▁with ▁non pro fit ▁organizations , ▁such ▁as ▁Green pe ace , ▁the ▁World ▁Wild life ▁Foundation ▁( W WF ), ▁and ▁Ear ▁to ▁the ▁Earth , ▁to ▁capture ▁and ▁preserve ▁the ▁unique ▁son ic ▁her itage ▁of ▁the ▁world ’ s ▁rapidly ▁van ishing , ▁last ▁remaining ▁areas ▁of ▁und ist urbed ▁primary ▁equ atorial ▁rain for est ; ▁his ▁many ▁thousands ▁of ▁hours ▁of ▁field ▁work ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁growing ▁sound ▁bank ▁of ▁these ▁remote ▁e cos ystem s , ▁which ▁provides ▁raw ▁data ▁for ▁the ▁scientific ▁analysis ▁and ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁world ’ s ▁most ▁crit ically ▁end anger ed ▁b iod iversity ▁hot sp ots ; ▁and ▁for ▁raising ▁public ▁aw aren ess ▁and ▁fost ering ▁disc ourse ▁on ▁the ▁b iod iversity ▁crisis ▁through ▁his ▁musical ▁compos itions ▁and ▁imm ers ive ▁sound ▁install ations . ▁ ▁F rag ments ▁of ▁Ext inction ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁past ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁( since ▁ 1 9 9 0 ), ▁composer ▁David ▁Mon ac chi ▁has ▁conducted ▁field ▁record ings ▁throughout ▁Europe , ▁Africa , ▁S out heast ▁Asia , ▁North ▁and ▁South ▁America . ▁During ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁pilot ▁project ▁in ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁Amazon ▁conducted ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Green pe ace , ▁Mon ac chi ▁collected ▁his ▁first ▁high - definition ▁‘ sound ▁port ra its ’ ▁of ▁an ▁int act ▁tropical ▁e cos ystem . ▁With ▁these ▁unique ▁record ings , ▁he ▁composed ▁the ▁e co - ac