Protecting the Okavango Delta, Africa's largest remaining wetland wilderness

Steve Boyes: How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places · 8:59 · Video: TED · Watch at the source

In short: In this talk, TED Fellow Steve Boyes details the scientific surveys used to monitor and safeguard one of Earth's most fragile habitats from the growing threats of development.

Steve Boyes and a team of scientists navigate a landscape of active minefields and territorial hippos to conduct detailed scientific surveys. Their mission is to explore and protect the Okavango Delta, a near-pristine ecosystem, against the rising dangers of industrial development.

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