Conservation - Habitat Restoration (51) More files...
Habitat restoration projects are taking place all over the world, and whether they are run by small communities surveying their local area, or international organisations replanting entire forests, every project is aiming to make changes for the better.
Boy planting Hawthorn tree Angus, Scotland, UK
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Niall Benvie / Boy planting Hawthorn tree Angus, Scotland, UK
New planting of young sapling English Oak tree (Quercus robur) in protective plastic ‘collar', Feanedock Wood, The National Forest, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010.
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / New planting of young sapling English Oak tree (Quercus robur) in protective plastic ‘collar', Feanedock Wood, The National Forest, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010.
Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008
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Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008
RSPB staff warden ring barking pine tree in plantation woodland to create standing dead wood, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2011, model released. Did...
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB staff warden ring barking pine tree in plantation woodland to create standing dead wood, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2011, model released. Did...
Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, July 2011
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, July 2011
Dr. Jaime Bosch in search of the Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis). This pond is the habitat for the Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) Torrent de s'Esmorcador, Majorca, Spain, April 20...
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Solvin Zankl / Dr. Jaime Bosch in search of the Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis). This pond is the habitat for the Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) Torrent de s'Esmorcador, Majorca, Spain, April 20...
Louise Allen of Kent Wildlife Trust 'Water Vole Recovery Project' surveying for signs of Water voles (Arvicola amphibius). North Kent Marshes, UK, June.
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Terry Whittaker / Louise Allen of Kent Wildlife Trust 'Water Vole Recovery Project' surveying for signs of Water voles (Arvicola amphibius). North Kent Marshes, UK, June.
Clearing undergrowth before native tree planting at Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Clearing undergrowth before native tree planting at Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.
University student holding trees to be planted for the Australian Koala Foundation's habitat restoration program, Quinlans Property, Queensland, Australia.
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Suzi Eszterhas / University student holding trees to be planted for the Australian Koala Foundation's habitat restoration program, Quinlans Property, Queensland, Australia.
Women in the afforestation project with rubber saplings, Madhupur district, Bangladesh
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Ian Lockwood / Women in the afforestation project with rubber saplings, Madhupur district, Bangladesh
Wildlife Trust volunteer raking hay, Gloucestershire, UK
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Nick Turner / Wildlife Trust volunteer raking hay, Gloucestershire, UK
Wildlife Trust Volunteers cutting + raking hay by hand, Gloucestershire, UK
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Nick Turner / Wildlife Trust Volunteers cutting + raking hay by hand, Gloucestershire, UK
Forest guards starting fires to stimulate the growth of Elephant grass, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India
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Bernard Castelein / Forest guards starting fires to stimulate the growth of Elephant grass, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India
Muir burning - controlled burning of heather in spring, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian, Scotland, April 2009
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Laurie Campbell / Muir burning - controlled burning of heather in spring, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian, Scotland, April 2009
Muir burning - controlled burning of heather in spring, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian, Scotland, April 2009
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Laurie Campbell / Muir burning - controlled burning of heather in spring, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian, Scotland, April 2009
Betsimisaraka women planting manioc after slash and burn near Mantadia NP, Madagascar
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Nick Garbutt / Betsimisaraka women planting manioc after slash and burn near Mantadia NP, Madagascar
Ex-poachers preparing seedlings in tree nursery, Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, Elephant Mountains, south-western Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)
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Mark Carwardine / Ex-poachers preparing seedlings in tree nursery, Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, Elephant Mountains, south-western Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)
Tree saplings in bags ready to be planted, part of a community led reforestation project, Mount Gorongosa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, May 2012.
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Felicity Lanchester / Tree saplings in bags ready to be planted, part of a community led reforestation project, Mount Gorongosa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, May 2012.
Fisherman and volunteers from the Mangrove Action Project work to plant mangrove seedlings in abandonned shrimp ponds near Jaring Halus Village, North Sumatra. Dykes have been opened to restore natura...
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Tim Laman / Fisherman and volunteers from the Mangrove Action Project work to plant mangrove seedlings in abandonned shrimp ponds near Jaring Halus Village, North Sumatra. Dykes have been opened to restore natura...
Fisherman and volunteers from the Mangrove Action Project work to plant mangrove seedlings in abandonned shrimp ponds near Jaring Halus Village, North Sumatra. Dykes have been opened to restore natura...
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Tim Laman / Fisherman and volunteers from the Mangrove Action Project work to plant mangrove seedlings in abandonned shrimp ponds near Jaring Halus Village, North Sumatra. Dykes have been opened to restore natura...
Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.
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Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.
Mangrove sapling (Rhizophora) planted by CRINEO team, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.
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Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove sapling (Rhizophora) planted by CRINEO team, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.
Mangroves planted for reforestation, Fiji, South Pacific
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Patricio Robles Gil / Mangroves planted for reforestation, Fiji, South Pacific
Conservation volunteer brushcutting invasive vegetation from reedbeds at Leighton Moss reserve, Lancashire, UK.
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Jason Smalley / Conservation volunteer brushcutting invasive vegetation from reedbeds at Leighton Moss reserve, Lancashire, UK.
Nature Conservancy employees cutting back Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in an invasive species eradication effort on the TNC's Silverweed Seep preserve in Plainfield, New Hampshire, USA.
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Jerry Monkman / Nature Conservancy employees cutting back Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in an invasive species eradication effort on the TNC's Silverweed Seep preserve in Plainfield, New Hampshire, USA.
Researcher records field notes on Upland water vole (Arvicola terrestris) as part of Cairngorms Water Vole Conservation Project, Scotland, UK, July 2008
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Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Researcher records field notes on Upland water vole (Arvicola terrestris) as part of Cairngorms Water Vole Conservation Project, Scotland, UK, July 2008
People of Henllan village 'Bee Friendly Project'  planting Cowslips (Primula Veris) in churchyard to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd, Community Na...
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David Woodfall / People of Henllan village 'Bee Friendly Project' planting Cowslips (Primula Veris) in churchyard to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd, Community Na...
People of Henllan village 'Bee Friendly Project'  planting Cowslips (Primula Veris) in churchyard to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd, Community Na...
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David Woodfall / People of Henllan village 'Bee Friendly Project' planting Cowslips (Primula Veris) in churchyard to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd, Community Na...
People of Henllan village 'Bee Friendly Project'  planting Cowslips (Primula Veris) in churchyard to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd, Community Na...
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David Woodfall / People of Henllan village 'Bee Friendly Project' planting Cowslips (Primula Veris) in churchyard to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd, Community Na...
Wildflower garden outside old Welsh chapel. Sown to attract bees as part of the Friends of the Earth 'Bee Friendly' campaign with the Bron Afon Community Housing Association, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK....
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David Woodfall / Wildflower garden outside old Welsh chapel. Sown to attract bees as part of the Friends of the Earth 'Bee Friendly' campaign with the Bron Afon Community Housing Association, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK....
Forestry workers with "forwarder" machine, removing felled timber from Dunwich Forest, Suffolk, UK, February 2011. Non-native Corsican pine trees planted in 1990 are gradually being removed by the For...
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Forestry workers with "forwarder" machine, removing felled timber from Dunwich Forest, Suffolk, UK, February 2011. Non-native Corsican pine trees planted in 1990 are gradually being removed by the For...
RSPB Project Manager Dave Hedges and Breheny staff at the new water vole habitat. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / RSPB Project Manager Dave Hedges and Breheny staff at the new water vole habitat. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary...
Volunteer, Aline Denton, cutting back brambles and blackthorn as part of the farm's conservation management, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June 2011. Model released
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer, Aline Denton, cutting back brambles and blackthorn as part of the farm's conservation management, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June 2011. Model released
Local school child cuts and collects growing tree saplings at Westhay to maintain wetland habitat, Westhay Nature Reserve (Somerset Wildlife Trust), Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. June 2011. Did you k...
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Local school child cuts and collects growing tree saplings at Westhay to maintain wetland habitat, Westhay Nature Reserve (Somerset Wildlife Trust), Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. June 2011. Did you k...
Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, July 2011
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, July 2011
Tree seedlings ready for planting, part of Proyecto Titi's reforestation effort. Colombia, South America. February 2008
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Lisa Hoffner / Tree seedlings ready for planting, part of Proyecto Titi's reforestation effort. Colombia, South America. February 2008
Native tree planting at Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Native tree planting at Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.
Processing seeds of Atlantic rainforest trees for seedling growth for reforestation Brazil
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Processing seeds of Atlantic rainforest trees for seedling growth for reforestation Brazil
Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Machine operator Alan Deval. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Rese...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Machine operator Alan Deval. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Rese...
Dumper trucks translocating destroyed sand dune along beach from Crosby to Hightown where it is used to create engineered sand dune which will erode naturally and raise level of beach.  This will help...
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David Woodfall / Dumper trucks translocating destroyed sand dune along beach from Crosby to Hightown where it is used to create engineered sand dune which will erode naturally and raise level of beach. This will help...
Belted galloway cows (Bos taurus) conservation grazing on Rodborough Common National Trust to help protect the unimproved grasslands, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, June 2011.
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Nick Turner / Belted galloway cows (Bos taurus) conservation grazing on Rodborough Common National Trust to help protect the unimproved grasslands, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, June 2011.
Aerial view of tractor harvesting crop of Reed (Phragmites australis) on Camargue marshes. Reeds are used to protect the sandy soil from  wind erosion. Aigues-Mortes, Camargue, Southern France, August...
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Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of tractor harvesting crop of Reed (Phragmites australis) on Camargue marshes. Reeds are used to protect the sandy soil from wind erosion. Aigues-Mortes, Camargue, Southern France, August...
Volunteer from The Wildwoood Trust cutting trees to allow growth of bankside vegetation and to improve water vole habitat on a stream, East Malling, Kent England, February 2011
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Volunteer from The Wildwoood Trust cutting trees to allow growth of bankside vegetation and to improve water vole habitat on a stream, East Malling, Kent England, February 2011
Road construction through rainforest. Graders clear the surface to a newly constructed road as the rainy season breaks. Lope National Park to Libreville highway. Gabon, January 2009
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Jabruson / Road construction through rainforest. Graders clear the surface to a newly constructed road as the rainy season breaks. Lope National Park to Libreville highway. Gabon, January 2009
Volunteers help with Scrub clearance at Street Heath SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, April 2011
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Volunteers help with Scrub clearance at Street Heath SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, April 2011
Pine and Eucalyptus plantations, Nahuelbuta mountain range, Chile, December 2012
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Bert Willaert / Pine and Eucalyptus plantations, Nahuelbuta mountain range, Chile, December 2012
Restoration work on shooting pools, Pope's Marsh, Cley Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserve, Norfolk, UK, March 2014.
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David Tipling / Restoration work on shooting pools, Pope's Marsh, Cley Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserve, Norfolk, UK, March 2014.
Area of felled non-native plantation as part of habitat management to restore bog peatland, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK, July 2011
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Area of felled non-native plantation as part of habitat management to restore bog peatland, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK, July 2011
Patch of ground cleared of Heather to create bare ground, an important habitat for many Bees, wasps and also the Heath tiger beetle (Cicindela sylvatica), Iping Common, Surrey, UK, September
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Andy Sands / Patch of ground cleared of Heather to create bare ground, an important habitat for many Bees, wasps and also the Heath tiger beetle (Cicindela sylvatica), Iping Common, Surrey, UK, September
Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...