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Joshua Asel

Managing Editor, Manager - Global Parks Network

Joshua "All Terrain" Asel is an award-winning wildlife conservation photographer and certified Marine Ecology Naturalist, with a photographic emphasis on coastal and marine habitats, birds of prey, and threatened/endangered species and national parks. His conservation projects have taken him to South America, Central America, and Africa. He's an Emerging Member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), a Board Member of the Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County, a member of the Ethics Committee for the North American Nature Photography Association, and is sponsored by Think Tank Photo.

While in Panama, Joshua became an Honorary Tribe Member of the Naso Indigenous People for his work helping them document their culture and patrolling with their rangers. His current main project revolves around critically endangered California condor conservation, with focused efforts to establish a new home base in Sonoma County for the Condor Recovery Program. He's also appeared on multiple judging panels, advised on mountain lion safety for land trusts, and acted as a consultant and principal photographer to help establish a new redwood forest preserve in Healdsburg, California.