Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on beach, Port Olry, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

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

Juergen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...

Juergen Freund / Silhouette of karst limestone outcrop and Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) of Entalula Island at sunset. El Nido, Northern Palawan, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Bajau boys playing on a rope swing hung high up in two tall coconut trees. Sibuan Island, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of island with Coconut palm trees, San Blas Islands, Caribbean coast, Panama 2006

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of island with coconut palms, San Blas, Panama, Caribbean Sea

Doug Perrine / Coconut / Robber crab climbing palm tree {Birgus latro} Palau, Micronesia

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and beach overlooking lagoon, Dominican Republic

Gerry Ellis / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees silhouetted at sunrise, St Vincent Island, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and beach, Dominican Republic

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and beach, Dominican Republic

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and beach, Dominican Republic

Toby Sinclair / Coconut palm tree on beach {Cocos nucifera} Lakshadweep, Laccadive islands, Indian ocean

Juergen Freund / Coconut floating on water, Indo-pacific. Split-level. Dispersal of seed.

David Noton / Coconut on beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Pete Oxford / Coconut palm trees and granite outcrop. Sourse d'Argent beach, Las Digue, Seychelles.

Phil Chapman / Coconut Palms, beach and coral lagoon. Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

John Downer / Pigtail macaque {Macaca nemestrina} trained to collect coconuts from trees, Ko Samui, Thailand

John Downer / Pigtail macaque {Macaca nemestrina} trained to climb palm trees to collect coconuts Ko Samui, Thailand

Martin van Lokven / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on beach, D'Arros Island, Seychelles

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish discarded in a lagoon on Funafuti, Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish discarded in a lagoon on Funafuti Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Computer parts discarded on Funafuti atol Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Tuvaluan fisherman in front of a ship wrecked by Hurrican Bepe, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / American tank left during the second world war on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Tuvaluan family having breakfast on Funafuti atol Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Tuvaluan children leaping into the sea on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water outside Funafuti airport, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Child sitting on chair in floodwaters on Funafuti,Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Houses flooded by seawater on Funafuti,Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Tuvaluans watching as the high tide inundates their island home on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Trees fallen over because of undercutting coastal erosion caused by global warming induced sea level rise, Tepuka island off Funafuti atol in Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Trees fallen over because of undercutting coastal erosion caused by global warming induced sea level rise, Tepuka island off Funafuti atol in Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Trees fallen over because of undercutting coastal erosion caused by global warming induced sea level rise, Tepuka island off Funafuti atol in Tuvalu. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Swamp taro / Pulaka (Cyrtosperma merkusii) that has been killed off by salt water incursion on Funafuti, tuvalu, caused by global warming induced sea level rise. March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Floodwater inundating, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. This area is particularly vulnerable to global warming induced sea level rise. March 2007

Kirkendall-Spring / Rainforest area with native Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) and invasive African tulip trees (Spathodea campanulata), North Kohala, Hamakua Coast, Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Nanue Falls along Akoni Pule Highway (Highway 270) with native Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) and invasive African tulip trees (Spathodea campanulata), Hamakua Coast, Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) silhouetted against the sunrise with person sleeping in a hammock, Punalu'u Beach Park, Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) silhouetted against the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, Kekaha Kai State Park along the Kona Coast Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) silhouetted against the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, Kekaha Kai State Park along the Kona Coast Hawaii. December 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera), Hawaii.

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees planted in a lava field near Kaimu, Hawaii

Kirkendall-Spring / Coconut trees planted in a lava field near Kaimu, Hawaii

Staffan Widstrand / Coconut palm trees (Cocos nucifera) growing along coast by sea, Triton Bay, Mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Staffan Widstrand / Coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) growing along coast by sea, Triton Bay, Mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Franco Banfi / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) on a palm trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Natural World Heritage Site, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing over buttress roots, in tropical forest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing over buttress roots, in tropical forest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

David Pattyn / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) trees reflected in pool of hotel with sea beyond, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar, September 2016.

Matthew Maran / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) on Sai Deng beach, Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand, October.

Matthew Maran / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), Sai Deng beach, Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.

Claudio Contreras / Coconut palm trees (Cocos nucifera) during storm, Contoy Island National Park, near Cancun, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, January

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees, Ambergris Caye, Belize

Cyril Ruoso / Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) trained to pick coconuts, climbing trees, Malaysia.

Cyril Ruoso / Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) trained to pick coconuts, climbing trees, Malaysia.

Cyril Ruoso / Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) trained to pick coconuts, climbing trees, Malaysia.

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on beach, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) on beach, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, September 2008.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man playing with dog on tropical beach with Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) Ile des Pins / Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, September 2008

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) on beach with restaurant, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, September 2008

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), Fiji

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees, Vanua Levu, Fiji

Cyril Ruoso / Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) captive Macaque trained to pick coconuts, Malaysia

Cyril Ruoso / Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) training to pick coconuts starting very young, Malaysia

Cyril Ruoso / Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) captive animal trained to pick coconuts, Malaysia

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees, Pamilacan Island, Bohol Island, Philippines

Sue Flood / Coconut palms blowing in wind, Raiatea, Tahiti, South Pacific 2010

Sue Flood / Copra drying on Puka Puka. This is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. Coconut oil extracted from it has made copra an important agricultural commodity for many coconut producing countries. Puk...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Coconut Trees (Cocos nucifera) in Tayrona National Natural Park. Municipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Coastal vegetation with Coconut Trees (Cocos nucifera) in Tayrona National Natural Park. unicipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia, February 2011.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palms on shoreline against dawn light. Punta Gruesa, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera) against sunrise. Punta Gruesa, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of an unhabited mangrove island, with half the mangroves already harvested. Coconut trees are grown here and there and some trees seem to be burned. Palawan, Philippines, April 2010.

Juergen Freund / Leaning Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) at sunset. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees at dusk on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and mangroves at Hinawanan Beach, Bohol Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees at sunset near Dimiao, Bohol Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees at sunset at Bikini Beach, Panglao Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees, Bikini Beach, Panglao Island, Philippines

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / Processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf cover,...