Shawn Heinrichs is an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, photographer, scuba diver, and marine conservationist. You may recognize him from the documentary, Racing Extinction. As an investigative conservation journalist, Shawn has gone undercover to expose the most disturbing elements of the endangered species trade. His conservation focus areas include ending the global slaughter of sharks, protecting manta and mobula rays, and establishing marine protected areas.

Included stories

  • Going undercover to expose the endangered species trade
  • Saving a manta ray
  • Getting surrounded by a juvenile gang in Ecuador
  • Finding HUNDREDS of whale sharks together in one place
  • His amazing work protecting endangered marine species by guiding and supporting communities towards sustainable industries

Please check out and support Shawn’s work

http://www.shawnheinrichs.com/
https://www.bluespherefoundation.org/
http://www.bluespheremedia.com/
https://www.sealegacy.org/collective
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Sources for topics discussed

Anderson Cooper / Shawn Heinrichs: https://cnn.it/2K9YExW
Shark decline: https://bit.ly/2LXCSik
CITES: https://www.cites.org/
Yao Ming WildAid campaign: https://wildaid.org/ambassadors/yao-ming/
California driftnets: https://www.sealegacy.org/pages/ban-deathnets
Marine protected areas in Indonesia: https://bit.ly/2LUILgs
Misool dive resort and conservation center: https://www.misool.info/
Hannah Mermaid: http://www.hannahmermaid.com/
Manta rays mirror self-awareness: https://bit.ly/25hb5hO
CITES manta ray protection: https://www.cites.org/eng/prog/shark/more.php
Indonesia fishing village success story for manta rays: https://bit.ly/2JGfW6e
Sea Sanctuaries: http://www.seasanctuaries.org/
Major corporations using palm oil from illegal rainforest destruction: https://bit.ly/2uIGKhm
Whale shark aggregation: https://bit.ly/2LEYUd5
The Unnatural History of the Seas by Callum Roberts: https://bit.ly/2LxOY5y
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina: https://nyti.ms/2K4hRkl
Game Changers documentary: http://gamechangersmovie.com/