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.
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Photographer’s comment: “People live in this key conservation area and biodiversity hotspot by using sustainably the natural resources in the flooded forests and rivers.”
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Photographer’s comment: “For ten months I have worked as an ecologist on the island Mahe, in the Seychelles, on a project that quantified the impact of habitat restoration on ecosystem integrity and sustainability. One day in the field saw this
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Photographer’s comment: “A traveller on a leisure cruise on the Tambopata River, Peru, takes a ‘’selfie’’. Tourism is a viable sustainable alternative to forest clearing, logging and clear-cutting. Opportunities exist widely for its implementation in a responsible manner. We are
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Photographer’s comment: “Much can be learned from age-old sustainable land management systems such as those found in rural Peru. The care taken in manufacturing traditional garments such as those from Canas, Cusco, Peru shown here reflects the care shown by
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Photographer’s comment: “Forests have many benefits for the community and can provide sustainable livelihoods.”
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Photographer’s comment: “The area comprises a critical land of more than 30,000 ha covered by different types of forests with the goal of supplying clean drinking water to 1.4 million people in the greater Seattle area. Managing these
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Photographer’s comment: “This photo was taken in the region known as “el pantanal” in Brazil, one of the most amazing yet fragile ecosystems on earth. The place is flooded once a year, which is why the tree is submerged
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Photographer’s comment: “Meet the Marmosets (Pygmy Marmosets; Amazonia Peru); Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella pygmaea) are the smallest monkeys on Earth, they’re one representative of the arboreal mammalian group that has the largest biomass in the Amazon Rainforest. Monkeys serve
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Photographer’s comment: “Salalah, Oman is truly unique landscape compared to other Gulf Country. In general, countries rich in petroleum is very difficult to find a green area. During the monsooon (Arabic: Khareef) in Salalah, Oman, most of the camels
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