ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by Carlton Ward @carltonward | My time in the Sahel of Mali shaped the way I see conservation. In a sparse and difficult land where dry season temperatures reach nearly 50°C (120°F) in the shade, the relationship between people and nature is stripped down to its bare essentials. When the absolute daily need for water is not disguised by an urban or suburban life far from an anonymous water source, it’s easy to see how people and wildlife share common fates tied to the immediate availability or absence of nature’s most essential gifts. Over the centuries, the nomadic Tuareg people watched the wild herds of elephants to know when it was time to migrate because rains had begun in distant foraging grounds. This man, Elmehdi, was an elephant conservation ranger back in 2005 when I was working in Mali with @wildfoundation and @savetheelephants to document a remnant elephant herd that is the northernmost one in Africa and makes the longest annual migration. Following Mali’s elephants through the Sahel helped me understand how much habitat large animals need to survive and how intimately connected all life is. These lessons stayed with me when I started the foundations of the Florida Wildlife Corridor project at home the following year. For more conservation photography please follow me @carltonward. #sahel #mali #portrait #natureandculture #tuareg」5月14日 12時35分