Dereck Joubert is a world renown and award-winning, filmmaker, explorer and conservationist. He is one of just 12 National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence, and has worked primarily in Africa on big cats for over 30 years. He has dedicated his life to saving the wild places that protect the large iconic species, and as a founder of the Big Cats Initiative with National Geographic, has led an effort that has funded over 100 grants in 27 countries. Recipient of eight Emmys, a Peabody, Panda awards, the World Ecology Award and the Presidential Order of Meritorious Service by the President of Botswana, Dereck is also the CEO of Great Plains Conservation, and its Foundation established to protect wild land, presently managing over one and a half million acres in Africa.