Ben Pama is armed with a background in Economics and Sustainable Development, and is working as a Creative Producer at ReWild Africa. His desire is to harness the power of storytelling to amplify authentic voices and inspire change.
Watch The Plant Shepherd: A renowned botanist battles to save unique plants in South Africa produced and directed by CNN Academy participant Ben Pama. Cinematographer and editor: David Nivison. In the heart of the Richtersveld, the world’s most biodiverse arid landscape, an ecological crisis is unfolding. Award-winning botanist Pieter van Wyk is battling to save the vanishing flora from extinction.