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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

Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Deforestation, Central African Republic Adjacent to the protected areas deforestation and conflicts with land use is a major issue. - The Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and Dzanga-Sangha dense forest special reserve are located in the rainforest in the south-west...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue-headed Pionus parrots in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador The Blue-headed Pionus parrots is found in humid regions in South America including here in the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. In the wild, the parrots live in flocks of up to 400 during breeding season, but the Blue-hea...

By Anne Solgaard

Yasuni National Park, Ecuador Yasuni National Park in Ecuador was designated a UNESCO biosphere Reserve in 1989 and covers an area of almost 10,000 km2. The park is home to several indigenous tribes, some of which are uncontacted such as the Tagaeri ...

By Anne Solgaard

By Anne Solgaard

‘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 t...

By Anne Solgaard

By Anne Solgaard

The Scarlet Macaw in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador The Scarlet Macaw is an easily recognizable parrot of South America. Here it is photographed in the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador - a park that was designated a UNESCO biosphere Reserve in 1989 and covers an area of al...

By Anne Solgaard

Rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia The search for minerals and the subsequent road constructions are often the first steps for major deforestation as is occurring here in the province of Riau/Sumatra, Indonesia.

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Clear-cutting, Southern Norway Clear-cutting-management of Norwegian spruce forest, Southern Norway

By Peter Prokosch

Burning rainforest on Sumatra to make space for palm oil plantations, Indonesia Large areas of Indonesia's rainforests have been converted to oil palm plantations, driven by rising global demand for the cheap vegetable oil popular with food manufacturers and as a renewable fuel (biofuel). Palm oil a...

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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