Ernie Janes / Long necked woman with many neck rings, belonging to Padaung Tribe, Thailand

Juergen Freund / A thatched house built in amongst the mangrove roots on stilts. Northern Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Uldam, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia., August 2002

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Serkasi, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Peter Lewis / Thatched Cottage, Selworthy, Exmoor, Somerset, England. June 2009

Peter Lewis / Thatcher repairing thatched roof of cottage in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK, September 2010

Juergen Freund / Woman from Enuk Island making her thatched roof. Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, June 2010.

Nick Upton / Rolls of hay and traditional wooden barn with thatched roof and old White stork's (Ciconia ciconia) nest by flooded Narew marshes, near Bronowo, Podlaskie, Poland, April 2008.

Ross Hoddinott / Bantham boathouse at Bantham, nr Kingsbridge, on the river Avon estuary. South Devon, UK, October 2010

Philippe Clement / The Colbost Croft Museum / Folk Museum showing nineteenth century Hebridean crofter's black house on the island of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Philippe Clement / Old Leanach cottage, the original farmhouse at the Culloden battlefield, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mud houses and thatched granaries in Dogon village of Tireli. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mud huts and thatched granaries in the Dogon village of Sangha. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Neil Lucas / Monochrome image of cottages in Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK, June 2009

Neil Lucas / View of cottages on Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Family and thatched hut on dyke of shrimp farm in Ganges Delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

David Woodfall / Family and thatched hut on dyke of shrimp farm in Ganges Delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Eric Baccega / Yali traditional thatched houses, Uldam village, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002 (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Uldam, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia., August 2002 (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Serkasi, with thatched traditional huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002 (West Papua).

Peter Lewis / Herringfleet Church with rare thatched roof, Suffolk, England, UK. June 2009

Peter Lewis / Pretty Thatched Cottages of Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, UK. June 2009

Peter Lewis / Thatched Cottage, Selworthy, Exmoor, Somerset, England. June 2009

Peter Lewis / Thatched Cottage, Selworthy, Exmoor, Somerset, England. June 2009

Peter Lewis / The Round House, an old toll house at Stanton Drew, Bristol Somerset, England, UK . March 2009

Peter Lewis / The Round House, an old road toll, at Stanton Drew, Bristol Somerset, England, UK. March 2009

Peter Lewis / Milton Abbas after recent snow fall, Blanford Forum Dorset, England, UK February 2009.

Eric Baccega / Traditional property, Guernsey, Channel Islands. May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Ifugao woman lighting a fire under her traditional hut for cooking, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Traditional Ifugao huts, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Traditional Ifugao village hut, Philippines.

Oriol Alamany / Traditional thatched hut in Villareal de San Carlos, Monfrague National Park, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

Juergen Freund / A nipa thatched hut of a fisherman living along the coast, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008.

Peter Lewis / Fulling Mill, New Alresford, Hampshire, UK

Peter Lewis / Thatched cottages and memorial, Wherwell, nr Andover, Hampshire, UK

Peter Lewis / Traditional thatched cottages with summer roses, Wherwell, nr Andover, Hampshire, UK

Nick Turner / Thatch over window of traditional Cotswold stone cottage, Kingham, Oxfordshire, UK

Gary K. Smith / Saw Sedge {Gahnia radula} being stacked after cutting, to be used for capping thatched roofs, Norfolk Broads, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Thatched cottage, Selworthy, Somerset, UK, May

Pete Oxford / Local brick and thatched house belonging to people of the Bara tribe, with granite rocks in the background. Near Andringitra mountains, MADAGASCAR 2005

Nature Production / Lilies flowering on a thatched roof, Toono, Iwate, Japan

Fabio Liverani / Traditional thatched shepherd's hut, Sardinia, Italy

Gabriel Rojo / Thatched huts at tourist camp in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mike Wilkes / Jackdaw sunbathing on thatched roof (Corvus monedula) Devon, UK

Nick Turner / Traditional thatched houses, Big Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, Melanesia, 2004

David Kjaer / Hebridean thatched croft on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Hebridean thatched croft on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK

James Aldred / Traditional thatched houses of Embera Indians, Llano Bonito village, Darien Province, Panama, Central America 2006

Doug Perrine / Slave Hut Museum, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

James Aldred / Embera Indian women and children in traditional thatched house. Mouge village, Darien Province, Panama, Central America 2006

Mark Yates / Cottage roof being thatched, Essex, UK.

Pete Oxford / Chagras horsemen from Atillo Village near Sangay National Park. Typical houses made from Paramo grass. Ropes, also made from the grass, are hung over the roof to keep the grass in place in high winds....

Mike Potts / Transporting tobacco leaves to thatched hut (Vega) for drying, Vinales valley, Cuba

Mike Potts / Transporting tobacco leaves to thatched hut (Vega) for drying, Vinales valley, Cuba

Mike Potts / Tobacco leaves drying in traditional thatched hut (Vega) Vinales valley, Cuba

Mike Potts / Tobacco leaves drying + traditional thatched drying hut (Vega) Vinales valley, Cuba

Juan Manuel Borrero / Traditional thatched hut, Brana de Fuexu, Valle del Lago, Somiedo NP. Asturias, Spain

Juan Manuel Borrero / Traditional thatched houses, Brana la Pornacal, Somiedo National Park.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Traditional thatched houses, Brana la Pornacal, Somiedo National Park.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Traditional thatched houses, Brana de Mumian. Somiedo NP, Asturias, Spain

Juan Manuel Borrero / Traditional thatched houses, Brana la Pornacal, Somiedo National Park.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Typical thatched home of Caboclo family, River Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Thatched hut for smoking latex and extracting rubber ball, Acre, Brazil

Ross Hoddinott / Traditional thatched cottage, Coombe valley, Cornwall, UK.

Toby Sinclair / Thatched village houses, Kutch, Gujarat, India

Toby Sinclair / Thatched village house, Kutch, Gujarat, India

Mark Moffett / Metallic White-toed Tarantula (Avicularia metallica) in thatched roof, Venezuela

Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen fishing for Tuna in Rakit area, Indonesia. Rakit is a thatched hut on a small bamboo raft occupied by custodian who attracts fish with lanterns at night. Boats pay to fish in a Rakit a...

Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen use Anchovy bait to catch Tuna at sunrise in Rakit area, Indonesia. Rakit is a thatched hut on a raft occupied by custodian who attracts fish to surface with lanterns. Boats pay to fis...

Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen use Anchovy bait to catch Tuna in Rakit area, Indonesia. Rakit is a thatched hut on a small bamboo raft occupied by custodian who attracts fish with lanterns at night Boats pay to fish...

Pete Oxford / Machiguenga indian huts, Timpia community, Lower Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Juergen Freund / Rakit at sunrise, Indonesia. Thatched hut on a small bamboo raft occupied by custodian who attracts fish from deep waters with lanterns at night for other fishing boats to catch at dawn. Boats pay to...

Roberto Rinaldi / Tuessrock hotel beach with thatched umbrella sun-shades, loungers and palm trees, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Lagoon bungalows, Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Roberto Rinaldi / Le Touessrock 5 star resort accommodation and swimming pool, Mauritus.

Mike Read / Snow on thatched Cottage, Swan Green, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, April 2008

Mike Read / Snow on thatched cottages, Swan Green, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, April 2008

Roberto Rinaldi / Huts of the Bora Bora Pearl hotel on the Bora Bora lagoon, French Polynesia

Roberto Rinaldi / Ancient bai (menshouse) in Airiai village, or Bai-ra-Irrai. The bai is reserved exclusively for men and for chiefs of the village. Palau.

Roberto Rinaldi / Ancient bai (menshouse) in Airiai village, or Bai-ra-Irrai. The bai is reserved exclusively for men and for chiefs of the village. Palau.

Roberto Rinaldi / Traditional thatched building, Ile des pins (Isle of Pines), New Caledonia, Melanesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Old woman walking in front of a typical house wearing the traditional grass skirt for a local festival, Yap, Micronesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Traditional dancers in costume, Yap, Micronesia. The traditional dances and songs on Yap tell stories with complex movements.

Jean E. Roche / Thatched guardian house Camargue France

Mike Wilkes / Jackdaw sunbathing on thatched roof {Corvus monedula} Devon, UK

Erwan Quéméré / Annual maintenance to a traditional wooden boat in front of a thatched cottage at Pont Aven. Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Fisherman's cottage, Connemara, Ireland.

Erwan Quéméré / Thatched cottage and open boats moored in bay. Sky Road, Connemara, Ireland.