International League of Conservation Photographers
The International League of Conservation Photographers was established during the 8th World Wilderness Congress in Alaska, October 2005. Founder and first Executive Director, Cristina Mittermeier is on WILD’s Board of Directors, and WILD is honored to be the host and organizational sponsor for this rapidly growing network of some of the world’s very best photographers, dedicated to protecting and sustaining the wild nature with which they work daily. Read more about the ILCP>
Working with leading scientists, policy makers, governmental leaders and conservation groups, the ILCP translates conservation science into compelling visual messages. The unique set of skills, talent and years of field experience spent documenting delicate and complex environmental subjects as well as a real commitment to conserve the landscapes, people and wildlife in the places where they work, is what sets the photographers of the ILCP apart. From poaching to global warming, from habitat loss to cultural erosion, from sustainability to biological corridors, the work of conservation photographers covers the entire range of threats to biodiversity and is indeed a critical component in the conservation toolbox. Read more about the ILCP photographers >
Just one of the compelling and innovative projects of the ILCP is the Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE).
Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier
The relationship between nature 
and humans is where Cristina Mittermeier’s photography finds its true mission. The idea that people and nature are not isolated from each other, but are inexorably connected, lies at the heart of her work. This relationship is particularly poignant when it comes to indigenous people and this where Cristina’s images truly shine. Her work has taken her to 54 countries, including some of the most remote and beautiful areas of our planet.
For Cristina, photography did not come as a first career choice. A marine biologist by training and a regular contributor to the scientific dialogue on the conservation of our planet’s biodiversity, Cristina’s work initially strived to explain with science the importance of preserving Earth’s living heritage. The need to communicate to a larger audience and to portray the intimate link between people and their environment propelled her to find new tools to express herself. Photography has allowed her to tell an emotional story that links the devastating effects of biodiversity loss and human well-being. More importantly, her images aim to demonstrate that people can and should coexist harmoniously with nature.
As a photographer and writer since 1996, Cristina has co-edited 8 books, including a series published with Conservation International and Cemex. From the popular to the scientific, her work has been featured in major magazines around the world including Nature’s Best, Latina, Elan, National Geographic and National Geographic Explorer in the United States, Rumbos, Escala and Sale la Foto, in Mexico, Explorador and Terra in Brazil, Man and Biosphere in China, among others.