Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officers Lachlan Clarke (right) and Emily Cordy watch as a mother koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and her joey are released. Editorial use only.

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

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

Doug Gimesy / Jeremy Jenkins, seeing his house for the first time after the 2019 / 2020 wildfires destroyed much of the the town of Sarsfield,Victoria, Australia. January, 2020. Editorial use only

Doug Gimesy / Rena Gaborov feeding some of her eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) orphans in her mother in law's shed. Rena and her partner Joseph had to evacuate their wildlife (wombats, possums and kangar...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) mother and joey are released by Emily Cordy (left/green clothes) - a Forest and Wildlife officer (and assisted by members from the Australian Defence Force) at Log Cros...

Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female and her joey who survived a bushfire cross a road in Mallacoota, Australia, January 2020

Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals / A mother Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) and her joey, surrounded by burnt trees. Survivors of a bushfire in Mallacoota, Australia, January 2020. COP26 Countdown Photo Competition 2021 Fina...

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

Jen Guyton / Freshly burned patch on Mount Gorongosa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. April.

Jen Guyton / Burned stump of large rainforest tree standing in cleared field, slashed and burned the previous year, recently recruited to the Coffee Project. Coffee seedling growing to the right , Gorongosa Nation...

Gabriel Rojo / Smoke column from a fire in the Calden Forest, during the summer season, south of the province of La Pampa, Argentina. January 2017.

Gabriel Rojo / Smoke column from a fire in the Calden Forest, during the summer season, south of the province of La Pampa, Argentina. January 2017.

Gabriel Rojo / Dead Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) among charred trees, killed by the summer fires, La Pampa Province, Patagonia, Argentina. January 2017.

Gabriel Rojo / Dead Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) among charred trees, killed by the summer fires, La Pampa Province, Patagonia, Argentina. January 2017.

Gabriel Rojo / Dead Cape Hare (Lepus capensis) surrounded by the shadows of charred trees, killed by the summer fires, La Pampa Province, Patagonia, Argentina. January 2017.

Gabriel Rojo / Burnt remains of Calden trees (Prosopis caldenia) after the summer fires, Calden Forest, La Pampa province, Argentina. January 2017.

Gabriel Rojo / Burnt remains of native Cactus (Trichocereus candicans) in the Calden Forest during the summer fires, Lihue Calel National Park, La Pampa province, Argentina. January 2018.

Gabriel Rojo / Desert cavy (Microcavia australis) hiding under a charred tree trunk after the summer forest fires, Lihue Calel National Park, La Pampa province, Patagonia, Argentina. January 2018.

Gabriel Rojo / Guanaco jaw, with burnt remains of native vegetation in the calden forest, (Larrea divaricata) during the summer fires, Lihue Calel National Park ,La Pampa province, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Burnt remains of native vegetation after the summer fires, Lihue Calel National Park, La Pampa province, Argentina. January 2018.

Olga Kamenskaya / Mountain covered in scorched trees due to forest fires, Altai Republic, Russia

Doug Gimesy / Tomalpin Woodlands (on Mindaribba land across from 'Hunter Economic Zone') showing some signs of previous fires. Lower Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia June 2020. Property released.

Doug Gimesy / Woodlands (in 'Hunter Economic Zone') showing signs of previous fires. Stitched image. Tomalpin Woodlands, Lower Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia June 2020.

Doug Gimesy / Signs of life start to emerge from a Eucalyptus sp., after a fire. Dandenong ranges, Victoria, Australia. May, 2015

Francisco Marquez / Farmer using cut branches of Holm oaks (Quercus ilex) during pruning in winter to make charcoal, Extremadura, Spain. January.

Adrian Davies / Pine (Pinus sp) tree trunk, burnt during large wildfire. Thursley National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, UK. July 2020.

Bruno D'Amicis / Monks attending fire at night in church forest of Wonchet Michail Orthodox Church. Near Hamusit, Ethiopia. 2018.

Staffan Widstrand / Signs of fire from more than 100 years ago with younger trees in the background. The lichen that looks somewhat like mould on the carbonised, burnt parts is Carbonicola myrmecina. Old-growth pine fore...

Konrad Wothe / Fires burning amongst rainforest fragments in mountains. Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. 2019.

Adrian Davies / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), charred tree trunk following wildfire. Thursley National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, UK. July 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Reforestation of an area destroyed by bush fires, tree guards protecting saplings, mountains in background. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Lake Pehoe, a glacier-fed lake with woodland destroyed by forest fires on shore. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Woodland destroyed by forest fire, Lake Pehoe and mountains in background. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. January 2020.

Aaron Gekoski / Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) on deforested land, Madagascar. Forests (the tortoises' natural habitat) are being cleared for the charcoal and rice industries, and for cattle pasture. Sep...