Juan Carlos Munoz / Stone wall dividing field from open rough land, Vega de Pas, Cordillera cantabrica, Cantabria, Northern Spain, October 2006

Jack Dykinga / Valle de la Luna, The Codillera de Sal, formed by layer upon layer of salt, sand and clay, creating strata that buckled with earth's crust and lined with sand dunes. Atacama Desert, Chile. April 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Las Medulas, Cordillera Cantabrica, Castilla y Leon, Spain. The landscape, now a natural reserve, is man-made: the rock formations are the result of iron mining since Roman times and the wood is culti...

Colin Monteath / Sunset on Yerupaja and Sarapo mountains from Sarapococha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Ninashanca, Rondoy, and Jirishanca peaks with afternoon build-up of clouds, Cerro Yaucha, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Yerupaja Chico, 6121 meters, from Cerro Yaucha, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Chemicals leaking from old gold mine cause orange colored mud in swamp, Cashapampa Valley, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Yerupaja summit ridge, 6617 meters, at sunset, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Cacti near Cerro Cuyoc, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Alpaca (Lama pacos) group above Laguna Viconga, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Distichia (Distichia muscoides) cushion plant in dried out swamp area under Carnicero peak, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Sun sets behind Jirishanca peak with Yerupaja peak and river flowing into Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) herd grazing under Siula Grande near Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Siula Grande, Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico and Jirishanca peaks emerge from morning cloud with reflections in Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Jirishanca, 6090 meters, view from Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Jirishanca peak, 6090 meters, dawn reflection in stream running into Mitococha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Jirishanca peak, 6090 meters, dawn reflection in stream running into Mitococha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Jirishanca peak, 6090 meters, reflection in stream running into Mitococha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Trekker and limestone ridges with peaks from 4700 meter Cacananpunta Pass, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Rondoy peak, 5870 meters, at sunset, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Huascaran Mountain peak in Cordillera Blanca above city of Yungay and memorial garden for 50,000 victims of 1970 avalanche, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Chacraraju Mountain, 6113 meters tall, Cordillera Blanca, Andes, Peru

David Noton / Farmland and settlement above the Sacred Valley with the Urubamba Cordillera of the Andes behind, near Cusco, Peru. November 2005

Roy Mangersnes / Coca (Erythroxylum coca) leaves drying in the sun, Cordillera Real, Bolivia, November

Kristel Richard / A Criollo pure pedigree stallion cantering in the field, Estancia Tukangua, Cordillera, Paraguay, January 2012

Kristel Richard / A Criollo pure pedigree stallion cantering in the field, Estancia Tukangua, Cordillera, Paraguay, January 2012

Kristel Richard / A band of Criollo pure pedigree mares and foals running in the field, Estancia Tukangua, Cordillera, Paraguay, January 2012

Kristel Richard / Portrait of a Criollo pure pedigree colt, Estancia Tukangua, Cordillera, Paraguay, January 2012

David Noton / The Cordillera Real range of mountains in the Andes from Lake Titicaca at dusk, Bolivia, December 2009

David Noton / The Cordillera Real range of mountains in the Andes from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, December 2009

David Noton / The Cordillera Real range of mountains in the Andes from Lake Titicaca at dusk, Bolivia, December 2009

Daniel Heuclin / Northern luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) with juvenile, from the Central cordillera mountain range, NW Luzon, Philippines, Captive.

Daniel Heuclin / Northern luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) portrait on tree branch, from the central cordillera mountain range, NW Luzon, Philippines, Captive

Daniel Heuclin / Northern luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) with juvenile, from the central cordillera mountain range, NW Luzon, Philippines, Captive.

Daniel Heuclin / Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) from the central cordillera mountain range, NW Luzon, Philippines, Captive

Juan Carlos Munoz / Traditional stone huts in mountain landscape, Vega de Pas, Cordillera cantabrica, Cantabria, Northern Spain, October 2006

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hiker walking along track through woodland, Vega de Pas, Cordillera cantabrica, Cantabria, Northern Spain, October 2006

Juan Carlos Munoz / Stone wall dividing field from open rough land, Vega de Pas, Cordillera cantabrica, Cantabria, Northern Spain, October 2006

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hiker walking along track over stone bridge, Vega de Pas, Cordillera cantabrica, Cantabria, Northern Spain, October 2006

Grant Dixon / Southwest face of Alpamayo, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Grant Dixon / Southwest face of Alpamayo, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Grant Dixon / Hiker at sunset on Chinchey Massif, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Grant Dixon / Sunset on Chinchey Massif, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range reflected in lake, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range, glacier and lake, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Yachts anchored near Darwin Range, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range and glacier, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Rolf Nussbaumer / Puerto rican tody {Todus mexicanus} adult, Maricao, Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico.

Pete Oxford / Wild Honey bees {Apis mellifera} collected for community project. Ecuador Chongon colonche cordillera Pro pueblo foundation

Pete Oxford / Capturing wild honey bees for community project. {Apis mellifera} Ecuador Chongon Colonche Cordillera Pro pueblo foundation

Pete Oxford / Capturing wild honey bees {Apis mellifera} for community project. Ecuador Chongon colonche cordillera Pro pueblo foundation

Pete Oxford / Collecting honey, Ecuador.Community Bee Culture Project, Pro Pueblo Foundation, Chongon-Colonche Cordillera.

Pete Oxford / Capturing wild bees, Ecuador. Community Bee Culture Project, Pro Pueblo Foundation, Chongon-Colonche Cordillera.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) herd, Pampa Galeras Nature Reserve, Cordillera Blanca Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid (Masdevallia sp) mountain slopes, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid (Masdevallia sp) mountain slopes, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid (Masdevallia sp) mountain slopes, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rainforest cleared for house and pasture, Cordillera de Tilaran, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) family herd in Andean pre-cordillera, austral spring, Atacama Desert, Chile

Tui De Roy / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) family herd in Andean pre-cordillera, Atacama Desert, Chile

Pete Oxford / Filling water containers, rural water supply project. Ecuador Pro Pueblo Foundation, Chongon-Colonche Cordillera.

Colin Monteath / Chemicals leaking from old gold mine cause orange colored mud in swamp, Cashapampa Valley, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Trekkers descend steep scree slopes from Santa Rosa Pass with Jurau Lake and peaks of Yerupaja and Siula Grande in clouds, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Cordillera Raura peaks and high alpine lakes, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Cactus flowering near Cerro Cuyoc, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Retreating hanging glaciers from summit Cerro Cuyoc, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Distichia (Distichia muscoides) cushion plant and Plantain (Plantago rigida) on edge of swampy high country, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Glacial moraine lakes and Yerupaja and Siula Grande peaks, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Trekker beneath Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico and Jirishanca from above Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Trekkers camp near Carhuacocha Lake under Yerupaja peak, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Siula Grande, Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico and Jirishanca peaks emerge from morning cloud with reflections in Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Waterfall on the Yanganuco River, Cordillera Blanca, Andes, Peru

Colin Monteath / Huandoy Mountain and Chacraraju Mountain peaks seen from head of Yanganuco Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Andes, Peru

Grant Dixon / Hiker at sunset, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Grant Dixon / Frozen grasses and Nevado Chopicalqui peak, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range at sunset, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range and Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Pete Oxford / Logging industry Chongon-Colonche Cordillera Western Ecuador South America

Pete Oxford / Deforested landscape Chongon-Colonche Cordillera. Ecuador Only one per cent of