Fiona Rogers / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) twenty-five year old male, named Faustino, scratching himself, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of tundra polygons, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, USA July 2007

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil coming ashore. These waters are contami...

Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Human footprint and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of large flock of molting Brant. These geese have found refuge on a shallow lake. During their summer moult the geese are flightless. The Teshekpuk Lake area is the most important goose m...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow and cub walking on multi-layer ice (freshwater pans formed over the years where the salt is squeezed out of the ice) on the Chukchi Sea, off the National Petroleum Res...

Steven Kazlowski / walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, resting on pack ice during spring breakup, Chukchi Sea, off the National Petroleum Reserves, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow and cub walking on multi-layer ice (freshwater pans formed over the years where the salt is squeezed out of the ice) on the Chukchi Sea, off the National Petroleum Res...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with cub walking on multi-layer ice (freshwater pans formed over the years where the salt is squeezed out of the ice) on the Chukchi Sea, off the National Petroleum Re...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with cub swimming towards ice on the Chukchi Sea, off the National Petroleum Reserves, Alaska

Jabruson / Area cleared of forest to make way for petroleum oil extraction. The town of Gamba was set-up after Shell discovered oil in the region back in the 1960s, Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, F...

David Welling / Oil derricks and storage tanks in a working oil field, Southern Kern County, California, USA

Jabruson / African offshore petroleum reserves, with petroleum tanker and gas burning off, oil discovery in the Atlantic Ocean off the shores of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, Central Africa

Jabruson / African offshore petroleum reserves, with petroleum tanker and gas burning off, oil discovery in the Atlantic Ocean off the shores of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, Central Africa

Philip Stephen / Lights illuminate Claymore production platform at night, which is situated 100 miles north east of Aberdeen, March 2008

Philip Stephen / The Statfjord Bravo production platform at dusk shrouded in mist with the dive support vessel Skandi Carla undertaking subsea operations in front, North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The Statfjord Bravo production platform in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / The rock dumping vessel Seahorse covers a subsea pipeline in front of the Statfjord Bravo production platform in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas at night during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / A dive support vessel alongside the Ninian Southern production platform, North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of supply vessels and an oil rig in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean buffeted by rough waves during a gale in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The fishing vessel Saggitarius fights through waves in stormy weather in the North Sea near the Beryl oil rig, 160 miles north east of Aberdeen

Philip Stephen / The Brent Bravo production platform, North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of the Bruce production platfom, operated by BP, situated in the North Sea 100 miles east of the Shetland Islands, May 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig Ninian Southern, situated 90 miles east of the Shetland Islands, flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / The Cormorant Alpha production platform, situated in the North Sea 70 miles north east of the Shetland Islands, May 2007

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of the Statfjord Bravo production platform in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of tundra polygons and caribou tracks, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, USA July 2007

Philip Stephen / The dive support vessel C.S.O Wellservicer moves into position alongside the Statfjord Bravo production platform to start subsea operations, North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of the oil rig J.W McLean in the North Sea, September 2006

Pete Oxford / Tanker at BOPEC (Bonaire Petroleum Corporation N.V.) trans shipment and storage terminal. A deep-water port, with facilities for transferring oil from ocean-going to coastal tankers. Bonaire, Netherl...

Steven Kazlowski / Aerial view of Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with cub swimming towards multi-layered ice on the Chukchi Sea, off the National Petroleum Reserves, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Aerial view of Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with cub walking on multi-layer ice (freshwater pans formed over the years where the salt is squeezed out of the ice) on the Chukchi Sea, off the Nation...

Graham Eaton / Shell, Stanlow Oil Refinery at sunset, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, December 2009.

Graham Eaton / Looking along the Manchester Ship Canal towards Shell's, Stanlow Refinery, at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, December 2009

Gerrit Vyn / Heavily oiled adult Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus). This bird was oiled by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA. June.

Gerrit Vyn / A sign along the road alerting motorists to a Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) and Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) nesting colony adjacent to the road. Gulf Islands National Seashore, which was affecte...

Gerrit Vyn / A lightly oiled Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) fledgling on the beach waiting to be fed. The bird was oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Raccoon Island, Ter...

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) oil covered fledglings wait to be fed in a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. These birds have little chance of survival as their feathers are too damaged, a...

Gerrit Vyn / Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) juvenile oiled and waterlogged, as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak, drowning in waters adjacent to a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. Barataria Bay ar...

Gerrit Vyn / Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) juvenile oiled and waterlogged, as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak, drowning in waters adjacent to a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. Barataria Bay ar...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of Queen Bess Island in the Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon leak coming ash...

Gerrit Vyn / Cross signs commemorating damage to environment and wildlife, erected by residents of Grand Isle in protest to the damage caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaquemines...

Gerrit Vyn / Beach cleaners, and a woman taking a cell phone photo of the oil contamination, resulting from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, Orange Beach, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA, June...

Gerrit Vyn / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) lightly oiled adult foraging. Contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak, in the Gulf of Mexico, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled and containment boomed salt marsh in the Baratari Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon leak. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana...

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) juvenile heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon leak in the Gulf of Mexico, sitting in mangoves. Raccoon Island, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA...

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) juvenile heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon leak in the Gulf of Mexico, sitting in mangoves. Raccoon Island, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA...

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) lightly oiled juvenile on shoreline. Hundreds of these birds from the largest Louisiana nesting colony on Raccoon Island, were badly oiled as a result of the BP...

Gerrit Vyn / Oiled beach, contaminated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Waves washing oil ashore from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Black oil washing ashore from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated by oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaquemines Parish, Louis...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil stained beach, contaminated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil stained beach, contaminated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Clean-up workers on the beach in response to oil coming ashore from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Oil spill response vessels in Mobile Bay, responding to the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile County, Alabama, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in the Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the G...

Gerrit Vyn / A plastic bottle covered in oil on a beach. This beach was repeatedly contaminated with oil by the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) lightly oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Standing in a coastal marsh. Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida. USA, June...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of Slickbar oil booms on the beach at Grand Isle, used in the clean up and containment of hazardous oil, from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jefferson Parish, Louisi...

Gerrit Vyn / Slickbar oil booms on the beach at Grand Isle, used in the clean up and containment of hazardous oil, from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. USA, July...

Gerrit Vyn / Human footprints and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Oil drilling rig in Mississippi River delta salt marsh. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Oil spill response vehicles grooming a white sand beach before sunrise. Many clean up efforts from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak were cosmetic in nature and aimed to cover up the damage. These veh...

Gerrit Vyn / Houses and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) roosting on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay. The nesting colony on this island was heavily impacted by the BP Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico oil...

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) landing on oil and gas infrastructure at sunset. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of a large flock of Brant geese (Branta bernicla) molting on a shallow lake in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area, July. Up to 1/3 of the Brant that moult in the Pacific flyway are threatened...

Roy Mangersnes / Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) male flapping wings on breeding lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) bathing in pond off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) landing at a pond off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Steller's eider duck (Polysticta stelleri) male on breeding lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in flight at breeding habitat off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Steller's eider duck (Polysticta stelleri) male on ice by breeding lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Snowy owl (Bubo / Nyctea scandiaca) perched on electric pole off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) male on breeding lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) two females fighting over a male at nesting pond on arctic tundra off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in breeding habitat, Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Red-necked / Northern phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) searching for food in a lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Spectacled eider duck (Somateria fischeri) male on freshwater lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) bathing in a pond off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) in flight off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Steller's eider duck (Polysticta stelleri) pair at freshwater lake, National Petroleum Reserves, off Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska, USA

Roy Mangersnes / Adult male Snowy owl (Bubo / Nyctea scandiaca) flying over the tundra, breeding ground, off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Red-necked / Northern phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) searching for food, dabbling, in a lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) male landing on breeding lake off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic, Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) in breeding habitat, Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Graham Eaton / Oil Well and beam pump with pollution in subsidence lagoon, Baku, Azerbaijan, February 2008

Rob Cousins / Juxtaposition of petrol filling station and wind farm, Castille, Spain