Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE)
A new and innovative project of the International League of Conservation Photographers is the RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition). RAVE was co-developed by Patricio Robles Gil and the International League of Conservation Photographers to address a specific need in conservation and contribute compelling communications tools to the work of local organizations, concerned citizen groups as well as large-scale conservation efforts.
Upcoming RAVES
Flathead River Valley, British Columbia, Canada July 16-29 2009 – The Flathead river valley is directly adjacent to the world’s oldest Transfrontier Park (Waterton-Glacier). The pristine valley is threatened by mountain top coal mining, strip mining, clear-cut logging and coal-bed methane drilling, this RAVE will call attention to the campaign to protect the valley under the proposed Wildlife Management Area special land use plan and complete the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Read more >
Yucatan, Mexico July-September 2009 – The Yucatan RAVE will document deforestation, tourism, forest fires, flagship species and areas of conservation priority on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. This RAVE will directly precede WILD9, and therefore has the rare opportunity to present current images and multi-media to decision makers that can shape a new vision for the development and conservation of the Yucatan. Read more >
Each RAVE deploys a team of highly-skilled photographers, video-graphers, journalists and others into the designated, typically threatened or ‘hotspot,’ region, for an intense multi-day full visual and media assessment. Upon return, the RAVE team with the ILCP staff and partners develop a poignant and attractive communication campaign that raises awareness and action at local, national and international levels.
The first RAVE, in April, 2007, documented the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve (Chiapas, Mexico). Photographers Patricio Robles-Gil, Jaime Rojo, Patricia Rojo, Thomas Mangelsen, Florian Shultz, Fluvio Eccardi and Jack Dykinga documented this Mesoamerican Hotspot. Read more about the El Triunfo RAVE >
Subsequent RAVEs have occurred in:
Balandra, Mexico, September 15-18, 2007
Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008
Wyoming Range, USA, May 19-21 2008
Borderlands (Mexico/USA), January-February 2009
