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Raftsund, Lofoten/Vesterålen, Norway
Raftsund between the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen. It is one of the most scenic fjords in Northern Norway, visited by cruise ships. Tourists are getting impressed by the beauty of nature and often take the opportunity to go on a sea eagle safari with smaller boats.
By Peter Prokosch
Tourists photographing thick-billed guillemots, Alkefjelet, Svalbard
WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations and scientific institutions used their experience to create ten principles a ...
By Peter Prokosch
polar bear looking for whale cadaver under water, Svalbard
More than any other animal, the polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is recognized as the symbol of the Arctic. With white fur and a sub-skin blubber providing insulation, the polar bear has adapted to live in severe cold conditions. The polar bear finds the majority of its prey on the sea ice – mostly ...
By Peter Prokosch
Male and female Polar bear feeding on a seal, pack ice North of Svalbard
More than any other animal, the polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is recognized as the symbol of the Arctic. With white fur and a sub-skin blubber providing insulation, the polar bear has adapted to live in severe cold conditions. The polar bear finds the majority of its prey on the sea ice – mostly ...
By Peter Prokosch
Dark-bellied brent geese (branta b. bernicla,) Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park
The Dark-bellied Brent Geese breeds during the short Arctic summer on the northernmost coast and offshore islands of the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia/Russian Federation. It winters along the coasts of South-East England, Northwest France and the Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea and is ...
By Peter Prokosch
Himalaya mountain top
The warming trend in the Himalayas is higher than the global average – a cause for grave concern. The Himalayas, with the greatest concentration of ice outside the polar regions (and hence dubbed ‘the third pole’), is ‘the water tower of Asia’, providing water to 1.3 billion people, a ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Himalayas and township
The Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is highly dynamic as there are many socioeconomic and environmental drivers of change at play, including climate change. The impacts of these changes challenge the resilience of natural and human capacities and environments in the region.
By Lawrence Hislop
Meat drying, Nepal
By 2050, as projected by FAO, global cereal production needs to be around 3000 million tonnes in order to meet demand. However, some estimates suggest that due to environmental degradation in the watersheds, floods, and reduced water flow due to climate change in the Hindu KushHimalayas ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Woman working in field, Nepal
Enhancing adaptive capacity and reducing the negative impacts of climate change and other drivers will decrease the vulnerability of mountain communities, including women. The resilience of communities can be built and adaptation fostered by using the indigenous and local knowledge o ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Himalayan river bridge
Impacts of the shrinkage and disappearance of mountain glaciers include changes in the flow characteristics of glacierfed rivers, glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in the Andes and Asia, and changing flood severity and frequency.
By Lawrence Hislop
Agricultural land, Nepal
The irrigated cropland in the basins of the Asian rivers originating in the Himalayas that are most dependent upon the mountains for water flow, comprises approximately 857,830,000 ha. Water from the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and the central Asian mountain region thus supports the production of ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Private yacht in polar waters
Travelling by boat in the waters around Svalbard offers unparalleled access to many of the most interesting sights the archipelago has to offer. In recent years, around 40 private yachts visit Svalbard each year.
By Bjorn Alfthan
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
The Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, part of the University of California Natural Reserve System, is an area of swampy land reserved and preserved for wildlife. It serves as a stopover area for migratory birds, and provides nursery and shelter for many fish species. The reserve protects this impo ...
By Gerick Bergsma (Marine Photobank)
‘Slow is beautiful’, two-toed sloth in Ecuador
The sloth is only found in tropical forest regions of South and Central America. This slow but gentle mammal spends most of its life in the trees where it sleeps and feed on mainly leaves. Their stomachs are similar to those of ruminants – multi-chambered and with a high number of bacteria which ...
By Anne Solgaard
Berchtesgaden national park, Germany
Berchtestagen national park is located in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany bordering Austria. Local farmers use the area for alpine farming and the park is a good example of how cultural values are merged with conservation efforts. Livestock spend the summer months in the fertile meadows an ...
By Peter Prokosch
Cleared land in the Amazon Jungle, Brazil
Deforestation in the Amazon area is driven mainly by industry and agriculture. Mato Grosso means ‘’Thick Woods’’ and is the name of an inland state of central Brazil, where widespread forest clearing has had a dramatic impact on the land. Forest clearing has been centralized mostly along new roa ...
By Riccardo Pravettoni
South Norwegian spruce forest
Spruce is a characteristic species in Norwegian pine forests and can be found in most parts of the country, although less common in western Norway and in the north. The spruce tree, which can reach a maximum height of 50 meters, can be found both in planted and naturally growing forests. When al ...
By Peter Prokosch
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Chitwan National Park, Nepal
The Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is also called Greater One-horned Rhinoceros and Asian One-horned Rhinoceros and belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family. Listed as a vulnerable species, the large mammal is primarily found in parts of north-eastern India and in protected areas in the Te ...
By Peter Prokosch
Old oak tree, Vilm Island, Germany
Old trees and tree trunks provide invaluable habitats for insects, lichens and epiphytes. Oak trees in particular have some of the highest numbers of insect and lichen species living on them. In addition, old and dead trees are critical for many bird species and as many as one third of all woodl ...
By Peter Prokosch
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
Tortuguero National Park is located within the larger Tortuguero Conservation Area in Costa Rica which also includes a wetland area protected under the Ramsar Convention. The park is home to an abundance of species including more than 300 bird species, 111 species of reptiles including three spe ...
By Peter Prokosch
Mountain forests in China, Northwest of Beijing
The vast territory of the People’s Republic of China is home to over 2800 tree species, a plethora of plant species, and numerous animals including the threatened giant panda, golden monkey, snow leopard and crested ibis. China is heavily dependent on its forest resources and it is estimated tha ...
By Peter Prokosch
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