MATTHIAS PAV

CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 WORDS?

1. Passionate

3. Perseverance

2. Laughter

WHAT IS YOUR PERFECT IDEA OF HAPPINESS?

Being healthy, at ease, love giving and feeling loved.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO IN LIFE?

The more you put yourself in uncomfortable positions, the more you'll get comfortable in life.

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT OBSESSION ?

Nature and science related content creation

WHAT WAS YOUR MOST LIFE CHANGING TRIP ?

My first volunteering trip in 2018, working with cheetahs, in South Africa. From the first animal encounter, I knew immediately that working with animals is what makes me happy and would make me happy for the rest of my life.

WHAT PLACE IN EARTH ARE YOU DREAMING OF VISITING (but haven’t been yet) ?

South east Asia; visiting the rainforest and it's incredible, rare inhabitants, climbing mountains such as in the Zhangjiajie Forest and swimming in the tropical, vibrant waters like in Halong bay.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL ?

The pygmy Marmoset.

After Googling it, you'll know why.

WHICH PERSON DO YOU LOOK UP TO THE MOST ?

If i have to pick one person, David Attenborough. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity, in time, to have a conversation with this incredible human being.

WHAT IS THE DAILY GESTURE THAN YOU DO TO REDUCE YOUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT ?

Eat seasonal and mainly products either from the garden or from the village.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR NEXT TRIP WITH THE ASSIOCIATION YOU ADVOCATE FOR?

I'm hoping South, East Asia or Australia.

Bio:

My name is Matthias Pavlov, my father in from Prague and my mother is from Flanders, Belgium. I grew up in the country side right at the border of Brussels.

My parents raised me in a way that made me appreciate nature from a very early age. Because my father lived in Madagascar for some years, my earliest wildlife related memories are about Lemurs and chameleons in the forest and the warm African ocean filled with extraordinary sea creatures. As a teen, I was lucky enough that my parents continued to show me the natural wonders of the planet and teach me to respect and protect them. I started travelling for modelling when I also started studying Bio engineering at the Ghent University, agricultural and botanical engineering to be more specific. In my third year of Uni, I finally decided to travel to Africa on my own for my first wildlife volunteering experience. This trip changed my life. I have always greatly looked up to and been immensely inspired by David Attenborough, Steven Irwin and other wildlife reporters. Not only do they contribute personally to wildlife conservation, they also inspire millions of people to do so. I never thought I could one day be in that position...until I made my first short videos on instagram and unexpectedly inspired some people to have a volunteering experience of their own or just be more fascinated by fauna and flora in general. From that point on, I realized that I only needed a camera, a tripod, the internet, a lot of willpower, passion, and research to make meaningful wildlife videos. Even though, I’m still far from my dream of one day being a full time wildlife reporter/documentary maker and conservationist, there is currently nothing else I love doing more than making animal related videos. If I get to inspire even just one person doing so, it already gives the greatest satisfaction.