In its 2024 International Youth Art Contest, held annually to mark World Wildlife Day (WWD), the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW) is highlighting the role of digital technology in safeguarding animals and plants that are on the verge of extinction.
Themed Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation, the contest calls on young artistes aged 4 to 18 years to submit artworks depicting a specie that benefits from the innovative technologies such as camera traps, tracking collars or tags, remote sensors, smartphone apps, VHS Radio and Satellite tracking system etc.
Contestants need not portray these devices, just the animal and plants that these technologies are used on. The specie can be depicted either as an individual animal portrait or in its native habitat. Parents guardians and teachers are welcome to research such digi-tech methods with their children.
In line with the contest’s theme, submissions can be rendered either in traditional artforms – markers, pencil, crayons, coloured pencils or paint, or digital art – created with illustration software.
Contest is open till February 6, 2024, while finalists and winning entries will be presented at the WWD event scheduled March 4, 2024.
The International Youth Day Contest is held by IFAW in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
