The Global Landscapes Forum challenged photographers around the world to submit their best images relating to sustainability. The top 24\u00a0Jury shortlisted photos<\/span><\/a>\u00a0were\u00a0on display<\/span><\/a>\u00a0during 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.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Photographer’s comment: “After decades of wanton exploitation and rapacious activities taking place in the coal belts of Meghalaya, India, the order issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to stop rat-hole coal mining across Meghalaya has lighted a ray <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photographer’s comment: “Other than illegal coal mining, Jhum cultivation, also known as shifting cultivation – a farming technique involving clearing\u00a0large tracts of hilly forest land to cultivate until\u00a0the soil is infertile – is still being practiced <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photographer’s comment: “Some forms of mining in the\u00a0<\/em>Jaintia Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya, were\u00a0banned by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on complaints by some organisations that the water of nearby rivulets and streams was turning acidic.<\/em>“<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photographer’s comment: “Water flows from a small dam, rotating\u00a0the wheel,\u00a0activating the rice pounder. Farmers are using\u00a0waterwheels to put an added value on the\u00a0<\/span>rice<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0People are managing water catchments through traditional forest management called\u00a0<\/em>parak<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photographer’s comment: “A seaweed farmer on Nusa Lembonga, Indonesia, tends to his crop at low tide, while his young child splashes in the background. These smallholder seaweed farmers often tend their crops as well as holding down additional employment <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photographer’s comment: “This picture was taken in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia in\u00a0July 2014. During the dry season the cattle is taken to the lowlands (which is flooded the rest of the year) for grazing. The topography, combined with <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photographer’s comment: “This picture was taken at the seaside (Mexico, February 2010) during a moment where tides were changing. The image represents the fact that the current natural resource management is affecting the environment faster than we could evolve <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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