBronpeter is a Botswana-based wildlife photographer, teacher, mentor, and storytelling officer for the Nkashi Trust, the local implementing arm of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP).

Launched in 2021, Okavango Eternal is a partnership between the National Geographic Society and the De Beers Group to help achieve long-term, sustainable protection of the Okavango Basin and support livelihood opportunities for its communities. The partnership aims to expand and accelerate the work of Nkashi Trust and the Wild Bird Trust family of organisations underway through the NGOWP. Storytelling is a major focus of Okavango Eternal - because in order to protect the greater Okavango Basin, people need to know about it and care about it. Karabo leads Nkashi Storytelling Clubs that offer young people the opportunity to share the stories of this landscape and its people, cultures, and traditions and develop skills that can lead to sustainable livelihoods. These storytellers have shared their work with the community at the Nkashi Knowledge Centres and through the Stories of Our Land exhibition, both supported by the partnership.

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• Karabo LeBronpeter Instagram
• National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP)
• Okavango Eternal
• Stories Of Our Land Exhibition

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Landscape photographer Isabella Tabacchi: Chasing Caravaggio Through the Shadows, The Tenebroso Landscape, and Creating Emotional Intensity.

Isabella Tabacchi is an Italian landscape photographer who captures the essence of nature in all its majesty. Specializing in landscape photography from around the world, Isabella is renowned for her ability to transform ordinary scenes into highly emotional and dreamlike photos.

Isabella's awards include the prestigious International Landscape Photographer of the Year (ILPOTY) and the Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA), Siena Awards, Xposure Awards, DJI SkyPixel Annual Contest and she's been published on National Geographic. She is also a Hasselblad Heroine.

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Dr. Diane Boyd is a world-renowned wildlife biologist who has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Montana near Glacier National Park. When she started in the 1970s, she was the only female biologist in the United States researching and radio-collaring wild wolves.

A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery, winner of a 2025 National Outdoor Book Award, is the captivating story of Diane Boyd's work as a wildlife biologist studying wolves. Often alone in remote northern Montana, she encounters cougars, grizzly bears, and, of course, wolves.

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A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery

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