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Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), Chitwan National Park, Nepal Restricted to tiny fragments of grassland scattered across South and Southeast Asia, the Bengal Florican is the world's rarest bustard. It is known to have become increasingly threatened by land conversion for intensive ...

By Peter Prokosch

Biogas-Project in Badreni/Nepal for Climate, Forests and Health The biogas-project in the rural community of Badreni at the edge of the Chitwan National park has triple effect: for climate, forest and health. Through the Terai Arc Landscape Programme, WWF-Nepal encourages installatio...

By Peter Prokosch

Tree nursery, Sagarmatha National Park / Nepal Including the highest point on the Earth’s Surface, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest; 8,848 m) and an elevation range of 6,000 m Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) covers an area of 124,400 hectares in the Solu-Khumbu district of N...

By Peter Prokosch

Rhododendron Forest in the Sagarmatha National Park, Himalaya, Nepal Including the highest point on the Earth’s Surface, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest; 8,848 m) and an elevation range of 6,000 m Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) covers an area of 124,400 hectares in the Solu-Khumbu district of N...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Glacial River in the Sagarmatha National Park, Himalaya, Nepal, Including the highest point on the Earth’s Surface, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest; 8,848 m) and an elevation range of 6,000 m Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) covers an area of 124,400 hectares in the Solu-Khumbu district of N...

By Peter Prokosch

Eroding abandoned farmland, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalaya, Nepal Including the highest point on the Earth’s Surface, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest; 8,848 m) and an elevation range of 6,000 m Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) covers an area of 124,400 hectares in the Solu-Khumbu district of N...

By Peter Prokosch

Tengboche Monastery, Sagarmatha National Park / Nepal Tengboche monastery located amidst the Sagarmatha National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site of "outstanding universal value”), is draped with a panoramic view of the Himalayan Mountains, including the well known peaks ...

By Peter Prokosch

Basalt Formations, Rubini Rock, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Mosses in Arctic Desert, Georgeland, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Humpback Whale, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Wintering site of Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen, Cape Norway, Franz Josef Land/Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Tomato Anemone fish in blue tip anemone, Ha'apai, Tonga Clownfish perform an elaborate dance with an anemone before taking up residence, gently touching its tentacles with different parts of their bodies until they are acclimated to their host. A layer of mucus on the clownfi...

By Glenn Edney

Red gorgonian fan with brittle star, Ha'apai, Tonga Coral reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats. Large wave resistant structures have accumulated from the slow growth of corals. The development of these structures is aided by algae that are symbi...

By Glenn Edney

Rio+20, Channel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus, Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, came together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensur...

By Peter Prokosch

Shelf iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula An ice shelf is a thick platform of ice that forms at the grounding line of a glacier, where the glacier meets the coastline. Most freshwater on earth is bound in the huge ice shield covering almost entire Antarctica and...

By Peter Prokosch

Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China On the East Coast of China internationally valuable tidal flats are reclaimed and embanked at a high speed due to rapid industrial, agriculture and harbor development.

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

"Graveyard" of shellfish after the embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea Within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway the tidal flats of the Yellow Sea are the most important refueling sites ("airports") for Arctic birds. The huge embankment of Saemangeum, which enclosed 400 km2 of tidal flats h...

By Ju Yung Ki

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) and other shorebirds, former Saemangeum flats, South Korea Shorebirds, which raise millions of offspring during a very short breeding season in the Arctic tundra, are an excellent example of a highly specialized migratory species. Among them is the Bar-tailed Godwit, which makes...

By Ju Yung Ki

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