Angelo Gandolfi / Forest fire in the Cerrado during dry season. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil. September 2010.

Denis-Huot / Bushfires in dry season on the Isuria escarpment, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. October 2007.

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

Jack Dykinga / Life returning after seasonal rains to burnt forest, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest devastation of the 'Wallow Fire', Arizona, USA August 2011

Matthew Maran / Hikers building up a fire in their cliff-overhang cave. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September, Model released

Jack Dykinga / Trunk of Giant Sequoia tree {Sequoiadendron giganteum} showing scars from ancient fires, Sequoia NP, California, USA

Pete Oxford / Deforestation - smoke from fires in Amazon rainforest along river bank, Ecuador, South America

David Gallan / Burnt forest in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by bushfire.

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) drinking from bird bath as a bushfire burns in the surrounding forest. Sky reddened by ash and smoke. Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Remains of a building after a bushfire in Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / House photographed during a bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was taken at noon but ash and smoke from the fire darkened the sky and created night time conditions. Badja F...

David Gallan / Burnt temperate rainforest in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. The forest was damaged by the December 2019 - January 2020 bushfires.

David Gallan / Bushfire in a moist gully near the Clyde River, New South Wales, Australia. This wet gully is normally resistant to fire but has succumbed after months of severe drought and record-breaking temperatur...

David Gallan / Blackened trees and scorched tree ferns in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by the December 2019 - January 2020 bushfires. Stressed trees have dropped scorched leaves ont...

David Gallan / Blackened trees and scorched tree ferns in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by the December 2019 - January 2020 bushfires. Stressed trees have dropped scorched leaves ont...

David Gallan / Farmland in the wake of a bushfire near Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / The remains of the main street after a bushfire in Cobargo, NSW, Australia. Two people perished on New Years Eve 2019, and one later died in hospital. January 2020.

David Gallan / Desperately thirsty eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) drink from a bird bath following a bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. Water holes had dried up due to drought and food was...

David Gallan / Bushfire in forest, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was taken during the day but ash and smoke from the fire darkened the sky and created night time conditions. Badja Fire north of the Bega...

David Gallan / Kings Highway surrounded by burnt forest, New South Wales, Australia. The forest was damaged by the Currawan fire (later re-named the Clyde Fire after a mega fire developed) in 2014.

David Gallan / Bushfire in spotted gum (Corymbia maculata) forest on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Bushfire in spotted gum (Corymbia maculata) forest on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / A member of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade patrolling a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade patrolling a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Members of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade light up a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / A member of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade lights up a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / A member of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade lights up a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

Doug Gimesy / Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby makes final arrangements to drive to Heaslville Sanctuary from Sale, with a young rescued burn victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named ‘Micky'. He was one o...

Doug Gimesy / After a flight from Mallacoota and just landing at East Sale RAAF base, a young Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named ‘Micky' - one of 6 being evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to Me...

Doug Gimesy / Triage coordinator and Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby Smith - sitting in a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan - holding a young koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in th...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an infra red image, sent via a drone, of a Koala...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, in crate prior to transport to the Bairnsdale wildlife triage centre - which had been set up...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is held and checked by Forest and Wildlife officer Lachlan Clarke. After an initial assessmen...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is transported in a crate to a vehicle by members of the Australian Defence Force. It will th...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officers do a preliminary health check on a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been brought down from a tree to be checked for burns and weight after a bush fire in the area....

Doug Gimesy / 'Cherry picker' ascends with a Forest and Wildlife officer to collect a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from the tree so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Vict...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and wildlife officer (assisted by members of the Australian Defence Force) transfers a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area,...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was found walking across burnt ground after a fire, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Lachlan Clarke, (right), assisted by a member of the Australian Defence Forc...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has come down from a tree after a bush fire and is walking across burnt ground, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Officer Lachlan Clarke. Gelantipy, Victoria, Aus...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officer collecting a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from a tree using a rope so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Victoria, Australia. January...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated bya member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being use...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an image sent via a drone of a koala (Phascolarct...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...