Jabruson / Planks of hardwood trees taken from Bwindi National Park, Uganda

Onne van der Wal / Crews riding the prys (hiking boards/planks) during the Bahamian Sloop regatta, Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. April 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Crews riding the prys (hiking boards/planks) during the Bahamian Sloop regatta, Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. April 2009.

Toby Roxburgh / Man sketching the outline of hull planks during construction of a wooden fishing boat at the Underfall Yard, Bristol, England, UK, 2009. Model released.

Rick Tomlinson / Close up of SY "Adele"'s deck, using a shallow depth of field setting, 2006.

Rick Tomlinson / Close up of SY "Adele"'s deck using a shallow depth of field setting

Edwin Giesbers / Beech Marten (Martes foina) between planks of wood. The Netherlands.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets Reindeer / Caribou herder bending larch planks into sled runners over fire. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Nigel Bean / Laying planks to mend bridge to enable vehicle to cross river, Kilum-Ijim Forest Project zone, Bamenda Highlands, North West Province, Cameroon

Nigel Bean / Laying planks to mend bridge to enable vehicle to cross river, Kilum-Ijim Forest Project zone, Bamenda Highlands, North West Province, Cameroon

Nigel Bean / Laying planks to mend bridge to enable vehicle to cross river, Kilum-Ijim Forest Project zone, Bamenda Highlands, North West Province, Cameroon

Nigel Bean / Laying planks to mend bridge to enable vehicle to cross river, Kilum-Ijim Forest Project zone, Bamenda Highlands, North West Province, Cameroon

Mark Brownlow / Local men preparing planks to use as bridge across cracking ice plate, a mile out from shoreline of Lake Baikal, world's deepest and oldest (and largest by volume) freshwater lake, Siberia, Russia BB...

Mark Brownlow / Local men preparing planks to use as bridge across cracking ice plate, 1 mile out from shoreline of Lake Baikal, world's deepest and oldest (and largest by volume) freshwater lake, Siberia, Russia BB...

Philippe Clement / Timber planks and boards ready for transportation, Belgium

Flip de Nooyer / Milled wood planks in a stack, Europe

Jabruson / Planks from hardwood trees taken from Bwindi NP, Uganda

Jabruson / Illegal trade in hardwood timber extracted from Virunga NP, DR Congo

Daniel Gomez / Harvesting bark of Alerce tree {Fitzroya cupressoides} Argentina - bark expands on contact with water and is used to plug the gaps between the planks of boat casks

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'Beagle laid ashore, River Santa Cruz'. Copperplate engraving, art by Conrad Martens, engraved by T. Landseer. Published by H. Colburn 1838. Plate from 'The Narrative of the Surveying...

Onne van der Wal / Detail of the stern of the superyacht "Parsifal III", with its passerelle deployed for easy boarding, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / With sterns to the docks and passerelles out, superyachts finishing up last minute preparations for a day at the St Barths Bucket regatta, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Man sanding planks of wood for boat construction.

Onne van der Wal / Young man planing planks of wood for boat construction.

Onne van der Wal / Passarel on the 172ft superyacht "Liberty", built by Perini Navi.

Erwan Quéméré / Wrecked hull at Lechiagat, South Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Rust-covered planks and peeling paint of an old wooden fishing boat under restoration in south Brittany, France.