Claudio Contreras / Man extracting mud from the bottom of canal, to be used as fertilizer in a chinampa, a wetland agricultural system. Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, December 2011.

Claudio Contreras / Man extracting mud from the bottom of canal, to be used as fertilizer in a chinampa, a wetland agricultural system. Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, December 2011.

David Tipling / Head dress of parrot feathers from the Kofan, Ecuador, South America.

David Tipling / Bird finial in cast gold perhaps for a Shamans staff, from 5-10th century Columbia.

David Tipling / Guillermo Rodriguez Gomez - Shaman of the Bora Tribe, northern Amazon Basin, Peru. Wearing macaw feather head dress worn during shamanic ceremonies. September 2010.

David Tipling / Mebengokre arm ornament containing oropendola and macaw feathers. From the state of Para, Brazil dating to 1960, such arm bands are worn during naming ceremonies.

David Tipling / Necklace of yellow toucan (Ramphastidae) feathers, turquoise tanager (Thraupidae), purple cotinga (Cotingidae) and red macaw (Arini) feathers worn by the Amazonian Urubu-Kaapor of Brazil.

David Tipling / Cane headdress of Tanagers (Thraupidae) and Honeycreepers (Cyanerpes) worn by the Jivaro of Northern Peru and eastern Ecuador.

Nick Upton / Quechua mother and daughter preparing Palm weevil larvae (Rhynchophorus palmarum) before cooking them as food and to use in medicine, Amazonia, Ecuador.

Ugo Mellone / Ciudad Perdida, archaeological site of an ancient city surrounded by rainforest, on a rainy afternoon. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Ciudad Perdida, archaeological site of an ancient city surrounded by rainforest, on a rainy afternoon. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / The entrance of Ciudad Perdida, archaeological site of an ancient city, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / The "mamo" (spiritual leader) of Encanto village, with his poporo, used for chewing of coca leaves. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Traditional huts in Wiwa village in the Buritaca valley. The design of the roof is inspired by the shape of the two peaks of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta massif, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Wood harvest and traditional village huts in the El Encanto Wiwa community, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Group of local people from the Wiwa tribe standing outside their homes in Kemakumake village, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Aerial view of the core area of Ciudad Perdida, archaeological site of an ancient city, surrounded by rainforest, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Aerial view of the circular huts in Wiwa village in the Buritaca valley, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Wiwa village surrounded by rainforest in the Buritaca valley, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Aerial view of Kemakumake villlage belonging to Wiwa community, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Aerial view of Kemakumake villlage belonging to Wiwa community, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Daniel Nunez / Annual kite festival celebrating Day of the Dead. Every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. A tradition of more than 124 years is the display and making of gia...

Daniel Nunez / Annual kite festival celebrating Day of the Dead. Every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. A tradition of more than 124 years is the display and making of gia...

Daniel Nunez / Annual kite festival celebrating Day of the Dead. Every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. A tradition of more than 124 years is the display and making of gia...

Daniel Nunez / Day of the Dead, every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. They use plants like the Flower of the Death (Tagetes erecta) to decorate burial sites. Santiago Sac...

Alejandro Prieto / Local people dressed in Jaguar costumes participating in a tradition called 'La Tigrada', probably the most important celebration dedicated to any animal in the country. They invoke 'T...

Nigel Cattlin / South American white stem borer (Rupela albinella) moth on rice leaf crop, Colombia, South America.

Nigel Cattlin / South American white stem borer (Rupela albinella) eggs on a rice leaf, Colombia, South America.

David Fleetham / Corn / maize drying with man sorting it on a roof near the town of Otavalo, with Imbabura volcano in distance, Ecuador. July 2009.

Wendy Shattil / Lower Rio Grande Valley between Roma and Rio Grande City, Texas, USA. Aerial view from Tamaulipas, Mexico. July 2019.

Wendy Shattil / Aerial view of border wall at Southmost Preserve, Texas, USA. 85% of the reserve lies on the no-man's land side between the wall and the Rio Grande river disrupting The Nature Conservancy's ac...

Wendy Shattil / Aerial view of border wall in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. July 2019.

Wendy Shattil / Aerial view of Madero looking across the Rio Grande to Ejido Los Cavazos Tamaulipas, Mexico. Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. July 2019.

Wendy Shattil / Meanders of the Rio Grande with view towards Tamaulipas, Mexico from Bensen-Rio Grande State Park, aerial view. Illustrates challenge of building a border wall alongside the river. Mission, Texas, USA...

Wendy Shattil / Meander in the Rio Grande, illustrating the complications of building a US-Mexico border. Aerial view looking north from El Horcon, Tamaulipas, Mexico into Texas, USA. July 2019.

Wendy Shattil / Rio Grande, the border between Tamaulipas, Mexico and USA. Border wall on USA side of river, aerial view. Lower Rio Grande, Texas, USA. July 2019.