David Woodfall / Hedge which has been 'netted ' to prevent breeding birds nesting, which would delay building development of new homes. The tree in the background has also been cut back. Chester, Cheshire, Eng...

Lucas Bustamante / Aerial view of cut tree trunks in deforested Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. 25 tree species, many of them threatened, are involved.

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Gerry Ellis / Burned rainforest, cleared for oil palm agriculture, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Gerry Ellis / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) sub-adult male in trees in haze caused by forest clearing, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Loss of topsoil in deforested land, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Graphite mine near the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, one of the environmental problems affecting the ecosystem of the rainforest. Madagascar, March 2005.

David Noton / Slash and burn deforestation near Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Cut trees in the Waka forest, Gabon, Central Africa, 2008-2009.

Cyril Ruoso / Tree trunks logged by German company and certificated as legal wood from the Congo forest, destination Europe, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Volunteers clearing and burning vegetation, Vange Marsh RSPB reserve, Essex, England, UK, November.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...