THE FILE 40,000 2¼.

OVERVIEW Extensive in-depth coverage of East and Southern Africa (including Madagascar and Seychelles), South and S.E. Asia, N.E. Siberia, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula and Ross Sea regions) and Ecuador. Natural history and wide-ranging general travel coverage.

NATURAL HISTORY Extensive African, Asian, Australian, New Zealand and Antarctica studies. Also Argentina and Ecuador in South America. Wildlife and flora in natural habitats (including endangered/rare species): Amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, insects; closeups, portraits, action/behavior. Wildlife aerials. Indigenous flora, fungi. Forests: Cloudy-moss, montane, subtropical, temperate, tropical rain. Evocative moods. Geology (including volcanoes). Pollution, deforestation, population pressures. Wilderness landscapes/habitats: Bushveld, national parks, aerials, evocative moods, mountains, volcanoes, deserts, savannas, coasts, wetlands, swamps, mangroves, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, coasts, forests, tropical islands, beaches, conservation, indigenous tribes and peoples.

GENERAL STOCK Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Also Argentina and Ecuador in South America. Adventure travel, ecotourism, forts, gold and diamond industries, handcrafts, historic sites and monuments, landscapes, people, tribal life, rural life, rafting, hiking, trekking, ethnic art, cultures. Markets, cities, towns, urban life. Agriculture. Churches, mosques, Buddhist and Hindu temples and art.

SPECIALTIES Habitats, indigenous flora, landscapes, natural history and wildlife in the national parks, reserves and wilderness regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Asia: Bhutan, Brunei, India, Indonesia (including Kalimantan in Borneo and Irian Jaya in New Guinea), Malaysia (Peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak), Nepal, Russia (Kamchatka and N.E. Siberia coastal region), Sri Lanka, Thailand. Australia, New Zealand: Includes offshore and sub-Antarctic islands. Latin America: Argentina (Bariloche, Iguazu Falls, Valdez Peninsula), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Ecuador. Antarctica: Peninsula and Ross Sea regions, including South Georgia, South Shetlands and Falkland Islands. Other: St Helena (South Atlantic), Cook Islands (South Pacific), Tasmania.

RECENT COVERAGE Bhutan: landscape, natural history, wild flora, culture and people.

CREDITS Magazines/Newspapers: Altair (Spain), Ask, BBC Wildlife, Colors, Elle Decor, Escape, Focus, Forbes, International Wildlife, Islands, Living Planet, Los Angeles Times, MBA Jungle, Muse, National Geographic Traveler, Natural History, Neue Revue, New Scientist, New York Times, Outside, Ranger Rick, Response, Stuff, Traveler, Travel Holiday, Travel + Leisure, Viajes National Geographic (Spain), Vogue (Germany), Wildlife Conservation. Books: Allyn & Bacon, Britannica, Crabtree, Dorling Kindersley, Farrar Strauss Giroux, Franklin Watts, Freeman, Glencoe/McGraw Hill, Grolier, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Insight Guides (APA), Lerner, Macmillan, Microsoft, National Geographic, Norton, Oxford University Press, Pearson Education, Prentice Hall School, Pronk, Quarasan Group, Random House, Reader's Digest, Rigby Education, Sadlier, St. Martin's Press, Scholastic, Scott Foresman, Sierra Madre, Standard Educational, Time for Kids, Voyageur, Weldon Owen, World Book. Author/Photographer: 30 books on Africa, Asia, New Zealand. Recent titles by MIT: Wild series, including Wild India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand. Also by New Holland, London: This Is series, including This Is Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Namibia, Zimbabwe. Latest: The National Parks & Other Wild Places series, including Indonesia (2000), Malaysia (1999), Thailand (2001). Advertising/Corporate: Canon. Other: Displays, brochures, calendars. Arbor Day Foundation, Avian Health USA, BBC, Bhutan golden langur stamp series, California Science Center, Denver Zoo, Field Museum of Natural History, Greenpeace Australia, Holland America Line, Kodak, Lowry Park Zoo (Tampa), Miami Zoo Aviary, Monterey Bay Aquarium, New York Aquarium, Point Defiance Zoo, Shearson Publishing, South African banknote design, Quark Expeditions, Saga Holidays, Society Expeditions, Travel Dynamics, Trees for Life.

COMMENTS Prompt dispatch of edited submissions with clear, accurate captions. Available for assignments.