Beverly Joubert
Beverly Joubert is a wildlife photographer and National Geographic Explorer at Large who creates powerful images to inspire protection of Africa’s wild animals.
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An internationally-recognized National Geographic Explorer-at-Large and child of South Africa, Beverly Joubert belongs to a handful of elite explorers whose work has made significant contributions to the biological diversity of our world. She has specialized in African photography for more than 40 years, producing 14 books, magazine articles, and photographic exhibitions. Beverly creates images that open a window in the souls of these individual animals so that the viewer feels a connection with them and wants to fight for their survival.
With her husband Dereck Joubert, Beverly has co-produced many award-winning wildlife documentaries. Their more than 40 films have received eight Emmys, a Peabody, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival awards, a Wildscreen Panda & Outstanding Achievement Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award, The World Ecology Awards, and the Presidential Order of Meritorious Service by the former President of Botswana.
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Beverly and Dereck co-founded the Big Cats Initiative with National Geographic to slow the rapid decline of big cats, providing more than 150 conservation grants in 28 countries. They now manage this initiative through their own Great Plains Foundation. They also created Rhinos Without Borders, a revolutionary initiative that moved 87 rhinos from high poaching areas to safety.
In March 2017, the Jouberts survived a near-fatal Cape buffalo attack at their camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta, bringing into sharp perspective the impermanence of time and the race we are all in to make a difference. Their current projects include everything from building teams of Female Rangers to relocating elephants, giraffes, and other species to restore and rewild depleted habitats.
Speaking Topics
Conservation
Science
Exploration
Innovation
Overcoming Obstacles
Nature
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Presentations
Wild Africa: On the Brink
For over 40 years, Dereck and Beverly Joubert have filmed, researched, and explored wild Africa, working to safeguard large predators and critical wildlife that shape conservation across the continent. On stage, they reveal wildlife’s interdependence with wild places and share groundbreaking ways they partner with local communities to create sustainable paths for coexistence.(Presented alongside Dereck Joubert.)
“A world where the wild has been tamed out and made safe and dull would be meaningless to many of us."
– Beverly Joubert