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Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia), Svalbard The Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). It breeds on coasts and islands in the High Arctic of Europe, Asia and North America, where it is one of the most numero...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Temperate rainforest near Vancouver, Canada Temperate rainforests are found in mild climatic zones with high levels of annual precipitation. These forests grow in several parts of the world, but the largest area of temperate rainforest is the Pacific temperate rai...

By Peter Prokosch

Inuit youths with captured Ringed Seal (Pusa Hispida), Baffin, Canada The Ringed Seal is the most common marine mammal in the Arctic. Traditionally, they were the main food source for the local Inuit community, and remain an important contributor. The distribution of mammals in this area i...

By Peter Prokosch

Purple Saxifrage, Canada Purple Saxifrage is an edible plant found all over the Arctic region and also in mountainous areas of England and America up to 3,800m. It mostly thrives in shady, moist environments and is well adapted to extreme wind c...

By Peter Prokosch

Forestry in Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Tree plantation in Canada With a vast territory of around ten million square kilometers, Canada is home to one third of the world’s boreal forests and close to half of Canada’s land area is forested. Being so rich in trees, Canada has become the ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Cleared roads in plantation, Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Tree plantation in Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Fallen trees in a plantation, Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Cleared forest area in Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Young tree plantation in Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

By Lawrence Hislop

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