Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, ash and smoke exploding into the air, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Derek Galon / Aerial tracking shot showing aftermath of landslides, two months after hurricane Maria, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) on the burnt grounds of Wallabia Wildlife Shelter. The shelter was destroyed during the 2019/20 bushfires. This male kangaroo (called 'Link') was one...

Lucas Bustamante / Aerial view of cut tree trunks in deforested Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. 25 tree species, many of them threatened, are involved.

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

David Woodfall / Hedge which has been 'netted ' to prevent breeding birds nesting, which would delay building development of new homes. The tree in the background has also been cut back. Chester, Cheshire, Eng...

Pal Hermansen / Logged forest, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. November 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Dead, polluted Larch (Larix) forest, with power station behind, Norilsk, Russia.

David Noton / Slash and burn deforestation near Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance, men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - man with chainsaw cutting hardwood tree felled for timber. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African Rainforest clearance - hardwood tree felled for timber exploitation. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / African Rainforest clearance - hardwood tree felled for timber exploitation. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) in a cut forest. East coast, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Tui De Roy / People watching the Fissure eruption of Chico volcano into 9km diameter caldera. Sierra Negra volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. October 2005.

Ingo Arndt / Burned trees in front of Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, September 2011.

Tim Laman / Logging road and forest destruction in pristine area of Waigeo Island, West Papua, New Guinea

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) walking in grass burnt in bushfire, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Dynamite blasted reef, near Taglibas, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) catching insects fleeing from a grassland fire, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Jabruson / African rainforest transport penetration. Road and associated infrastructure development difficulties. The onset of the rainy season deteriorates dirt roads and vehicles get stuck in mud, Cameroon, Au...

Jabruson / Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum) flying above pile of hardwood timber logs in storage depot. Lope National Park, Libreville, Gabon.

David Tipling / Bush fire near Charter Towers in Queensland, Northern Australia, October

David Tipling / Aftermath of a bush fire near Charter Towers, Queensland, Australia

Denis-Huot / Bush fire at dusk, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, October 2012

Sven Zacek / Trees that have been gnawed by Beavers (Castor fiber) Southern Estonia, October.

Kirkendall-Spring / Clearcut forest in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Washington, USA, August 2011.

Jurgen Freund,Jurgen Freund / Banana farm after Cyclone Yasi, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, February 2011

Jabruson / Boy walking on large pile of hardwood logs ready for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place f...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with trucks carrying hardwood timber stop on the route from near the Lope National Park to Libreville, Gabon, 2009. No release available.

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks being burnt after confiscation from poachers. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 1990.

Sergey Gorshkov / Ash and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Red hot lava flow from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Lava and ash erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Ash plume and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Cooking in a cabin without electricity in a small village, Bassari country, east Senegal. The Bassari, Fula and Bedik people keep alive their ancient traditions and customs, and UNESCO declared a Wo...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Cooking in a cabin without electricity in a small village, Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the B...

Mark Taylor / Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Kerstin Hinze / Bush fire at night near Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, October 2006

Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Roy Mangersnes / Bushfire and dust devils in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana, November

Jack Dykinga / Charred remains of Aspen-fir forest near Hannagan's Meadow, at sunset with fireweeds growing in profusion amidst felled trees, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA September 2011