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Wildlife Conservation Initiative
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Remembering Wildlife is a wildlife conservation initiative and wildlife photography book series founded in 2016 by British wildlife photographer Margot Raggett. The project produces wildlife photography books focused on threatened and endangered species. Photographers donate their images and profits from book sales are donated to conservation organisations working to protect those animals in the wild.[1]
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| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Margot Raggett |
| Founded at | London, United Kingdom |
| Type | Private limited company |
| Purpose | Wildlife conservation fundraising through photography books |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Products | Wildlife photography books |
Official language | English |
| Website | https://rememberingwildlife.com |
Each volume in the series focuses on a single species and features images donated by wildlife photographers from around the world. The books have addressed species including elephants, rhinos, great apes, lions, cheetahs, African wild dogs, bears, leopards and tigers, as well as a retrospective volume marking the project's tenth anniversary with a feature on pangolins.[1]
History
Remembering Wildlife was founded in 2016 by wildlife photographer Margot Raggett following her experience of the aftermath of elephant poaching in Kenya in 2014.[2] The project was conceived as a series of wildlife photography books that could raise funds for conservation initiatives while drawing attention to the decline of endangered species.[3]
The first book in the series, Remembering Elephants, was published in 2016. Subsequent volumes focused on other threatened species, including rhinos, great apes, lions, cheetahs, African wild dogs, leopards, tigers and bears.
A Kickstarter campaign for Remembering Leopards reached its minimum target of £20,000 within four minutes and surpassed £100,000 pledged within one day.[4]
Margot Raggett was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to international wildlife conservation.[1]
In 2025, the project marked its tenth anniversary with the publication of 10 Years of Remembering Wildlife, a retrospective book featuring photographs from across the series and an additional focus on pangolins, the most illegally trafficked mammals in the world, in order to raise awareness of the illegal pangolin trade.[5][6]
Publications
The Remembering Wildlife series consists of the following photography books dedicated to individual wildlife species.
| 2016 | Remembering Elephants | Elephants |
| 2017 | Remembering Rhinos | Rhinoceroses |
| 2018 | Remembering Great Apes | Great apes |
| 2019 | Remembering Lions | Lions |
| 2020 | Remembering Cheetahs | Cheetahs |
| 2021 | Remembering African Wild Dogs | African wild dogs |
| 2022 | Remembering Leopards | Leopards |
| 2023 | Remembering Tigers | Tigers |
| 2024 | Remembering Bears | Bears |
| 2025 | 10 Years of Remembering Wildlife | Retrospective collection with a feature on pangolins |
Three books in the series have received awards at the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY):
- In 2022, Remembering Cheetahs was awarded the IPPY Gold Medal in the Nature category.[7]
- In 2024, Remembering Bears was awarded the IPPY Silver Medal in the Photography category.[8]
- In 2025, Remembering Tigers was awarded the IPPY Bronze Medal in the Photography category.[9]
Wildlife photographers who have contributed images to the books include Jonathan Scott and Angela Scott, Art Wolfe, Michael Poliza, Mark Dumbleton, Neil Aldridge, Suzi Eszterhas, Marsel van Oosten, Frans Lanting, Greg du Toit, Tristan Dicks and James Gifford.[10][11]
Fundraising and conservation work
The books are produced through voluntary contributions from wildlife photographers, with images selected through a judging process.[12] The projects are pre-funded through Kickstarter campaigns.[13] Book launches and associated fundraising events have been held at venues including the Royal Geographical Society in London.[14]
Funds raised through the books have supported wildlife conservation projects associated with the species featured in each volume:
- Remembering Elephants supported the Mali Elephant Project, including funding for anti-poaching equipment, elephant monitoring and ranger support.[15]
- Remembering Rhinos raised more than £200,000 for projects across Africa and Asia, including support for Rhino Conservation Botswana.[16]
- Some funds from Remembering Great Apes, which included a foreword by Jane Goodall, were donated to the Jane Goodall Institute to support work at Tchimpounga Nature Reserve[16] and to the Gorilla Doctors in Rwanda. [17]
- Remembering Lions supported the Niassa Lion Project in Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique.[18]
- Funds from Remembering Leopards supported projects including those run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Cape Leopard Trust and the Tsavo Trust.[19]
- Remembering Bears supported the Animals Asia Foundation, which works to rescue bears from bile farming.[20]
- Projects supported by Remembering Cheetahs included the Cheetah Conservation Fund and the Naankuse Foundation.[18]
- Remembering African Wild Dogs supported projects including the Kalahari African Wild Dog Trust in Namibia and conservation initiatives in Zimbabwe and Malawi.[21][22]
Media coverage
The Remembering Wildlife books and associated conservation work have been covered by international news and photography publications.
CNN has featured the project in articles on wildlife conservation photography, including coverage of books focusing on pangolins and leopards.[5][10]
BBC News has published photo features drawn from the project, including coverage of images documenting endangered cheetahs.[23]
The tenth anniversary of the series was reported by Forbes, which described the project as bringing together photographers to support conservation initiatives through photography publications.[1]
Additional coverage has appeared in publications including Discover Wildlife, Digital Camera World, PetaPixel and My Modern Met.[15][12][11][24][25]