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Park Rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Park rangers from Tayna Nature Reserve. The park rangers work for UGADEC, a union of eight community conservation organisations in eastern Democratic Republic. UGADEC was born in 2002 out of the need to pool efforts for...

By Tim Freccia

Park Ranger in Tayna Nature Reserve, Kasugho A park ranger working for UGADEC, an organisation which brings together eight community conservation associations. Park rangers are prepared to stop illegal hunting and other illegal action, but they are not present in s...

By Tim Freccia

Park Rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Many of the Congo Basin's national parks are situated in areas of insecurity, which restricts the access of park rangers and limits their capacities to protect species and habitats within the parks. Tragically, about 200...

By Tim Freccia

UN airlifts orphaned gorillas An employee of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund inside the UN MONUC transport helicopter. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund worked with the UN and the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) to relocate orphaned goril...

By Tim Freccia

Orphaned gorillas and helper, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo A helper/veterinarian, part of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, minding an orphaned gorilla.

By Tim Freccia

Orphaned gorilla and helper, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo A helper/veterinarian from the Dian Fossey Gorilla fund minding an orphaned gorilla in its new habitat. Gorillas are susceptible to the same diseases as humans, and particularly to respiratory infections, hence the need...

By Tim Freccia

Orphaned gorilla, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo One of the nine orphaned gorillas relocated in April 2010, in its new habitat in a nature reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Tim Freccia

Orphaned gorilla near its transport cage, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo An orphaned gorilla released in its new habitat, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Tim Freccia

Helper with orphaned gorilla A helper/veterinarian from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund minds one of the orphaned gorillas, relocated from Goma, in North Kivu province, where hundreds of thousands of people have been uprooted from their homes by violen...

By Tim Freccia

Orphaned gorilla in new habitat, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo An orphaned gorilla is minded by helpers and veterinarians upon release in its new habitat, following its relocation from North Kivu province.

By Tim Freccia

Orphaned gorilla being transported to its new location Helpers and veterinarians carry the cage holding an orphaned gorilla into its new habitat, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Tim Freccia

Park Rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Across the Congo Basin, training for law enforcement personnel and rangers needs to be substantially increased. The park rangers working in Tayna Nature Reserve belong to the organisation UGADEC, which is an umbrella org...

By Tim Freccia

Flatey, Breiðafjörður Bay Circle, Iceland Flatey means 'flat island' and describes the second largest island in Breiðafjörður, a large area of coastal waters to the West of Iceland. In former times the island was important as a fishing centre and trading hub...

By Peter Prokosch

Bear Island, Svalbard The Svalbard archipelago is located in the Arctic Ocean, between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole. Half way between the Norwegian mainland and the main island Spitsbergen the isolated Bear Island (Bjørnøya) is p...

By Peter Prokosch

Walrus (Odobenus Rosmarus), Svalbard Both male and female walrus possess the same impressive and distinctive tusks, which can grow up to 1m long. A male Walrus can weigh up to 1500kg and stretch 3.5m in length. Around Svalbard, Walruses reside year-round a...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Sabine Gull (Larus sabini), Lena Delta The Sabine Gull is a distinctive Arctic Gull that nests mostly on moist Tundra ground at high latitudes, such as the Lena Delta. It lays 1-4 eggs on the moist ground, often without lining.

By Peter Prokosch

Red-Necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus Lobatus) mating, Flatøy, Iceland The Red Phalarope spends more time at sea than any other Phalarope and nests in the wet tundra of the Arctic Coastline. They feed off the parasites on the backs of whales or on plankton. Newborn chicks can be left to fen...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knot (Calidris canutus canutus), Sterlegova, Taimyr , Siberia, Russia 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

Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus), Svalbard Polar Bears do most of their hunting on the sea ice. They feed almost exclusively on ice-living Ringed or Bearded Seals and the ice sheets under which these seals live and the Bears must follow the ice as it retreats int...

By Peter Prokosch

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