CALL TO ACTION: PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CONSERVATION EXPEDITION ASSIGNMENT FOR RARE ENDANGERED AFRICAN BUTTERFLY: AFRICAN GIANT SWALLOWTAIL.

Documentary-photography/movie-making and conservation management executive concept.

Objective of photographic assignment is to create last visual documents on endangered butterfly

species. Photography and movie-making story-line has wildlife conservation and ecological

statemant. Vision is to explore biological data of species, landscape ecology and movement

Of human-animal conflict. identification of recent population structure and source–sink dynamics.

Circuitscape analysis: comparison of maximum likelihood population effects (MLPE) models explaining

estimated dispersal between populations of the butterfly. Least cost transect analysis: comparison of

maximum likelihood population effects (MLPE) models explaining genetic differentiation (FST)

between populations of the butterfly.

Photographic and movie story-line objective is to create quality and educational biodiversity media content

and share it through media plattform and exhibitions. Aim is to create conservation message and show

biodiversity as sustainable business investment and market-oriented long-term model.

Team delivery:

Assignment has multiple collaboration pattern and multivariate methods.

I. Society for the Conservation and Study of Lepidoptera in Slovenia.

II. Data management on species: DR. Szabolcs Sáfián, INTERNATIONAL EXPERT, LEADER

III. Photographic and movie-making directory: Matic Suc

OBJECTIVE: Wider partnership; working with leadership scientist, biologists and conservationists to gallerists, journalists, economists...