Ernie Janes / Farmers winnowing wheat on terraced farmland, near mountain village of Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Mountain terrace farms child winnowing wheat, Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Straw drying on hill terraces, near mountain village of Ghandruk. Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Drying crop of millet in courtyard of house, Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Mother with daughter amongst wheat separated from chaff, near the mountain village of Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Farmers winnowing wheat harvest on hill terraces, near mountain village of Ghandruk, with Annapurna mountain in the background, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Straw drying on hill terraces, near mountain village of Ghandruk, with Annapurna mountain in the background, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Straw drying on hill terraces, near mountain village of Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Corn drying outside village, Birethanti, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Woman drying Pandanus palm leaves (Pandanus sp) to make mats. Bouma National Park, Fiji, South Pacific, July 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man rolling a cigarette, with Bokkom fish, a salted and dried Southern mullet (Liza richardsonii) fishes, Velddrif Village, Berg River, West Coast Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa, Septe...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bokkom fish, a salted and dried Southern mullet (Liza richardsonii) fishes, Velddrif Village, Berg River, West Coast Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Parchment Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside, after the beans have been pulped, fermented and washed. The outer husk (parchment) is removed at the coffee mills. Commercial farm, Tan...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Buni Coffee (Coffea arabica) drying on trays outside. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Buni Coffee (Coffea arabica) drying on trays outside. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside after fermentation, washing and sorting. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Halved Peaches (Prunus persica) in packing shed, ready for drying on trays outside in the sun. Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Halved Peaches (Prunus persica) in packing shed, ready for drying on trays outside in the sun. Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Halved Peaches (Prunus persica) drying on trays outside in the sun. Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa. February 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Halved Peaches (Prunus persica) drying on tray outside in the sun. Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Newly harvested rice drying in the sun. Port Loko district, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Newly harvested rice drying in the sun. Port Loko district, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Villagers in the Gola forest drying rice near communal hut. Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Bert Willaert / Seven preserved specimens of (Psychrophrynella illimani) showing ventral variation, collected by scientists, Bolivia, Critically endangered.

Floris van Breugel / A leaf preserved in ancient limestone deposits in Rio la Venta Canyon, Selva el Ocote of Chiapas, Mexico. March 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Man riding horse in front of fences and Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Ola Westengen, manager checking paperwork from seed samples arriving at the Svalbard Global Seed Bank, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault with facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne, and coast, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault, main storage room with 800000 items, stored in -18 deg C. Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Man cataloguing newly arrived seed samples, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Man checking newly arrived seed samples at Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Seed Vault workers putting new packages of seed into storage in the -18 deg storage room. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault entrance with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault at twilight, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Fisheye view of Svalbard Global Seed Vault in snow, with facade with artwork by Norwegian artist Dyveke Sanne, Svalbard, Norway, October.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault at twilight, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Entrance to main storage room of Svalbard Global Seed Vault where approximately 800,000 seeds are stored at -18 C, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Entrance to main storage room of Svalbard Global Seed Vault where approximately 800,000 seeds are stored at -18 C, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Ola Westengen, manager overseeing the arrival of Seed the Svalbard Global Seed Bank, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in landscape

Pal Hermansen / Man at Svalbard Global Seed Bank sorting and cataloguing new seeds arrived, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Ferry on Isfjorden with Svalbard Global Seed Vault visible in the corner of the landscape, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Man cataloguing newly arrived seed samples, Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Transport of newly arrived seed samples being transported into vault, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway. October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault at twilight, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Crates of seeds stored at -18 C in the main Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / New seed samples arriving at Svalbard Airport for Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Crates of seeds stored at -18 C in the main Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / New seed samples at Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Man checking newly arrived seed samples at Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Newly arrived seed samples at airport, before security control, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne., on the roof of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard...

Pal Hermansen / Computer system for cataloguing new seed samples, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Moon and glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne, on the roof of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012

Pal Hermansen / Ola Westengen director of the vault placing new seeds in the vault, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Ola Westengen, director of the vault moving new seeds into Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Signed statement from the UN secretary general, after their visited to the Svalbard Seed Vault in 2009.

Pal Hermansen / Sign for Svalbard Global Seed Vault, October, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Delivery of new seed samples at Salbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012,

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault at twilight, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Main storage room of Svalbard Global Seed Vault where approximately 800,000 seeds are stored at -18 C, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault at twilight, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Man transporting newly arrived seeds to the inner part of the vault, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / One of two spare storage rooms, to be converted with freezing equipment and filled when the main room is full of seeds, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, July, Svalbard, Norway. July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault in mist, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault with crescent moon, Svalbard, Norway, October 2010.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Seed Vault workers putting new packages of seed into storage in the -18 deg storage room. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Newly arrived seed samples at airport, before delivery to Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Sample of package with wheat seeds as stored in the vault. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard Global Seed Vault, with glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne., on the roof of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Light reflected in steel, mirrors, and prisms in landscape, Svalbard...

Pal Hermansen / Men moving newly arrived seed samples, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, October.

Pal Hermansen / Seeds from North Korea and Taiwan in side the main vault of Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Floorplan of Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying wings, Oman, January

Kirkendall-Spring / Tobacco drying the traditional way in a barn along Garvey Bridge Road, Wilkes County. North Carolina, USA, October 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Tobacco drying the traditional way in a barn along Garvey Bridge Road, Wilkes County. North Carolina, USA, October 2013.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Iberico ham legs curing, Sierra de Aracena Natural Park, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Milan Radisics / Quail (Coturnix coturnix) in taxidermist workshop during the preparation process, Hungary.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Wild mushrooms lying on reindeer moss after being gathered near a Selkup camp in the forest. They will be dried & stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Wild mushrooms cut up and drying at a Selkup camp in the forest. Once dry they will be stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Juergen Freund / Sign in the reef shallows. "Sasi", this area is closed for fishing as ordered by "gereja", the church. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Adrian Davies / Conservation Area, marked by tree preservation sign, in woodland. Dorset, England, UK

Adrian Davies / Conservation Area, marked by tree preservation sign, in woodland. Dorset, England, UK

Karl Ammann / Bushmeat (Artiodactylan species) being smoked for preservation before transport to urban market, Central Africa. Trading in bushmeat is usually the woman's domain.

Karl Ammann / Bushmeat (unidentified) being confiscated from a commercial hunter, Central Africa. The meat is smoked for preservation and smuggled illegally from forests to urban centres in logging trucks.

John Cancalosi / Fossil of Eocene era bat {Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon} Messel, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Bottles of Chameleons preserved in alcohol. Sammlung Alexander Konig Museum, Bonn, Germany

Paul D Stewart / Fossil Trilobite (Triarthus eatoni) showing rare pyrites preservation of the limbs and antennae. From the late Ordovician 'Beecher's Bed' of Oneida County, New York, USA. The site is named after Charl...

Paul D Stewart / Skull of extinct lemur (Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion) with calcite surface crystalisation, discovered by the photographer in the Ankarana Caves of Northern Madagascar. Pictured on site in 1987, the...

Onne van der Wal / Local man salting fish to preserve them in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico, 2006.

Onne van der Wal / A local man salting fish to preserve them in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico, 2006.