The Global Landscapes Forum challenged photographers around the world to submit their best images relating to sustainability. The top 24 Jury shortlisted photos were on display during the COP20 in one of the prime locations in Lima, Kennedy Park, where thousands of passersby had a chance to look at them while the Peruvian capital was hosting the UN climate negotiations.
Photographer’s comment: “Esta foto fue tomada en Huancaya. En una de sus maravillosas lagunas, un caballo blanco emerge de entre los altos pastos dentro de uno de los pocos lugares donde sobrevive la naturaleza, sin embargo, no podemos evitar ver
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Photographer’s comment: “Eso es un recuerdo del pueblito que queda a 3 horas de Lima. Es un pueblo muy acojedor, muy turistico en donde sus habitantes crian ganado. Es como si se hubiera detenido el tiempo en ese lugar no
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Photographer’s comment: “Eso es una vista cercana a lo que es el volcan mas conocido de Arequipa, una ciudad mas despejada que Lima. Su cielo es azul y tiene restaurantes turísticos en donde se puede probar el rocoto relleno chupe
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Photographer’s comment: “La foto fue tomada en la provincia de Tochache, Departamento de San Martín, Perú. Refleja a un lugar a las afueras de la ciudad, en donde, por motivos de ampliación de sus actividades productivas, están talando las áreas
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Photographer’s comment: “When forest and natural environment are well maintained, it will benefit the surrounding community.”
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Photographer’s comment: “El río Tambopata nace a 3900 msnm. en el altiplano boliviano y se desarrolla casi completamente en territorio peruano, y especialmente, en su Amazonía. Al entrar al departamento de de Madre de Dios, es protegido por el
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Photographer’s comment: “Umayo Lagoon is a singular lake, deeply sunk in the rocky plateau in the Puno Region of Peru. It loses most of its water through evaporation under the fierce sun and strong winds of the dry Altiplano. The
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Photographer’s comment: “Photo taken in Yungay Province (”warm valley” in Quechua), in the Ancash Region of Peru. The area is characterized by its contrasting landscapes, although located in a highly seismic zone. In this scenario, one of the biggest challenges
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Photographer’s comment: “A Barbary macaque sits in a cork oak (Quercus suber) in the forest of Bouhachem, northern Morocco. I took this photo in October 2014 while working with Barbary Macaque Awareness and Conservation, an interdisciplinary project which protects the
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Photographer’s comment: “Houses perch on the lower slopes of mountains in the calcareous massif in northern Morocco. I took this photo in May 2014 while working with Barbary Macaque Awareness and Conservation to speak to people in the massif about
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Photographer’s comment: “La puja constante entre la explotación minera de los suelos, evidenciada en la imágen vs los bosques, que pueden ser o bien reforestados, o naturales, la polémica es caso aparte.”
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Photographer’s comment: “La photo muestra una casa típica de la zona construida a base de madera y otros materiales, adaptada al clima, ya que cuenta con la altura suficiente para que no se inunde en invierno, dado que el agua
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Photographer’s comment: “La photo muestra el medio de transporte y de trabajo de las personas de la zona principalmente utilizados para la pesca artesanal, ya sea para autoconsumo o la venta.”
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Photographer’s comment: “It was not long before that this place was heading towards becoming a barren state and desertification. All this was on account of excessive deforestation and over-grazing practices carried out by the local folks. It was only after
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Photographer’s comment: “Catarata del Breo en el bio corredor de Martin Sagrado en el area de Concesión para la Conservación El Breo, alto Huayabamba.”
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Photographer’s comment: “This was a very unusual observation, made at Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Peru.”
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Photographer’s comment: “This is the view I had for 5 years from my porch. However, all is covered in clouds for most of the time. This was the only day in 5 years that I could see the sky without
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