Gerry Ellis / Slash-and-burn deforestation for farming, near Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

Guy Edwardes / Waterfall on Russel Burn, Applecross, Highlands, Scotland, UK. February 2016.

Jabruson / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ivory in piles, ready to be burnt by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The burn included 105 tons of elephant ivory worth over $150 million Nairobi National Park,...

Jabruson / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ivory in piles, ready to be burnt by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The burn included 105 tons of elephant ivory worth over $150 million Nairobi National Park...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

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

Gerry Ellis / Smoking fire, set by humans to clear rainforest to plant oil palms, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

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

Aflo / N-22304 Slash and Burn. Burning rainforest to clear land for agriculture. Brazil.

Mark Bowler / Aerial view of rainforest clearance for agriculture, small-scale deforestation slash and burn, Amazon rainforest, Peru

John Downer / Slash and burn agriculture Chiapas Mexico

Konrad Wothe / Slash and burn rainforest destruction, Madagascar

Jim Brandenburg / Prairie burn in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Oklahoma

Tony Heald / 'Cool burn' fire, canopy is unaffected, Kakadu NP, Northern Territory, Australia

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated bya member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being use...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an image sent via a drone of a koala (Phascolarct...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...

Doug Gimesy / Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby makes final arrangements to drive to Heaslville Sanctuary from East Sale RAAF Base, with a young rescued burn victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named '...

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain kissing rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty'. Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin we...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain with rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty'. Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin were...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain with rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin were...

Doug Gimesy / Very badly burnt front foot of a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty' from the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019, is held by koala rescuer and carer, Sue Swain. When he arrived, his nose...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain looks at the bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty' who she has just applied burn cream to. 'Sooty' was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires...

Doug Gimesy / ?Sue Swain gives a bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', a dietary supplement in her garage (where she keeps this koala being cared for). ??Sooty' was very badly burnt during...

Doug Gimesy / ?Sue Swain gives a bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', a dietary supplement in her garage. '??Sooty' was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2...

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over an area of rainforest cleared by slash and burn for cultivation of crops including maize, manioc and banana, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2017. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over an area of rainforest cleared by slash and burn for cultivation of crops including maize, manioc and banana, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2017. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over an area of rainforest cleared by slash and burn for cultivation of crops including maize, manioc and banana, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2017. (non-ex)

Gerry Ellis / Recently cleared and burnt tropical rainforest to convert area for oil palm plantation, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Gerry Ellis / Recently cleared and burnt tropical rainforest to convert area for oil palm plantation, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Gerry Ellis / Recently cleared and burnt tropical rainforest to convert area for oil palm plantation, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

David Perpinan / Burn from heat lights in a captive green iguana (Iguana iguana). Burns are common in captive reptiles. Small repro only

Ashley Cooper / Trees in plantation burning in forest fire, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK, August 2006.

Ashley Cooper / Trees in plantation burning in forest fire, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK, August 2006.

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroys an area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, whi...

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which...

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which...

Ashley Cooper / Wildfire damage in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which lea to an increasing number of wild fires. Octo...

Ashley Cooper / The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest, California, USA. This picture was taken during a severe drought in which wild fires are much more common. October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley in the Yosemite National Park, California, USA. This fire was started by a lightning strike. October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers. This picture shows a newspaper sets on fire in the 300 degrees...

Ashley Cooper / Memorial cricket match between Kinglake and Marysville on anniversary of catastrophic bush fire in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burnt out forest at Marysville which was one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fire. Victoria, Australia, USA, February.

Ashley Cooper / Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burnt forest at Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February 2...

Ashley Cooper / Kinglake National Park sign by burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian bush fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed...

Ashley Cooper / Burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February...

Ashley Cooper / Smoke warning sign by road, at dawn near Orbost, New South Wales, Australia. March 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Smoke warning sign by road, at dawn near Orbost, New South Wales, Australia. March 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest destroyed by bush fires in December 2009. near Michelago, New South Wales, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest destroyed by bush fires in December 2009. near Michelago, New South Wales, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest destroyed by bush fires in December 2009. near Michelago, New South Wales, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burns victims who work for the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation in Australia providing counselling and support for the victims of the bush fires. Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bus...

Ashley Cooper / Roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bus...

Ashley Cooper / Rebuilding at Marysville which was one of the communities worst affected by the 2009 Australian Bush Fires during which 173 people. Victoria, USA, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Park Closed sign in the Snowy Mountains, closed due to bush fires, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / CFA fire fighters tackling a roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15...

Ashley Cooper / A roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bu...

Ashley Cooper / A roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bu...

Ashley Cooper / A roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bu...

Ashley Cooper / Maize (Zea mays) husks that are used as a renewable fuel to burn on household stoves, northern China, March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Maize husks that are used as a renewable fuel to burn on household stoves, northern China, March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Burning brush wood from a forestry plantation near Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK, August.

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney's Scotland, UK. October 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney's Scotland, UK. October 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Man stoking boiler at Queens Mill in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK. The mill is powered by a steam engine built over 100 years ago and is still powering the mill today. The steam powered industry...

Ashley Cooper / Solar crematorium at The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India. December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Solar crematorium at The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India. December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Solar crematorium at The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India. December 2013.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Government ivory burn, with 6 tonnes of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks, Libreville, Gabon, 6th June 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Park rangers burning ivory, with 6 tonnes of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks, Libreville, Gabon, June 6th 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Park rangers burning ivory, with 6 tonnes of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks, Libreville, Gabon, June 6th 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Park rangers burning ivory, with 6 tonnes of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks, Libreville, Gabon, June 6th 2012.

Ingo Arndt / Clearing forest for Agriculture - trees burning Madagascar. Slash and burn

David Pattyn / Aerial view of deforested landscape with haze of smoke from small fires, probably arising from slash and burn agriculture, central Madagascar, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasian otter (lutra lutra) foraging in woodland burn at night, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, August

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) foraging in woodland burn at night, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) foraging in woodland burn at night, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) feeding whilst on log in woodland burn, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Badger (Meles meles) crossing over burn on fallen tree, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Badger (Meles meles) standing on fallen tree over burn, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) alongside Derry Burn, Glen Derry, Mar Lodge Estate, Cairngorms National Park, March 2017.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine trees alongside Derry Burn in Glen Derry, Mar Lodge Estate, Deeside, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, March 2017.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Waterfall on Allt Ruadh in winter, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January.

Inaki Relanzon / Deforestation and grass burning near Ankarana National Park, Northern Madagascar, November 2010.

Niall Benvie / Buchan Burn, Glentrool, Galloway, Forestry Commission Scotland, UK, November 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine sapling scorched during muirburn / burn on upland grouse shooting moor, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Wind turbines at Berry Burn on Altyre Estate, Moray Scotland, UK. July 2016.