Emirates Nature–WWF · Documentary series
The Conservation Diaries
Stories of conservation, from restoring mangroves to the people documenting the UAE’s natural world.
Conservation is a story about people as much as landscapes. The Conservation Diaries brings the work of Emirates Nature–WWF into view through an episodic documentary format.
Our role
Documentary storytelling produced with Emirates Nature–WWF.
The Floating Forest explores mangrove restoration in the UAE. Voices of Change follows citizen scientists mapping the country’s species and habitats.
Together, the episodes make space for both the environments being protected and the people doing the work. Each offers a way into a larger conservation story through a specific place or human perspective.
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Audio-led animation · Legacy film
From narration to an animated life story
Ayni Studios
Produced by Ayni Studios, The Surgeon Who Crossed the Sea turns the surgeon’s voice narration into an animated life story, combining painted imagery and photographs.
LUMIX channel collaborationBrand & documentary collaboration
Women artisans of the Amazon
Panasonic Global · LUMIX
An Amazon women artisans’ collective, filmed in collaboration with Panasonic Global for LUMIX.
In production
BCRN programme film
Nature as our first line of defence
Emirates Nature–WWF · WWF · IFRC
One film supporting a global initiative. Showcased at COP30 and the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025.
Brand documentary · Supply-chain transparency
Seafood traceability, from the water onwards
Seafood Souq
An Ayni Studios film made in Cape Town, South Africa, connecting pole-and-line tuna fishing with Seafood Souq’s work on digital seafood traceability.
Brand stories · Community impact films
Sustainability through people and action
Goumbook
Four Ayni Studios films for Goumbook: its founder story, Give a Ghaf, food-waste recovery, and coastal conservation in the UAE.
Travel films · Wildlife storytelling
Life and adventure in the Peruvian Amazon
Amazonia Expeditions
Four Ayni Studios films for Amazonia Expeditions, bringing rainforest wildlife, the journey to Tahuayo Lodge, and a canopy adventure to its audience.
Creator collaboration · Environmental storytelling
Marine conservation with Mahdi Laith
Mahdi Laith
Ayni Studios’ collaboration with environmental creator Mahdi Laith on a film about releasing sharks and stingrays at Jebel Ali Reserve in Dubai.
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