Research, Conservation and Exploration (RCE)

National Geographic’s Rich

History of Exploration

Bob Ballard

Jacques Cousteau

Richard Byrd

Hiram Bingham

The Leakey Family

Jane Goodall

Grant Programs

Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE)Scientific Field Research

Expeditions Council (EC)Exploration with Story Potential for NG Media

Grant Programs

Conservation Trust (CT)On-the-Ground Conservation Action

Grant Programs

Waitt GrantsRisky or Untested Opportunities to Discover

RCE Grant-Making Bodies

Young Explorers Grants (YEG)Subset of CRE, EC and CT for Explorers Ages 18-25

Grant Programs

Global Exploration Fund (GEF)– Northern Europe– China

Grant Programs

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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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Surveys--long term

Surveys--long term

Surveys--long term

Surveys--long term

Surveys--short term

University of California Santa Cruz

University of Washington

Duke University

Harvard University

Georgetown University

University of Colorado

University of Miami

University of California San Diego

University of Virginia

Southern Methodist University

Montana State University

McGill University

Cornell University—October 13

To date, 220 Young Explorers Grants awarded, totaling more than $990,000

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)

www.canopyintheclouds.com

Projects Funded by Young Explorers Grants

Kite Skiing the Northwest Passage

Sarah McNair-Landry(EC)

www.nationalgeographic.com/yeg

Global Exploration Fund in NGM Local Language editions:

•Sweden•Denmark•Norway•Finland•Poland•Estonia•Lithuania•Netherlands

Project Locations -First Round of Grant Applications

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

Nature Deficit Disorder

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

K-12 School Group Activities

Gary Hevel

4000 species of insects

in his own backyard

Scientists

Leading Public Teams Keying Out Species

Informal Education Submission and QA of Data

Exhibitors

Public Presentations

Celebrate Biodiversity Festival

Social Media

•Blogs

•Facebook

•Twitter

•YouTube

•Live chats

•Re-posting

Need wireless internet

K-12 Education Resourceswww.nationalgeographic.com/bioblitz

National Geographic FieldScope

ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP

http://www.nationalparks.org/our-work/programs/electronic-field-trip

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