Seeing the Rainforest Wildlife Up Close With Camera Traps

Big cat caught up close in the Peruvian Rainforest

A Bushnell trail camera placed in the field with a stick wedged behind it to maintain its position (Daniel Ash) Camera traps: a gateway into a hidden world allowing us to explore the habits of wildlife that may be otherwise inaccessible to many of us!  By Daniel Ash with further contributions from Sr. Juan Carlos […]

Photography Shooting in the field: Preparing for the unpredictable

Written by Nicole Van Zutphen, Multimedia Intern Boat rides along the Alto Madre de Dios river, treks everyday surrounded by some of the richest biodiversity in the world, endless possible subjects and stimulation of ideas; the Manu Biosphere Reserve is ultimately any videographer or photographer’s paradise. I know it’s mine—but as a Torontonian who’s previous […]

A Life-Changing Casuality

Ida Karlsson in the Peruvian Amazon jungle with her camera for a phot shoot.

By Ida Karlsson The best coincidence of my life! – How did a twenty-two-year-old girl from the Swedish countryside end up in the middle of the Peruvian jungle? Honestly, it was a coincidence, but it is the best coincidence of my life! Writing has been my passion ever since I learnt the alphabet. That is […]

Reviews: Multimedia Internship in the Amazon

Environmental journalism training in the remote Amazon rainforest with Crees: Discover what it’s really like from the people who’ve been and done it. “I’ve been back in England a few days now and wishing I was back in Peru. I just want to say thank you for such an incredible experience. I had the best […]

Rainforests over Rat Races

It seems like just a few days ago I’d waved goodbye to my friends as the majority of them headed down to London. I, on the other hand, had headed to the airport. The Amazon was calling. It had been the end of University and all the balls and final shindigs were over. As theyd […]