Claudio Contreras / Young girl face to face with Peninsular Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) fawn at Peninsular Pronghorn recovery project, El Vizcaino Desert Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Pen...

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant anteater in grassland fire {Myremecophaga tridactyla} Emas NP, Brazil - composite image

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow faced amazon parrots {Alipiopsitta xanthops} Emas NP, Cerrado, Goias, Brazil. Endangered species

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Common / Greater rhea {Rhea americana} Cerrado, Emas National Park, Goias, Brazil

Heather Angel / Bamboo growing beside narrow mountain track. Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, Yunnan Province, China. May 2009. Digitally stitched panorama.

Heather Angel / Wetland with areas of rice and Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) surrounded by peaks. View from Jade Dragon Peak. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China, 2009.

Heather Angel / Wetland with cultivated areas of rice, Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and other crops. Peaks in background, view from Jade Dragon Peak. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China, 2009.

Heather Angel / Peaks and clouds above Tiger Leaping Gorge at dawn. Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, China. 2010.

Nick Hawkins / Spotted oceanic triggerfish (Canthidermis maculata) dead on a fish aggregating device, illegal in many areas. Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. 2018.

Nick Hawkins / Fish sheltering below fish aggregating device. The rafts, which are illegal in many areas, are used in commercial fishery to attract larger species towards the sheltering fish. Cocos Island National P...

Cyril Ruoso / Slingshots used by monks to prevent Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) from entering certain areas of temple, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at water's edge with Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey, and other crocodiles nearby trying to steal the prey. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Pa...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at water's edge to feed on Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. With birds on the shore including pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens), marabou...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. Other birds watch from the shore, including great egrets (Ardea alba), grey herons (Ardea cinerea) and hame...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) catching a Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey, Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry up...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) fighting over Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) eating Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus). With birds on the shore including pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens), marabou storks (Leptoptilos crum...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) underwater holding a Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. after a group of the birds dove into the river to hunt fish. Here, the crocodile slowly sw...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. Other pelicans flying or wings held up in alarm. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Duri...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. Other pelicans with wings held up in alarm. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During th...

Jen Guyton / Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens) diving into the Musicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sour...

Jen Guyton / Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) fishing in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, while a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) swims past. During the dry season many water sour...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) drinking at sunset in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry up trapping fish in smaller areas. M...

Jen Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) and Yellow-billed storks (Mycteris ibis) sweeping the water for fish in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many wa...

Jen Guyton / Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) preening itself beside the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry up trapping fish in smaller ar...

Jen Guyton / Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) preening beside the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry up trapping fish in smaller areas....

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Msicadzi River, to swallow a mouthful of fish as a yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) scans for fish nearby. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nation...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) watching Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) that has come up to swallow a mouthful of fish. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The bird is...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) hunting for fish near a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) that has come up to swallow a mouthful of fish. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. D...

Jen Guyton / Birds squabbling over fish in the Msicadzi River. Pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) biting at the head of another pelican with a pouch full of fish while a marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenife...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) feeding on great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry...

Juergen Freund / Healthy coral reefs with abundant marine life in tambo or marine protected areas - split level, Nukusa Village, Undu Point, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific

Juergen Freund / Healthy coral reefs with abundant marine life in tambo or marine protected areas - split level, Nukusa Village, Undu Point, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific

Benjam Pontinen / De Geer moraine ridges, areas of debris deposited by glaciers, Kvarken, High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Finland, August 2016.

Jiri Lochman / Cushion plant (Donatia sp.), Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmanian Wilderness UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Tasmania, Australia. Endemic to Tasmanian alpine areas

David Pattyn / Aerial view of coastal landscape and beach surrounded by dry deciduous forest at Anjajavy Private Reserve. After hours of flying from Antananarivo this was one of the very few areas with some forest l...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Neotropical mound building termites (Cornitermes cumulans) workers taking vegetation into hole, with solider, Emas National Park, Cerrado region, near Mineiros, Goias, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bioluminescent Firefly larvae (Pyrearinus termitilluminans) on Termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mounds, Emas National Park, Cerrado vegetation, Western Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Neotropical mound building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mounds after a fire, Emas National Park, Cerrado region, municipality of Mineiros, Goias, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Neotropical mound building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mounds after a fire, Emas National Park, near Mineiros, Cerrado region, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bioluminescent Firefly (Pyrearinus termitilluminans) larvae on Termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mounds, Emas National Park, Cerrado vegetation, Western Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Neotropical mound building termites (Cornitermes cumulans) on ground, a soldier and several workers, some climbing out of hole, Emas National Park, Cerrado region, near Mineiros, Central Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cerrado area in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Brazil, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Fires at the peak of the dry season. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched plant regrowing leaves after fires during the peak of the dry season, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Flower (possibly Hippeastrum sp.) in flower after fire, many flowers in the region have fire induced flowering. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Bird of prey flying over fires, during the peak of the dry season,Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Fire blazing in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Shoal of minnows, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado, Goias, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Greater Rhea (Rhea americana americana) profile, Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Greater Rhea (Rhea americana americana) Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Greater Rhea (Rhea americana america) with chicks, Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Greater Rheas (Rhea americana americana) Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Greater Rhea (Rhea americana americana) Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) two, Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) at Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Emas National Park, Goiais State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) walking through habitat, Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother and baby, Emas National Park, Goias State, Cerrado region, Central Brazil. Vulnerable species.

Jabruson / African rainforest penetration and associated pressures. People on truck with water containers. Influx of humans exerts pressure on wildlife and natural resources outside and within protected areas th...

Jabruson / African rainforest penetration and associated pressures. People on truck with water containers. Influx of humans exerts pressure on wildlife and natural resources outside and within protected areas th...

Jabruson / Grey cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) captive youngster about to be picked up by gloved hand, to be taken indoors for the night. It's mother was shot by hunters so now this animal is kept as a p...

Jabruson / Grey Cheeked Managabey (Lophocebus albigena) young being held captive by child within village, its mother was shot by a hunter, meaning it will be kept as a pet and play-thing until old enough to be e...

Roland Seitre / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) on grass plain. Emas National Park, Brazil, January 2007.

Roland Seitre / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) carrying baby on its back. Emas National Park, Brazil, January 2007.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Areas protected from Exmoor ponies relased at Street Heath for conservation grazing, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Nick Upton / Aerial view of Horsey Mere with Horsey Estate in the foreground and Horsey Mill to the right, and the North Sea in the background, The Broads National Park, Norfolk, UK, January 2011.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Tegu Lizard (Tupinambis teguixin) feeding on fruit and waste material at the headquarters of Emas National Park, Gois State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva) nesting within a termite mount, Cerrado, Emas National Park, Gois State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) Cerrado of Emas National Park, Mineiros, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant Neotropical / Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) Emas National Park, Gois State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Canyon 2 of Preto River at Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, municipality of So Jorge, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Large formation of bromeliads {Dyckia sp} in the Valley of the Moon (Vale da Lua) Chapada dos Veadeiros, Cerrado region, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cerrado vegetation with "candomb" bushes (Vellozia variabilis), a plant typical of the Cerrado, at Chapada dos Veadeiros, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) nocturnal, Emas National Park, Goias State, Central Brazil. Endangered

Luiz Claudio Marigo / "Buriti" palm trees (Mauritia flexuosa) in Jardim de Maytrea (Maytrea's Garden), Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Gois State, Central Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flower of "candomb" (Vellozia variabilis), plant characteristic of Cerrado vegetation, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, municipality of So Jorge, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / "Buriti" palm trees (Mauritia flexuosa) in Jardim de Maytrea (Maytrea's Garden), Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / "Buti" palm tree (Butia eriospatha) in the savannah of Chapada dos Veadeiros, near Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region of Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Inflorescence of "buti" palm tree (Butia eriospatha) at Chapada dos Veadeiros, near Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the Cerrado region of Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Wildflowers flowering in rocky soil in Cerrado vegetation, Chapada dos Veadeiros, near Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / The Vale da Lua (Valley of the Moon), rock formations eroded by the waters of So Miguel River, at Chapada dos Veadeiros, near Alto Paraso de Gois town, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / "Buriti" Palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), with fruits, in the Cerrado vegetation, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / "Buriti" Palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa) with fruits hanging down, Cerrado vegetation at Chapada dos Veadeiros, Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Buriti palm trees (Mauritia flexuosa) in Jardim de Maytrea (Maytrea's Garden) at Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region of Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Peach-fronted parakeet (Aratinga aurea) feeding on flowers. Chapada dos Veadeiros, Cerrado region of Gois State, Central Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / People bathing at So Miguel River in Vale da Lua (Valley of the Moon) Chapada dos Veadeiros, municipality of Alto Paraso de Gois, Gois State, Central Brazil.