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Natalie is a very passionate self-taught artist, born and based in Essex, UK, wildlife being her inspiration. Natalie nurtured her own technique over two decades specialising in realistic fine art, and has become renown for her realistic pastel drawings, she also uses charcoal and acrylic. Through teaching herself as a hobby whilst working in retail, Natalie begun her journey as a professional artist in 2001, and flourished, winning multiple awards over the years including ‘BBC wildlife artist of the year’. Through her artwork she expresses her love for wildlife, nature, giving back wherever she can, raising awareness, supporting invaluable conservation projects and charities in various ways; including donating her artwork, fundraisers, raffles, to donating a % of the sales. In addition to her studio work, she takes on commissions such as any wildlife, pets and people portraits to birdlife and wildscapes. Wildlife has been such a huge part of her life that she cannot imagine or live in a world without wildlife; this is why she strongly believes in doing her part for conservation, to help save what has and continues to give her so much.
This species is considered to be Vulnerable due to ongoing population reduction estimated to be slightly greater than 30% in the past three generations (33 years) due to habitat loss, illegal hunting, road-kill and competition with livestock, and the current rate of decline is projected to continue for the next three generations (33 years). Although this rate of decline seems improbable considering the species’ occurrence in the vast Amazon, the fact is that the species has been extirpated over large portions of its range and severely reduced in other large portions. Lowland tapir populations seem unlikely to persist anywhere humans occur at densities any greater than 1/km².
The estimated 30% decline over three generations takes into consideration the entire global range and was calculated using an average of reduction between a variety of biomes. Although only about 15-20% of the Amazon has been deforested in the past 30 years, 90% of the Atlantic forests have disappeared and 40% of the Pantanal has been converted to human use. Most of the Cerrado and Caatinga biomes have been converted to agriculture and cattle ranching, however this has happened over a period greater than three generations. Even where habitat remains, populations are reduced and dispersed due to the effects of hunting, which is greatly amplified around increasing human populations and settlement of the Amazon basin, especially along rivers and in the Andean foothills.
The effects of deforestation, hunting, and competition from domestic livestock have all contributed to population declines and fragmentation in the past and are inferred to continue at the present rate (if not more) into the future. An increase in road-kill is leading to tapir population declines in the Cerrado, the Pantanal, and the Atlantic Forest. Deforestation is increasing in certain parts of the species’ range (e.g. Chaco Forest), while subsistence hunting and a developing wild-meat industry may cause further declines in the future. The Lowland Tapir is now either completely absent or severely fragmented across much of its historic range, with the Northern Amazon and the remaining Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay) becoming important strongholds as southern, eastern and northwestern populations are declining rapidly.
SOURCE: IUCN REDLIST
