{"id":10027,"date":"2021-03-02T18:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2021-03-05T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T09:19:10","slug":"world-wildlife-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/02\/world-wildlife-day-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wildlife Day 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>World Wildlife Day 2021<\/h2>\n<p>The United Nations first designated March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildlifeday.org\/\">World Wildlife Day<\/a> in 2013, 40 years after the original signature of the CITES agreement, which regulated trade in endangered animals and plants. This year the theme of World Wildlife Day 2021 is &#8220;<strong>Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet<\/strong>&#8220;. Its focus is on the crucial role forests play in sustaining the livelihoods of people worldwide and on the importance of forest biodiversity in ensuring the health of the planet.<\/p>\n<p>We asked our photographers to nominate key images that illustrate this theme and to tell us about the importance of forests to both wildlife and people. We\u2019ve also created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/environment-conservation\/conservation\/world-wildlife-day-2021.html\">World Wildlife Day gallery<\/a> with a wider selection of great forest images.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in celebrating World Wildlife Day 2021 and raising awareness of forest ecosystems and their amazing diversity of animal and plant life, as we take a virtual tour of the world&#8217;s forests.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Aerial view of headwaters of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia. August 2018.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01620813-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Aerial view of headwaters of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia. August 2018.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Caledonian pine forest with Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) alongside River Carron,with Birches (Betula) at dawn. Regenerated area due to rewilding experiment in Alladale estate, Scotland, UK, October.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01626933-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Caledonian pine forest with Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) alongside River Carron,with Birches (Betula) at dawn. Regenerated area due to rewilding experiment in Alladale estate, Scotland, UK, October.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Portrait of female ecoguard \/ ranger Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards protecting the 8.9 million acres of Salonga National Park.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01633533-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Portrait of female ecoguard \/ ranger Salonga National Park,  Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards protecting the 8.9 million acres of Salonga National Park.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"People walk under forest canopy to join Sunday service at the church located within the forest, near Bahir Dar on the shores of Lake Tana, Ethiopia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673280-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"People walk under forest canopy to join Sunday service at the church located within the forest, near Bahir Dar on the shores of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. \n\nFragments of original Afromontane forest survive as sacred groves around the many ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Churches which survive in this region.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>Aerial view of headwaters of the Lena River, Siberia<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;This place is called Kurulimsky Lom &#8211; a\u00a0natural bridge made of logs created\u00a0 over hundreds of years in the upper reaches of the Lena River, Baikalo-Lensky Reserve, Siberia, Russia. This bridge is the natural border of a specially protected natural area and prevents people, who can only get here by river, from disrupting the wild taiga ecosystem of the upper reaches of the great Siberian River Lena.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Olga Kamenskaya<\/p>\n<h4>Pine forest at dawn, Scotland<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Scots pine forest at Alladale Estate in Sutherland is managed by the conservationist Paul Lister. He is rewilding the former sporting estate, now being managed to have resident wolves to maintain low deer density and encourage greater forest cover.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 David Woodfall<\/p>\n<h4>Female ranger patrols Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;There are 16 women who work as ecoguards protecting the forest. I was privileged to spend a night in the forest with the rangers.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Karine Aigner<\/p>\n<h4>People walk through forest to church near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Once 40 percent of Ethiopia was covered in lush forests, but over the past 50 years this has dropped to only 4.2 percent of its entire surface. In the north of the Country, especially along the shores of Lake Tana, a myriad of fragments of the original\u00a0Afromontane dry forest have survived until today as sacred groves surrounding each of the about 30,000 orthodox churches of the region.\u00a0Among the oldest Christian churches in the world, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church considers forests a worldly symbol of the\u00a0Garden of Eden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bruno D&#8217;Amicis<\/p>\n<h2>Africa<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Tree nursery of endemic species, part of a forest restoration and carbon sequestration scheme that provides a sustainable livelihood for the local population. Tropical rainforest, Mitsinjo reserve, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, October 2009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307866-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Tree nursery of endemic species, part of a forest restoration and carbon sequestration scheme that provides a sustainable livelihood for the local population. Tropical rainforest, Mitsinjo reserve, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, October 2009\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Parsons chameleon (Calumma parsonii) male climbing vine. Near Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673178-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Parsons chameleon (Calumma parsonii) male climbing vine. Near Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01307567-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Indri (Indri indri) portrait, climbing tree, tropical rainforest, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Eastern Madagascar. IUCN Endangered Species.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Man carrying firewood. Near Toliara, Madagascar. 2012.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673186-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Man carrying firewood. Near Toliara, Madagascar. 2012.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01590122-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Tea pickers in tea plantation at edge of Kakamega rainforest, tea plantation used as a buffer to protect forest. Kenya. 2017.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673182-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Tea pickers in tea plantation at edge of Kakamega rainforest, tea plantation used as a buffer to protect forest. Kenya. 2017.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Landscape of Kakamega forest, tropical rainforest, Kenya, July 2017.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01597207-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Landscape of Kakamega forest, tropical rainforest, Kenya, July 2017.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Stuhlmann&#039;s blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) Kakamega forest, Kenya.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01582326-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Stuhlmann&#039;s blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) Kakamega forest, Kenya.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>Tree nursery and rainforest wildlife,\u00a0 Madagascar<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Association Mitsinjo was founded in 1999 in the village of Andasibe, Madagascar. The organisation works with the local community to integrate conservation, sustainable development and ecotourism. The tree nursery pictured here is central to the work carried out by Association Mitsinjo, working with the community to collect and germinate tree seeds from the local forest to painstakingly reforest areas damaged by previous deforestation and development, restoring the natural balance found in a mature and healthy forest ecosystem. During my visit I was lucky enough to meet one of the many successes of this project, a wild Indri, the largest lemur in the world. Habitat protection and ongoing creation is central to the survival of this IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species.\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 Alex Hyde<\/p>\n<h4>Man carrying firewood, Madagascar<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Local people in rural ares are cooking and heating only with wood that they collect from the surrounding forests. This is also a considerable threat to rainforests and climate in tropical regions such as Madagascar.\u00a0<span> <\/span>It would help to set up photovoltaic facilities to bring them electricity.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Konrad Wothe<\/p>\n<h4>Leaf-tailed gecko, Madagascar<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The connection between the animal kingdom and the plant kingdom becomes more apparent when you see a satanic leaf-tailed gecko inside its habitat in the remaining patches of forest of Madagascar.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emanuele Biggi<\/p>\n<h4>Kakamega forest, Kenya<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Kakamega National Reserve of Kenya is an incredibly diverse forest harboring a vast array of wildlife and vegetation. Notable amongst the fauna are the primates, including Suhlmann&#8217;s blue monkeys. The forest is surrounded by ever growing human settlements and is getting increasing pressure for its resources. I met and photographed a number of local people, including women picking tea at the forest edge. I was told that these tea plantations were established to create a buffer from the surrounding villages, but have since read that these plantations are actually cutting into the forest. The management of these resources is a tricky issue.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 John Cancalosi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Asia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10023\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/stock-photo\/pitchers-of-a-splendid-pitcher-plant-(nepenthes-edwardsiana)-in-the-cloud\/gallery-10073-10934-10750-0\/detail-0_01673290.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-375x562.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673290-71x106.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Splendid pitcher plant in the cloud forest of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Variety of life is what gives our planet its resilience. I can&#8217;t think of a more striking, otherworldly example of that variety than the incredible pitchers of the splendid pitcher plant (<em>Nepenthes edwardsiana<\/em>), which grow up to 30 cm long and are specially adapted to providing the plant with nutrients on some of the most barren mountain ridges on the planet. The plant is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tamboyukon and under severe threat from climate change.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Joris van Alphen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Bodo women fishing in a monsoon stream on the periphery of Nameri National Park, Assam, India.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673291-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Bodo women fishing in a monsoon stream on the periphery of Nameri National Park, Assam, India.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"A Nepalese family, flanked by their two Tibetan mastiff dogs, walks along path through the Rhododendron forests at an alttude of 3,000 metres on their way to the village of Ghorepani, during the monsoon season. Annapurna Conservation Area, Myagdi District, Himalayas, Nepal, July.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673180-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"A Nepalese family, flanked by their two Tibetan mastiff dogs, walks along path through the Rhododendron forests at an alttude of 3,000 metres on their way to the village of Ghorepani, during the monsoon season. Annapurna Conservation Area, Myagdi District, Himalayas, Nepal, July.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Elderly women fishing from boat on river, in rainforest. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673185-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Elderly women fishing from boat on river, in rainforest. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Local people collecting firewood in Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam, India. February 2014.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-900x598.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01482313-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Local people collecting firewood in Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam, India. February 2014.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Nenets woman picking Mountain cranberries \/ Cowberries (Vaccinium vitis-idea) in Autumn. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01283320-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Nenets woman picking Mountain cranberries \/ Cowberries (Vaccinium vitis-idea) in Autumn. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2001\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Selkup woman, Nina Kunina, cutting bark from Birch (Betula sp) tree to make traditional basket. Near Bistrinka, Purovskiy Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673278-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Selkup woman, Nina Kunina, cutting bark from Birch (Betula sp) tree to make traditional basket. Near Bistrinka, Purovskiy Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) habitat, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01383729-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) habitat, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673133-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens), two juveniles. Eastern Nepal. Screen grab from video.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673133-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673133-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673133-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens), two juveniles. Eastern Nepal. Screen grab from video.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>Women fishing, Assam, India<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The numerous ponds and rivers in this pristine ecosystem make fishing an easy, everyday exercise, usually conducted by the women. Many houses even have their own fishponds.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 Sandesh Kadur<\/p>\n<h4>Family walk through rhododendron forest, Nepal<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;A Nepalese family protected by their two Tibetan mastiff dogs walks through the Rhododendron forests at an altitude of 3000 metres on their way to the village of Ghorepani, during the monsoon season. The lush forest gives the people a lot of useful things including medicines and protects the mountain villages from landslides.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Oriol Alamany<\/p>\n<h4>Women fishing, Borneo<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Elderly women fish in the Kinabatangan river in the rainforests of Sabah, Borneo. In a healthy rainforest environment there is plenty of fish in the waters.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Konrad Wothe<\/p>\n<h4>Local people collecting firewood in gibbon sanctuary, Assam, India<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;There are two ways to look at this picture. Either in an accusing way, in the sense that these people are breaking the rules because they collect firewood within the boundaries of a protected forest area, where they are not actually allowed to go. Or as a confrontation with how difficult it is to find a balance between pure nature protection and the needs of poor local people living on the edges of national parks and protected forests.&#8221; Bernard Castelein<\/p>\n<h4>Nenet woman gathering berries, Siberia<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Nenets are probably the best known of Siberia\u2019s native peoples. They live mainly in the Yamal region of Northwest Siberia, where they breed reindeer as well as fish, hunt and trap. Traditionally, the Nenets spend the winter months in the forests which provided them with shelter from winter storms, wood to build sledges and firewood, traditional medicines and food (lichen) for their reindeer. Before they leave the forests in the spring to travel north onto the tundra with their reindeer, it is customary for the Nenets women of a camp to perform a ritual and leave small gifts to thank the spirits of the forest.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bryan Alexander<\/p>\n<h4>Selkup woman cutting birch bark, Siberia<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Northern Selkup are one of the lesser known indigenous peoples of Northwest Siberia. With a population of under 2,000, they are one of the most endangered peoples in the Russian north. The Northern Selkup call themselves \u2018Shoykun\u2019 which means \u2018People of the Forest.\u2019 In recent years the traditional culture of the last remaining Selkup who still live in remote forest areas surviving by hunting, trapping &amp; fishing is now becoming increasingly under threat as oil and gas development spreads through their region.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bryan Alexander<\/p>\n<h4>Red panda in bamboo forest, Nepal<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The endangered Red panda is a typical dweller of dense bamboo forests in high altitudes of Nepal. The Red Panda Network RPN is working there with local people to maintain these unique habitats.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Axel Gebauer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Australia and the Pacific<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Cloud in montane rainforest. Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. 2019.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673253-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Cloud in montane rainforest. Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. 2019.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Rescued and orphaned Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in captivity, feeds on the nectar of a flowering native eucalyptus tree. Black Rock, Victoria, Australia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01631236-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Rescued and orphaned Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in captivity, feeds on the nectar of a flowering native eucalyptus tree. Black Rock, Victoria, Australia.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630353-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) female excavating nest chamber to lay egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630353-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630353-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630353-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630353-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) female excavating nest chamber to lay egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630347-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Man holding Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) egg dug out of nest chamber in sand. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630347-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630347-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630347-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630347-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Man holding Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) egg dug out of nest chamber in sand. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630338-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Basket of Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) eggs harvested from nesting ground. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630338-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630338-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630338-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01630338-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Basket of Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) eggs harvested from nesting ground. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>Cloud in montane rainforest, New Guinea<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Rainforests are an important link in the water circle to support people and land with rain. The heavy clouds coming from the sea unload their water over the rainforest and the trees soak up the water like a sponge. <span>I<\/span>n the heat of the day water evaporates from the leaves of the trees and clouds are generated. Some of them travel quite a distance to provide people in other areas with water, from where it flows back to the sea. The forests protect from drought as well as flooding. &#8221; Konrad Wothe<\/p>\n<h4>Flying fox feeds on the nectar of a native eucalyptus, Australia<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Endemic to Australia, Grey-headed flying foxes\u00a0feed and disperse the pollen and seeds of over 100 native species of plants, often foraging over 40km a night and as such are an important keystone species and vital pollinators, contributing to the reproductive and evolutionary processes of forest communities along the east coast of Australia.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doug Gimesy<\/p>\n<h4>Collecting megapode eggs, Solomon Islands<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Savo Island, a tiny speck in the South Pacific, is home to a community that have harvested Melanesian megapode eggs for centuries. The megapodes rely on the densely forested slopes of this volcanic island and the warm sandy nesting grounds protected by the islanders, who in turn rely on the megapode&#8217;s eggs and the surrounding seas for their survival. On many islands in the Solomons, forest is being cleared for vast palm oil plantations.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David Tipling<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Central and South America<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus) on tree stump in rainforest, rehabilitated animal prior to release. Near San Jose, Costa Rica.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656993-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus) on tree stump in rainforest, rehabilitated animal prior to release. Near San Jose, Costa Rica.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656025-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Man harvesting Cocoa pods harvest, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656025-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656025-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656025-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656025-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Man harvesting Cocoa pods harvest, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656041-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Two Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) in tree, coastal rainforest, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656041-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656041-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656041-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656041-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Two Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) in tree, coastal rainforest, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Huaorani Indian, Tage Kaiga, hunting in Amazon rainforest, dead Woolly monkey (Lagothrix sp) slung over shoulder, shot using blowgun. Members of this Indian tribe were uncontacted until 1956. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. 2007.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-900x598.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673225-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Huaorani Indian, Tage Kaiga, hunting in Amazon rainforest, dead Woolly monkey (Lagothrix sp) slung over shoulder, shot using blowgun. Members of this Indian tribe were uncontacted until 1956. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. 2007.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon portrait'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01658213-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Path through rainforest. Syndicate Forest, Morne Diablotin National Park, Dominica, Lesser Antilles. 2018.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01658213-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01658213-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01658213-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01658213-1017x675.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Path through rainforest. Syndicate Forest, Morne Diablotin National Park, Dominica, Lesser Antilles. 2018.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01644239-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Bananas (Musa accuminata) ripening on the stem, on steps of traditional Caribbean chattel house. Dominica, Eastern Caribbean. August 2017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01644239-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01644239-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01644239-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01644239-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Bananas (Musa accuminata) ripening on the stem, on steps of traditional Caribbean chattel house. Dominica, Eastern Caribbean. August 2017\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673233-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Rainforest in Tresor Regional Nature Reserve, French Guiana.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Tropical rainforest tree with large buttress roots, French Guiana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01542412-1-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Tropical rainforest tree with large buttress roots, French Guiana\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Buildings of the Rour&#039;Attitude ecolodge on Oyak River. Roura, French Guiana. 2015.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673244-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Buildings of the Rour&#039;Attitude ecolodge on Oyak River. Roura, French Guiana. 2015.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Low clouds in valley, Morne La Croix, Trinidad, April 2013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01449066-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Low clouds in valley, Morne La Croix, Trinidad, April 2013\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile) Trinidad and Tobago, April\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01563221-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile) Trinidad and Tobago, April\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673189-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Yellow cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata) male perched on branch. Calden Forest, Argentina.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673189-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673189-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673189-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673189-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Yellow cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata) male perched on branch. Calden Forest, Argentina.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>Porcupine, Costa Rica<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The rainforests of\u00a0central Costa Rica are well known for their incredible\u00a0biodiversity, but many of the species go unnoticed much of the time, being either rare, shy, nocturnal or very small. The\u00a0Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine is not a rare animal, but spending much of its time in the canopy and feeding mainly at night, it is seldom seen. It is still hunted for food by people living in and around the rainforest. Its fat and skin are used for medicinal purposes by\u00a0indigenous tribes, and its skin and spines for traditional clothing and headdresses.&#8221; Guy Edwardes<\/p>\n<h4>Cocoa farming and Golden lion tamarins, Brazil<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;In the coastal Atlantic rainforest Mata atlantica with a very high biodiversity in the state of Bahia, Brazil there are some farms that still cultivate cocoa in the shade of old rainforest trees and thus have saved the forests from logging. In the cocoa forests called Cabruca of a small private farm on the Almada River, there are still groups of the highly endangered Golden-headed lion tamarin. They are well protected there and find additional food on the jackfruit trees that were planted together with the cocoa trees generations ago.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Konrad Wothe<\/p>\n<h4>Huaorani hunter, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Huaorani are an ancient forest people living in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. It has one of the very highest measurable biodiversity indexes of any terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. This group was \u2018missionarized&#8217; in the 1950\u2019s but another group, the Tagaeri, blood relatives of those photographed, remains uncontacted, along with a second distinct tribe known as the Taromenane. They are totally reliant on the forest for their way of life. &#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 Pete Oxford<\/p>\n<h4>Bananas from the forest, Dominica<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;In Dominica, bananas and other plants typically growing on plantations such as citrus, yams, or noni also grow wild, leftovers spreading from old time colonial plantations. These are often harvested by passers by. As the local people say &#8211; nobody can get really hungry, as nature provides.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0 Derek Galon<\/p>\n<h4>Rainforests of French Guiana<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Tr\u00e9sor reserve in French Guiana is home to astonishing biodiversity. The swamp\u00a0forest there is a primary forest and has an important role as a refuge area for many species, with a high degree of endemism.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pascal Kobeh<\/p>\n<h4><span>Trinidad piping guan<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Found only in the forests on Trinidad, these guans are most easily seen in a small area on the northwest side of the island. The steady stream of birdwatchers wanting to see this endemic bird support local hotels and guides. Their welfare is as a result ensured by the local landowner. Although protected they could otherwise be eaten as wild game.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robin Chittenden<\/p>\n<h4>Yellow cardinal in Calden forest, Argentina<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Calden forest is an endemic forest in South America and its emblematic tree is the Calden. The endangered Yellow cardinal makes its nests in these trees. Unfortunately its habitat is slowing disappearing as trees are cut down to create arable land for planting soyabeans.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gabriel Rojo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9991\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/stock-photo\/siberian-candyflower-(montia-parvifolia)-carpet-red-alder-(alnus-rubra)\/gallery-10073-10934-10750-0\/detail-0_01471619.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-300x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-300x367.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-320x391.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-375x458.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-600x733.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01471619-87x106.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sinkyone Intertribal Wilderness, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The remnant coastal redwood forest is being preserved and restored by the Inter Tribal Sinkyone Wilderness Counsel representing ten Northern California Tribes. They are rewilding forests that have been logged in the past and are reinvigorating streams by creating salmon friendly habitat to promote upstream migration and spawning. In the process, they are re-establishing traditional relationship with their native territories.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Jack Dykinga<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9989\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/stock-photo\/monarch-butterfly-(danaus-plexippus)-hibernating-in-sacred-fir-(abies\/gallery-10073-10934-10750-0\/detail-0_01407720.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-375x562.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01407720-71x106.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch butterfly hibernating in Sacred Fir forest, Mariposa Monarca Special Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The forest in the highlands of southwestern Mexico expect the arrival of millions of Monarch Butterflies that embark on a migration that brings them from southeast Canada and northeast USA, travelling a distance of up to 4,500 km. This year the Monarchs concentrate in an area of only 2.1 hectares. Deforestation endangers the butterflies in Mexico because if a dense forest is no longer there, butterflies exhaust their reserves trying to keep warm, reserves that are needed for their way back north.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Claudio Contreras<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Fire fighting activities with fixed wind aircraft dropping fire retardant on the Lava Mountain Fire, Wyoming, USA. July 2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01656720-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Fire fighting activities with fixed wind aircraft dropping fire retardant on the Lava Mountain Fire, Wyoming, USA. July 2016\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01646847-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Autumn quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) below Turret Ridge, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, USA. October.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01646847-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01646847-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01646847-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01646847-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Autumn quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) below Turret Ridge, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, USA. October.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01534134-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia \/ Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01534134-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01534134-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01534134-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01534134-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia \/ Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Cinnamon phase black bear (Ursus americanus) boar walking past an infrared triggered camera trap. Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada July.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01583686-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Cinnamon phase black bear (Ursus americanus) boar walking past an infrared triggered camera trap. Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada July.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Innu hunter, Pinip, checking traps in snow covered boreal forest, in autumn. Southern Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673275-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Innu hunter, Pinip, checking traps in snow covered boreal forest, in autumn. Southern Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>Innu hunter checks traps, Labrador<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The Innu, often confused with their northerly neighbours the Inuit, belong to the Algonquian linguistic group and have occupied the Peninsula now shared by the provinces of Labrador and Quebec for at least 2,000 years. Their land, which they call Nitassinan, is a vast area roughly the size of France comprised of spruce and larch forests, interspersed by lakes and rivers. They fished the lakes and rivers, hunted bear, beaver, porcupine as well as the vast herds of caribou that migrated through their homeland each spring and autumn.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bryan Alexander<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Europe<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery gallery-10027 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673346-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"European Bison (Bison bonasus) in winter, Bialowieza National Park, Poland. January.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673346-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673346-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673346-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"European Bison (Bison bonasus) in winter, Bialowieza National Park, Poland. January.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), adult male on oak tree, Italy.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01662071-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), adult male on oak tree, Italy.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Farmer using cut branches of Holm oaks (Quercus ilex) during pruning in winter to make charcoal, Extremadura, Spain. January.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673294-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Farmer using cut branches of Holm oaks (Quercus ilex) during pruning in winter to make charcoal, Extremadura, Spain. January.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Man milking goat, Extremadura, Spain. The Mediterranean forest is the grazing area for these animals, where they find food and shelter.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673283-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Man milking goat, Extremadura, Spain. The Mediterranean forest is the grazing area for these animals, where they find food and shelter.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Man harvesting cork from Cork oak (Quercus suber) in Mediterranean forest, Spain. The cork is harvested every eight years.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01673281-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Man harvesting cork from Cork oak (Quercus suber) in Mediterranean forest, Spain. The cork is harvested every eight years.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01259726-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Mixed woodland showing both sides of anti-deer netting. The green far side has been protected for 3 years, while ground flora and fauna is extremely sparse in the unprotected region in the foreground. Sussex, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01259726-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01259726-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01259726-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01259726-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Mixed woodland showing both sides of anti-deer netting. The green far side has been protected for 3 years, while ground flora and fauna is extremely sparse in the unprotected region in the foreground. Sussex, UK\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Ancient Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) in mist, significant wood pasture in Saxon part of Transylvannia. Romania, October 2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/naturepl_01325593-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Ancient Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) in mist, significant wood pasture in Saxon part of Transylvannia. Romania, October 2010\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h4>European bison, Bialowieza, Poland<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The forest in Bia\u0142owie\u017ca National Park in Poland is a truly unique place in Europe. It is the last natural forest in the European Lowlands. It is the only Polish UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. For thousands of years uninterrupted natural processes have been taking place. As a result, this forest is characterized by an extraordinary abundance and biodiversity of fauna and flora, including those very rare in Europe, such as Eurasian wolf and European bison. A walk through the Bia\u0142owie\u017ca Forest is an experience of enormous biodiversity.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Mateusz Piesiak<\/p>\n<h4>Stag beetle on oak tree, Italy<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;A tiny stag beetle is not only a pure example of how biodiversity matters because of its\u00a0intrinsic beauty, but it\u2019s only present when a viable oak forest exists, with a high amount of big trees and fallen logs to sustain its larvae. It\u2019s a sentinel of our own health.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bruno D&#8217;Amicis<\/p>\n<h4>Mediterranean forests of Extremadura, Spain<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Farmers take advantage of the cut branches of the holm oaks during pruning in winter to make charcoal, which will serve as an economical and efficient fuel for heating. Stockbreeders milk their goats every morning, to make tasty artisan cheeses. The Mediterranean forest is the grazing area for these animals, where they find food and shelter. The bark of the cork oak is a small treasure offered by the forest, extracted from the tree every eight years to manufacture a multitude of objects of great value, offering work to local communities.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Francisco Marquez<\/p>\n<h4>Deer fence in woodland, Sussex, UK<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;This picture shows the damage that deer do to woodlands when unchecked by predators, resulting in a massive decrease in biodiversity. One side of the deer fence looks the aftermath of a nuclear war, while the other is more like a tropical rainforest!&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stephen Dalton<\/p>\n<h4>Ancient Beech forest\u00a0 in Transylvannia, Romania<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Medieval wood pasture is managed as a sustainable resource for the local communit.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David Woodfall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Find out more<\/h2>\n<p>To view a wider selection of images relevant to UN World Wildlife Day and its theme of people living sustainably in harmony with forests and their wildlife, view our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/environment-conservation\/conservation\/world-wildlife-day-2021.html\">World Wildlife Day 2021 gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Wildlife Day 2021 The United Nations first designated March 3rd as World Wildlife Day in 2013, 40 years after the original signature of the CITES agreement, which regulated trade in endangered animals and plants. This year the theme of World Wildlife Day 2021 is &#8220;Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet&#8220;. Its focus is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/02\/world-wildlife-day-2021\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10027"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10087,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions\/10087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}