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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sammy Gecsoyler

World’s landscapes may soon be ‘devoid of wild animals’, says nature photographer

A composite showing rhinos at a watering hole and next to it the same picture with them scrubbed out.
A composite from Ten Years of Remembering Wildlife, showing rhinos in their natural habitat and next to it the same picture with them scrubbed out. Composite: Jan van der Greef/Remembering Wildlife

Margot Raggett has spent the past decade raising money for conservation efforts around the world but now she feels nervous about the future. “It does feel like we’ve taken a backward step,” she said.

The wildlife photographer has raised £1.2m for the cause in the past 10 years through her Remembering Wildlife series, an annual, not-for-profit picture book featuring images of animals from the world’s top nature photographers. The first edition was published in 2015, when the Paris climate agreement was being drafted but, in the years since, efforts to tackle the climate crisis have been rolled back.

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