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

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

David Pattyn / Moriche palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa) at Laguna Grande in an area of flooded forest, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, July, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazo...

Floris van Breugel / Young California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in sunshine among older palms in a remote oasis in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Gabriel Rojo / Yatay palm / jelly palm (Batia yatay) trees silhouetted at sunset, El Palmar National Park, Entre Rios Province, Argentina

Willem Kolvoort / View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005

Jabruson / Old abandoned Oil Palm trees (Elaeis guineensis), on the edge of plantation limits, at the edge of Korup National Park, South West Cameroon.

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) with the moon rising, Tobago, Caribbean.

Mark Bowler / Peruvian red uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) feeding in rainforest on aguaje palm fruits (Mauritia flexuosa) Yavari River, Peru, wild, vulnerable species

Sergio Hanquet / Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) trees charred and killed by forest fire. Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) trees charred by forest fire. Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Gabriel Rojo / Palm trees with milky way in night sky. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.