Fay’s overflights revealed raised terraces that suggested past cultivation. Fay theorizes that the region may have been depopulated by the slave trade.
A circle of clouds is reflected in the surface of Lac Tele in northern Congo. Fay’s idea for the Megatransect was inspired by years of flying over Central Africa, conducting aerial surveys of elephants.
A conservationist sets out to survey 2,000 miles of untamed African forest on foot. His goal is to chronicle and ultimately protect the region. This is the first part in a series of three. J. Michael Fay, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, leads…