Angelo Gandolfi / Forest fire in the Cerrado during dry season. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil. September 2010.

Denis-Huot / Bushfires in dry season on the Isuria escarpment, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. October 2007.

Jack Dykinga / Life returning after seasonal rains to burnt forest, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest devastation of the 'Wallow Fire', Arizona, USA August 2011

Jack Dykinga / Trunk of Giant Sequoia tree {Sequoiadendron giganteum} showing scars from ancient fires, Sequoia NP, California, USA

Pete Oxford / Deforestation - smoke from fires in Amazon rainforest along river bank, Ecuador, South America

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, in crate prior to transport to the Bairnsdale wildlife triage centre - which had been set up...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is held and checked by Forest and Wildlife officer Lachlan Clarke. After an initial assessmen...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is transported in a crate to a vehicle by members of the Australian Defence Force. It will th...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officers do a preliminary health check on a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been brought down from a tree to be checked for burns and weight after a bush fire in the area....

Doug Gimesy / Cherry picker' ascends with a Forest and Wildlife officer to collect a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from the tree so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Vict...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and wildlife officer (assisted by members of the Australian Defence Force) transfers a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area,...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was found walking across burnt ground after a fire, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Lachlan Clarke, (right), assisted by a member of the Australian Defence For...