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IVORY: A Crime Story

August 15, 2015 Bryan Christy

My latest piece for National Geographic, Tracking Ivory, is the cover of the magazine’s September issue and the subject of WARLORDS OF IVORY, the premiere episode of National Geographic’s Explorer series, airing August 30, 2015 on the National Geographic Channel.

Here’s a link to the online version of the magazine story which is part of an incredible package of photographs, interactive maps, videos, and surveys about the ivory trade, terrorism, and ivory consumption.

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This project is the result of work by an extraordinary team across multiple National Geographic platforms, including Photographer Brent Stirton; Filmmakers J.J. Kelley, John Heminway, Toby Strong, Pablo Durana, Jessica Harrop, Josh Thomas; Map Genius Virginia Mason, and more. Click on the links for these people and you’ll see the Mission Impossible team behind the stories.

Blog Post, Ivory, Terrorism Brad Scriber, Brent Stirton, central Africa, elephants, Garamba, Heidi Schultz, ivory, Jessica Harrop, JJ Kelley, John Heminway, Josh Thomas, Kony, National Geographic, Pablo Durana, Sudan, Terrorism, Toby Strong, Virginia Mason

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