Jabruson / 'Patasse' - a male member of the Ba'Aka ethnic group from the village of Mossapoula, a tribe that have lived around Dzanga Ndoki National park for thousands of years and still depend on forest resourc...

Daniel Heuclin / Traditional bush hunter with a calao / Hornbill head decoration, preparing bow and arrow for hunt, Northern Cameroon, West Africa. No release available.

Pete Oxford / Boy sitting on rolls of Balata made from latex collected from Balata / Bullet Wood tree, Nappi, Rupununi, Guyana, used for crafts, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Macushi woman preparing cassava bread from Cassava / Yuca (Manihot esculenta), crop is harvested, peeled, grated, squeezed to a matape, sieved, and roasted into a large flat piece of bread, Fairview...

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing the Lawah (long trumpet) during afternoon pudja, Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Portrait of Ladakhi woman carrying infant on her back, Phyang, Kardung village, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Tim Laman / Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay. Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Uldam, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia., August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Yali hunter in traditional dress, with nose adornment made of wild pig's bones, and rooster feather head-dress. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

David Tipling / Eagle hunters with golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) on route to the Eagle Hunters festival near Ulgii Western Mongolia, October 2009. Winner of the Indigenous Cultures Award in Nature's Best Competit...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, using a sewing machine on the floor of her family's log cabin, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, holding a loaf of traditional Selkup bread she has baked in hot sand, at her family's summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A traditional Selkup shovel for removing pieces of ice from the water while checking fishing nets in a frozen river, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / At a Selkup hunter's winter camp in the forest, a Laika dog has an 'igloo' for shelter, Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sable skins hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup man, returns to a winter camp after hunting Capercaille, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ivan, a Selkup elder, checking his fishing net set under the ice of the Pechalka River in Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ivan Agichev, an elderly Selkup man, out in the forest in the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yalena, an elderly Selkup woman holds sable skins caught by her husband at their winter camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nina Kunina, a Selkup woman, cuts bark from a birch tree to make a traditional basket near Bistrinka. Purovskiy Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ludmilla Kargocheva, a Selkup woman, returns to her home after berry picking in the autumn, Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Selkup couple, Andrey Kargochev and his wife, Ludmilla, about to go berry picking by boat in the autumn, Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Portrait of Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup elder, at his camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wesetrn Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, about to go fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rita Markova, a young Selkup woman, hangs fish up to smoke and dry over an open fire at a summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rita Markova, a young Selkup woman, at a summer camp in the taiga, with animal pelts drying behind her, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rita Markova, a young Selkup woman, driving a reindeer sled on the frozen Shirta River, Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, using a traditional Selkup shovel to remove pieces of ice from the water while checking a fishing net in a frozen river, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup hunter, baiting a trap with fish to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup hunter, setting a trap to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Andrey Kargochev, a Selkup elder, prepares to go hunting by boat, Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A draught reindeer eating salt from a trough at a Selkup camp in the autumn in boreal forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from hunting in the forest carrying his catch of two Capercailles, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, cleans fish while her niece Anastasia watches, at a summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, making traditional Selkup bread by baking dough in hot sand at her family's summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Anastasia, a five year old Selkup girl, rocks the cradle of her baby cousin at a summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Valery Irkov, a Selkup hunter, travelling in winter through the forest by reindeer sled near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sable skins hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup hunter, rests on his snowmobile while out checking his sable traps in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup hunter, driving a snowmobile to check his sable traps in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, sets off along a seismic line cut in the forest to hunt with his dog, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, about to go fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A fish (golden eye) being roasted over an open fire at a Selkup summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, with his draft reindeer on the frozen Shirta River, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Albina, a young Selkup girl, warmly wrapped up for a winter sled journey near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Roach catch from the Pechalka River in Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A traditional Selkup storage hut built on stilts to deter rodents in the forest near Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A kettle hangs over an open fire to boil at a Selkup camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Collecting cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) in a traditional Selkup birch bark basket in the autumn, Krasnolselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, checks a fishing net from his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, with her daughter Violetta, inside a 'Poymot', (traditional Selkup turf winter hut), at a winter hunting camp in the forest near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wester...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yura, a Selkup hunter, harnesses his draft reindeer before going to check his traps in the forest, Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup man, out hunting in the forest on skiis, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Marina Korgachev, a Selkup woman, picking mountain cranberries / cowberries (Vaccinium vitisidaea) in the forest on an autumn day, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Marina Korgachev, a Selkup woman, picking mountain cranberries / cowberries (Vaccinium vitisidaea) in the forest on an autumn day, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Vassily Korgachev, a Selkup hunter, holds up two geese he has shot for food on the River Shirta in the autumn, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A catch of roach, pike and golden eye lie in the bottom of an 'Anty', a traditional Selkup dugout boat, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, checks a fishing net from his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Traditional Selkup basket made from birch bark and used for collecting berries, hanging up at a camp on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rita Markova, a young Selkup woman, cooking fish (golden eye) over an open fire at a Selkup summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yalena, an elderly Selkup woman, sewing a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Wild mushrooms lying on reindeer moss after being gathered near a Selkup camp in the forest. They will be dried & stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, setting a traditional 'chang' (deadfall trap) to catch Capercaille in a forest clearing, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Selkup hunters returning by reindeer sled to their 'Poymot' (traditional Selkup turf hut) at a winter hunting camp in the forest near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (to avoid rodent problem) Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, takes his grandaughter out fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Wild mushrooms cut up and drying at a Selkup camp in the forest. Once dry they will be stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, holds two Capercaille he has caught in a 'Chang' (traditional deadfall trap), in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Handmade birch bark basket full of cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) picked in autumn, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Firewood stacked outside a 'Poymot' (traditional Selkup turf hut) at a winter hunting camp in the forest near Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Selkup hunter, Igor Kubolev, and his girlfriend Rita travelling by boat on the River Shirta in the autumn, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta, a Selkup man, out hunting in the forest on skiis, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Christophe Courteau / Harvested millet stowage at end of rainy season. Essential food source to locals, Sahel, Niger.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Khanty woman competing in a Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) racing competition at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, August 2008.

Juergen Freund / An indigenous Mangyan man walking from his village to town, a journey that may take a few hours. Calintaan, Mindoro, Phillipines, March 2010.

John Cancalosi / Newspaper Rock petroglyphs, made by indigenous people inhabiting the Puerco river valley 650- 2000 years ago, Petrified forest National Park, Arizona, USA, August 2010

Bruno D'Amicis / Indigenous people collect low-quality Wild coffee (Coffea arabica) beans fallen from trees after storm in the forest of Mankira, Kaffa, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

JIM CLARE / Huaorani indians preparing curare poison for blow pipes to use for hunting, Yasuni NP, Ecuador

John Downer / Hagahai tribal people at rock shelter, Shraeder Mountains, Papua New Guinea (tribe discovered 1985) 1992

JIM CLARE / Huaorani indian hunting with blow pipe and curare in rainforest, Yasuni NP, Ecuador

John Downer / Hagermai hunting party, use fire to drive out animals which they then spear, Papua New Guinea 1992

JIM CLARE / Traditional Huaorani dwelling made of palm leaves, Yasuni NP, Ecuador

Patricio Robles Gil / Tribal woman, Karawari river, Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Face painting for the Mount Hagen Show, Wahgi valley, Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Wahgi Valley man in warrior dress, Mountain Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Warrior at the Mount Hagen Show, Wahgi valley, Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Warrior at the Mount Hagen Show, Wahgi valley, Papua New Guinea, singing celebration

XI ZHINONG / Traditional meal of Yi, indigenous ethnic minority group, Yunnan, China

Pete Oxford / Indian woman carrying wares to market, Ofelia Market, Quito, Ecuador, South America

Pete Oxford / Portrait of Indian woman at Ofelia Market, Quito, Ecuador, South America