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National Geographic’s Rich
History of Exploration
Bob Ballard
Jacques Cousteau
Richard Byrd
Hiram Bingham
The Leakey Family
Jane Goodall
Grantees Make Major Contributions to Their Fields
William Saturno: Oldest Mayan Calendars Found in Guatemala (Science, May 2012)
Matt Finer: Hydroelectric dams in the Andean Amazon (PLoS ONE, April 2012)
Daniel Streicker: The ecology of habitat loss to predict disease transmission in vampire bats (Science, August 2010)
Recording scientific impact
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Young Explorers Grants support a range of scientific fields and types of exploration:
ANTHROPOLOGY ♦ ARCHAEOLOGY ASTRONOMY ♦ BIOLOGY ♦ CLIMATOLOGY
CONSERVATION ♦ GEOGRAPHY ♦ GEOLOGY MOUNTAINEERING ♦ PALEONTOLOGY
POLAR EXPLORATION ♦ OCEANOGRAPHY ADVENTURE ♦ TREKS/JOURNEYS
PHOTOGRAPHY ♦ FILMMAKING ♦ JOURNALISM
National Geographic funds
Young Explorers from
countries worldwide
78.9% N. America 3.8% Asia 9.2% Europe 3.8% S. America 2.2% Africa 1.6% Oceania 0.5% Middle America
RussiaSpainSweden
Middle AmericaBelizeCosta RicaGuatemalaHondurasMexicoPanamaTrinidad & Tobago
North AmericaCanadaGreenlandUnited States
YEG fieldwork has been conducted in 61 countries:
AsiaCambodiaChinaGeorgiaIndiaIndonesiaJordanKazakhstanLebanonMongoliaNepalOmanPhilippinesRussiaSyriaTajikistanTurkey
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AfricaCameroonEgyptEthiopiaGabonGhanaKenyaMadagascarMozambiqueNamibiaRwandaSouth AfricaSudanUganda
EuropeIcelandIrelandNorway
Vietnam
OceaniaAustraliaFrench PolynesiaKiribatiMicronesiaNew ZealandPalmyraPapua New GuineaSamoaIndo-Pacific Ocean
South AmericaArgentinaBoliviaBrazilEcuadorPeruVenezuela
Young Explorers have been featured in:
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Adventure
National Geographic Television
NG Radio
nationalgeographic.com
NG Live! Lectures
NG Channel’s Expedition Week
Projects Funded by Young Explorers Grants
• Parrotfish Conservation in Belize: • An investigation of the • social-ecological systems that • influence compliance
Clare Fieseler (CT)
Projects Funded by Young Explorers Grants
• Canopy in the Clouds: Connecting Climate Change to Plant Ecology
Greg Goldsmith (CRE) and Drew Fulton (EC)
Global Exploration Fund in NGM Local Language editions:
•Sweden•Denmark•Norway•Finland•Poland•Estonia•Lithuania•Netherlands
National Geographic and National Park Service: 10 Years of BioBlitz
• 2007: Washington, DC
• 2008: Los Angeles
• 2009: Chicago
• 2010: Miami
• 2011: Tucson
• 2012: Denver
• 2013 New Orleans May 17
BioBlitz Goals
• Identify species
• Celebrate biodiversity
• Unite citizens and scientists
• Get city dwellers into nature
• Promoted protected areas
• Inspire the next generation of stewards
Rocky Mountain Bioblitz 2012Species Count:
489 species at the closing ceremony: •89 species of birds •12 mammal •1 fish •1 reptile •289 plants•12 fungi •78 insects•7 other invertebrates