Editor's Den

Hank Tyler

Editor

South America’s rich biodiversity and spectacular landscapes offer fabulous opportunities for nature photography. We are pleased to feature four articles from Argentina and Brazil.

The Pantanal is South America’s largest and most famous wetland for wildlife that is located in Brazil. Brazil’s wildlife guide, Jarbas Mattos describes the spectacular wildlife to be found in the Pantanal – jaguars, monkeys, parrots and many species of wading birds. Praveen Siddannavar, a leading Indian photographer, reports on his ecotourism and photographic visit to the Pantanal. His photos are spectacular.

Argentina’s biologist and wildlife artist, Cynthia Bandurek, is featured in our Wildarts section. Cynthia’s remarkable career covers an interesting path as conservation biologist, nature photographer, artist and author.

Argentina’s National Park system is growing as documented by Francisco Gonzalez Taboas story of the newly created Translasierra National Park. Restoration of former pasturev lands into parkland form an important linkage of other protected lands into the Chaco Seco Ecosystem. The NGO Aves Argentina deserves credit for this conservation accomplishment.

New Zealand’s Julia Harvey reports on the remarkable effort to protect and constant work to recover the population of less than 350 individuals of the flightless Takahe, one of the world’s most endangered birds.

Nature photography is the cornerstone of PT Explorers. We strive to select the most outstanding images for the sharpness, brightness, action and overall composition. We look forward to you sharing your best wildlife photographs with our readers by contributing them to our website. We also would like your recommendations of wildlife habitats or endangered species in your region of the world that we should feature in PT Explorers.

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