Jimmy De Bock
I discovered Africa in 2005 when I went to Botswana, one of the continent’s most unspoiled country. I had wanted to go for a long time to Africa. I have always been drawn to nature and wild animals. This trip triggered my passion for wildlife and Africa overall.
I like everything about Africa: the light, the sun, the people, the sounds, the dust, the wild, the animals. I feel it is so intense, so generous. It is also a harsh environment, unfair at times and difficult to handle.
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I regularly go to Africa and plan on getting more involved with international and local NGO’s. If you are interested in following my endeavors, look for me on these channels…
A word from Catherine Bearder, Member of the European Parliament:
I was honored to launch my work “Africa. Endangered.” in presence of Catherine Bearder, MEP on December 3rd 2019.
“This endangered species photo exhibition is timely. The EU Action Plan, which includes Wildlife Trafficking, runs only until 2020. It is little known that the world’s fourth largest organised crime is wildlife trafficking. The European Union must revisit this monumental issue. A new Action Plan, under the Commission President’s guidance, must sit squarely as part of the European Green Deal, due in December.
Europeans have a vital role to play in protecting global biodiversity – and yet too often we are the marketplace that drives the destruction. A new Action Plan is urgent and should do more to protect threatened and endangered species, so they have a fighting chance of survival in the wild.”
