Photographer’s comment: “Inle Lake is the second largest lake in Myanmar and contains a lot of endemic species. People live around the lake in small villages, on the shore line or even in houses build with long pilotis. Communities live

Photographer’s comment: “Tropical mangrove forest ecosystems are considered one of the most important carbon reservoirs on Earth and are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world forming forests of salt-tolerant tree and shrub species, with complex food

Photographer’s comment: “A natural geo-transformation occurs as rivers meander and trap water, creating a habitat for many river dwelling species such as; Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger), Giant River Otters (Pteronura brasilientis), dozens of species of fish and hundreds of

Photographer’s comment: “An 11-month-long drought, worsened by a weak monsoon, has affected over 1.6 million people in Sri Lanka this year. However, water is in abundant supply, in this ancient reservoir in the Island’s Anuradhapura district. One of 18 such

Photographer’s comment: “The sun rises over a glorious Sri Lankan landscape. For the villagers watching the balloons drift over their homes and fields, these floating giants are objects first of fear and then of curiosity and delight. The recent influx

Photographer’s comment: “In this picture, the rock walls and floor of Ruwanwelisaya, an ancient stupa sacred to Buddhists all over the world, are made scorching by the midday sun. A nun sits on the hot floor beside the stupa, shaded

Photographer’s comment: “Proximity and easy access are key determinants of the rate at which natural resources deplete. The challenge is in finding a good balance between what we take and what we leave. This landscape presents a mosaic of

Photographer’s comment: “This picture captures the scene of a typical day at a local coffee farm in the central highlands of Costa Rica, where both men and women dynamically interact with the landscape and amongst each other with no

Photographer’s comment: “A group of elephant patrol just back from the forest in Mane, Aceh, Indonesia.  The patrol team uses captive elephants to monitor illegal mining, illegal logging, poaching and forest fire. The elephant patrol report their findings to

Photographer’s comment: “Umek bubu, a smoky kitchen and food storage of traditional households in Timor, Indonesia.  In Timor, the dry season can last a long time, up to 8-10 months in a year.  When the rainy season comes, farmers

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Photographer’s comment: “A hiker on the Redwood Canyon Trail passes through old-growth forest in the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks of the United States. National parks such as these (numbering 59 in the USA) preserve the nation’s natural

Photographer’s comment: “Santiago Tamo Noza plays the violin in the Bolivian Jungle in the National Park and Indigenous reserve TIPNIS. He belongs to the  San Miguelito delIsiboro community and is a Mojeño indigenous man.  A little over three years

Photographer’s comment: “Photo shot in the highlands of central Ecuador on the way to a field site on the edge of Sangay National Park. I like this photo because it’s a beautiful landscape shot and because it shows the multi-functional

Photographer’s comment: “Photo shot in the Castle Crown Wilderness in the Canadian Rockies while teaching a conservation studies field course on the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) ecosystem. I like this photo for it’s depth of field and combination of distances.

Photographer’s comment: “Photo shot in the Jatiluwih rice fields in central Bali, Indonesia. These sprawling, elaborately terraced rice fields are a world heritage site. To explore them is to step into a world of wonder where the landscape has been

Photographer’s comment: “Cuando se lo permite, la naturaleza por sí sola, puede convertirse en una gran fuente de riquezas económicas para una nación a través del turismo, lo que contribuye a conservar la biodiversidad y los recursos naturales. Como es