Alan Watson / Spine-covered trunk of an White pricklyash / Pino de teta tree (Zanthoxylum martinicense) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic, Carib...

Tim Laman / Lucian Bono with trays of seeds of the endangered Sandalwood (Santalum insulare) tree from Nuku Hiva Island. He is attempting to germinate these seeds at a facility for the propogation of this species...

Tim Laman / Greenhouse for propogation of endangered plant species from Nuku Hiva Island such as the Sandalwood (Santalum insulare). Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Tim Laman / Garden for the cultivation of endangered species from Nuku Hiva Island such as this Sandalwood (Santalum insulare) seedling. Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Tim Laman / Lucian Bono and Jean-Pierre Malet search the ridges of Nuku Hiva Island for endangered Sandalwood (Santalum insulare) to collect seeds for a cultivation program. Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Tim Laman / Lucian Bono checks the fruit on an endangered Sandalwood (Santalum insulare) tree. Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Pete Oxford / Local woman with sandalwood face mask - used as sun protection and a beautification. Isalo National Park, MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Mahafaly woman wearing sandalwood face paste to protect from the sun and as a beautification. Ampanihy, south-west coast of MADAGASCAR . 2005

Pete Oxford / Local woman with sandalwood paste face decoration, Nosy Komba Island, Madagascar

Bernard Castelein / African sandalwood tree, close up of bark {Zanthoxylon gilletii} Kenya