This magazine is for all of you who are interested in what’s happening around the world on the frontlines of conservation. Research, art initiatives, amateurs, and professionals alike — everyone can be part of nature conservation. 

I am so incredibly proud once again to share this magazine with you. Issue 16 marks the end of our fourth year in business, and that in itself is something to celebrate. 

But I don’t want this post to be about me at all. I want it to be about the team behind Ubuntu Magazine. With a current team of 25, and realizing that Ubuntu Magazine started as a one-man kitchen-table idea so relatively short ago, is insane to me. 

So I want to thank all of them, and all of you. Team members, contributors and readers alike. Without the support of all of you, we wouldn’t be where we are today. 

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but that can also be applied to wild ideas like these. So tonight I say ‘Cheers’ to Ubuntu’s village! To many more years of creating awareness and stories about the frontlines of conservation, and reaching people all across the world.

Read Ubuntu Magazine issue 16 here